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The Collision of Carbon and Germanium
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The basic idea here is "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"--what is the reaction of the conservative groups to a love between a human and an alien?The title refers to a set of stories I'm writing. One of the races is a Germanium-based organism, because it has the same valence as Carbon and Silicon, but Carbon is us and Silicon just gives you rocks. A love triangle develops, so that was the kernel that anchored this idea for a song.
For this song, I D-tune the guitar (DADGAE). The entire verse is played with open strings, and the chords at the chorus have that extra fullness. The bottom D string stays "on" through the whole piece--a technique called "pedal point".
Lyrics
They say a single force createdEvery living thing
All people were put in their place
And none shall go between
Well a mountain of faith washes into the sea
When the waves of emotion ride high
Love shines on the soul with a blinding heat
And your heart is in the sky
When an angel slips from the head of a pin
Do you hear a scream as he falls?
When a spirit shatters in a gust of wind
Is there anything left at all?
The taste of love is bittersweet
And there’s a special flavour
When Nature Herself forbids you
To be with whom you favour
They say our love’s unnatural
Unholy and inhuman
It’s true, and the Church says
Apocalypse comes from our union
Let the mountains fall down, let them wash over me
Let the waves of emotion ride high
Let the sun shine on the rivers as they flow to the sea
Let our hearts be in the sky
If the moon hit a star, would it make any sound
As the fisherman walks on the earth
And the shards of the shattered light rain down
And the last becomes the first
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