Song of the Day, 9/3/03

[Bob Schroeck]

Move slowly
Beyond the colors of my eyes
Move slowly
Into the corners of my mind
Rising like the Pegasus
Each and every one of us
Released
Islands in the sea of dreams
Always searching harmony
And peace
All we find
Reject our mind
Don't you wonder why
If the war by heavens gate released desire
In the line of fire someone must have known
That a human heart demands to be admired
Cause in the Center of the Universe
We are all alone
Show me sign of paradise
A place we all would like to go to
Tell me what to sacrifice
So there's a chance for me to want you
All I find
Reject my mind
And I wonder why
If the war by heavens gate released desire
In the line of fire someone must have known
That a human heart demands to be admired
Cause in the Center of the Universe
We are all alone
I have a tale to be told won't you listen tonight
Follow me into the core of the fountain of light
Try to imagine that hope is our ship for the soul
[Over the ocean the quest of your life lies ahead]
Maybe together we'll find there's a place for us all
[Follow the star in your mind, sail along sail along]
If the war by heavens gate released desire
In the line of fire someone must have known
That a human heart demands to be admired
Cause in the Center of the Universe
We are all alone
Cause in the Center of the Universe
We are all alone
We're alone
We're alone
-- Kamelot, Center of the Universe
(If you don't know this song, and want to find out what it sounds like, you can download a free MP3 of it from the band's website on this page.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

A rare commentary on a song of the day...
This is a song that I just recently burnt to a compilation CD, so I've been listening to it a lot lately. Also recently, we finished the original uncensored season one of Sailor Moon, as I've noted extensively elsewhere. There is a scene in the last episode... The senshi have all sacrificed themselves. Usagi is alone, and has pushed past her grief and despair and is driving herself onward to do what must be done. And the camera watches her running pell-mell across the Arctic snows towards the gate to the Dark Kingdom.
"Center of the Universe" is the song for this moment.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Bob Schroeck]

I just noticed that I'd posted this in the wrong forum, so I've moved it here.
I was also intended to add a note about how I saw this as good background music for the Senshi's assault on the Dark Kingdom in the future Sailor Moon Step, but I forgot to do so... then again, I was in a hurry when I made the initial post.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.