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The Only Way OutNur Ein XVI
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The Only Way Out
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Entry from The Only Way Out in Nur Ein XVI.

Downward Modulation

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Back on labyrinths again; a fascination of mine. Specifically, unicursal labyrinths, which are the type that have a single path to the centre. The idea is that you walk in, face yourself (the minotaur), then walk back out again, changed.

From wikipedia:
*In English, the term labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze. As a result of the long history of unicursal representation of the mythological Labyrinth, however, many contemporary scholars and enthusiasts observe a distinction between the two. In this specialized usage maze refers to a complex branching multicursal puzzle with choices of path and direction, while a unicursal labyrinth has only a single path to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and presents no navigational challenge.

Unicursal labyrinths appeared as designs on pottery or basketry, as body art, and in etchings on walls of caves or churches. The Romans created many primarily decorative unicursal designs on walls and floors in tile or mosaic. Many labyrinths set in floors or on the ground are large enough that the path can be walked. Unicursal patterns have been used historically both in group ritual and for private meditation, and are increasingly found for therapeutic use in hospitals and hospices.*

The last song I made about labyrinths modulated down through four different keys, then back up again. Apparently I was a bit too subtle with the modulations then, so let it be known that the modulation down this time happens in the first chorus.

*The Only Way Out*, Hot Pink Halo

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Moving in a straight line
Might feel directionless
Eyes forward and focussed
Might lack perspective and

You might think the path
Will look the same
But somehow it is not because

You are changed and
Sometimes the only way out
Is the same way you came

Facing yourself
Might feel dimensionless
Your own eyes staring back
Might look deceptive but

You might think the path
Will look the same
But somehow it is not

You are changed and
Sometimes the only way out
Is the same way you came

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this drifts by pleasantly, it doesn't really have a hook that sticks with me but there are a lot of little things in the arrangement that I like. Particularly the chorused flute, on closer inspection!

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