Miguel, the legendary, the prophet, has also written some songs according to my script.
So that's another item on my list.
But I could get you to to do that instead, right?
A challenge of ridiculous proportions.
"Hymn of the Oasis"
A large group of members of the Oasis are leaving the collapsing Quira City on a raft towards the setting sun. They sing this hymn when they cross waters for the first time in their lives. They are heading for The Island to get to the only remaining means of transportation off-planet, The Star - a luxury star cruiser. It's a long shot. It's their only chance.
Activate Poetry-mood...
Dive into the pool of music and swim to the deeper end.
A few lines of bass, a few lines of words; words that are like glue and have survived for more than a hundred years in a world where poetry and lyrics are banned.
A new kind of reggae, the kind they would have played a few hundred years ago in Quira City.
Think of a sunset on Tahiti.
(Easy for me to say, I've been there. It is as fantastic as you could possibly imagine. No exaggerations come close to make the place justice.
It has dark sides too.)
How hard can it be? A few lines of bass, a tropical rhythm we've never heard before, and a few lines of words that keep you going in the dark, into the unknown, and that sticks like glue.
--- Take a detour into "The Dreaming" by Kate Bush. The whole album! No cheating! ---
An oasis, an island, a sunset, and God forbid you make it banal!
Are you still reading this shit?
Come on!
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