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FAWM 50/90 2023 song 29
written and recorded on September 7, 2023

So, Aaron at Blind Wave said something interesting about Ahsoka Tano and Baylen Skoll: they are both survivors of the Clone Wars. It got me to thinking. The pieces on a game board are pawns in a war. They don't control their own movements. The pieces may be on opposite sides of the board, but their plight is still the same. Win and survive. Don't lose.

Pawns are not the enemy.

It made me think about war and opponents and pawns. And survivors.

'52 Tele, Rickenbacker 4003s, D'angelico Arch-top type B, Korg SV-1, Tama Club Jam, Eventide Space, SA Collider

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On one side, a color takes it’s turn
Then another tries to make it burn
The board is swept, and only two remain
Should they face each other down, or roll the dice again

Tension fills the room, you can cut it with a knife
But no ones wants to move, or oversimplify
The years begin to drag, and weigh the pieces down
The forces that were moving them have left the battleground

Do they understand it’s not about their lives?
Are they more than enemies?

Can they change their minds, and join the other side?
Can they find a way to just survive?
Are they more alike than either one could know?
Or are they more afraid to be alone?

Do they understand it’s not about their lives?
Are they more than simple enemies?
Can they see both sides having never had to move?
Can they be both sides or none at all?

On the other side, a piece begins to move
The other color tries to show there’s nothing left to prove
Both of them could lose, and both of them could die
It doesn’t have to win to let them both survive

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from when the wind is barely there, released October 28, 2023
music and lyrics by Brad James Beske

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Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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