Neap Tide
By Cosmic Cairns on March 21, 2024 7:31 pm
I came across the term "Neap Tide" recently and it struck me I really liked the word "Neap." It basically just refers to the time when there's the least difference between high tide and low tide, so I came up with a little story about using it to plan when to embark on an adventure.
I wanted to feature a prominent cello line, since I haven't played my cello much yet this year. I used it a little bit in week 7, but it has a larger role in this track. I also realized I haven't used my musical saw at all yet this year, so it makes a brief cameo appearance this week. I'll have to give it a bigger feature soon.
This ended up becoming a little more epic than I originally thought it was going to. It's the longest track I've done so far this year, and as such, the file size ended up being just a smidgen above the 16mb maximum upload allowed for WB. I had to convert it to a lower quality mp3 just to get it on here, but hopefully that won't affect it too much.
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And when the half full moon is starting to rise
Head due west for six miles as the crow flies
Be sure to stay alert with eyes open wide
Search for the hidden cove at the neap tide
A small skiff waits to take you away
Across the still water and into the quiet night
Sea mist envelopes you, shoreline falls out of sight now
And you will reach an island off of the coast
Out near the old shipwreck still haunted by ghosts
And drop your anchor down into the seabed
Wait here until Orion moves overhead
Stay real still and don't make a sound because
That's when the mermaids will surface and start to sing
Of sunken cities somewhere in the deep marine sea
And it's guarded by giant squids
But there's a back way in
A gate built from the skeleton
Of an ancient megalodon
Been half buried hundreds of centuries
And if you go I hope you come back alive
And you retrieve the scrolls from the sunken archive
A hovercraft awaits to give you a ride
I'll meet you by the cliffs at the neap tide
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The cello reminds me of Magnetic Fields too. Love the saw, looking forward to more saw please and thank you!
