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Homestretch
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Hot Pink Halo

Entry from Homestretch in Nur Ein XV.

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Homestretch - Hot Pink Halo (shadow)

Co-written by Emily Dickinson, WH Auden, Charles Baudelaire, Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Shakespeare. Thanks lads.

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My life closed twice before its close—
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me

But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime
'O let not Time deceive you
You cannot conquer Time

Homestretch
This is the homestretch
An arc of light that spans a length of sky
As the sun sets forth its battle cry
Homestretch

Those whose thoughts like skylarks
Rise up on the morning breeze
Who hover over life and understand
The speech of flowers and silent things

Music, when soft voices die
Vibrates in the memory—
Odours, when sweet violets sicken
Live within the sense they quicken

Homestretch
This is the homestretch
An arc of light that spans a length of sky
As the sun sets forth its battle cry
Homestretch

So long as we can breathe
So long as eyes can see
So long lives this
And this gives life to thee

Homestretch
This is the homestretch
An arc of light that spans a length of sky
As the sun sets forth its battle cry
Homestretch

Reviews

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vowlvom

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Really interesting spacy arrangement, I particularly like the marimba (?) that comes in later on and the swell of strings after that. Some of the harmonies and vocal layers feel like they could use some work, where the timing or tuning between the two layers is just off enough to distract. But mostly I found this to be a really interesting composition.

owl

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These are really lovely lyrics, these collaborators you found have a way with words. And I really like your lyrical concept, although I don’t think I would have gotten that it was about the solstice or dislocation without you explaining that. I like that you’ve left a lot of space in this, although I found myself wanting more dynamics and a bigger build over the course of the song--it starts to feel very slow and very long after a while, and after the first chorus where you bring in the harmonies I was hoping you’d bring in a full drum kit there and launch into a higher-energy take on the remainder of the tune. It’s a cool arrangement, though, with the different layers coming in and interesting things with the panning and multiple vocals happening at once (those high held ones are nice), I’m just impatient. I would have liked some bigger jumps and variations in the melody as well--I feel like I’ve heard very similar melodies from some of your other songs, and this kind of hangs around in the same small range of notes and rhythms.

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