The winter freeze is upon us, and so it's been a big month for musical creativity. The Sack of Troy is a elegy for Hector and all of those who fight reluctantly. Had a lot of fun with the guitars on this one. I used my T57 Tube Screamer with the strat. Initially I had this song at 210 bpm, but I had to slow the drums down to 195 bpm because I couldn't get the bass part right. The lyrics are below.
Give my sons all the coins that I’ve earned
Give my wife my books that I want burned
On the shores they’ve gathered armies
Long of lance and short of heartbeats
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
From the walls I see the blood bath
Children scream the names of fallen
“This one’s armor will go to you,”
“This one’s memories will fall to you,”
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
Around my walls Achilles chased me
Eyes of fire and heart of stone
I did face him though it killed me
He wouldn’t give away my body
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
You can’t hide yourself any longer
They have swords that have your number
Names preserved in poet’s lines
Echoed across the seas of time
“Do you remember why we fell
into a churning mass of knives?
Do you remember why we died?”
They can’t hide themselves any longer
We have swords that have their number
They can’t hide themselves any longer
We have swords that have their number
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