#############################
       My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
       #############################
       
       
       I did this song in the first few hours of February 1st (local time).
       
       It showed some challenges of hymn-filking. It is easy to think you
       can just go by meter, but... it never seems to be just that way.
       
       Overall, particularly as a first FAWM song, it went super smoothly
       and I'm happy with the results. For a set of lyrics that tell a
       story, it does that well. I may revisit this alien as a culture and
       not as a last-of-her-kind. If I do that, I think it'll be easier to
       work with the concept.
       
       My biggest disappointment for this song is that it seems to discount
       the premise of my concept album. I knew that was happening early in
       the lyric-writing process, but I wasn't sure how to make the songs
       mesh perfectly with the concept.
       
       To that end, at least for the duration of FAWM, I'll be leading in
       (or even bookending) the songs with spoken words that bridges between
       the concept and the specific song. (Even if they later wind up only
       in liner notes, they'll provide a mental bridge for me, if nothing
       else.)
       
       EDIT: I think I've found a way to make this work with the album's
       concept. I've revised the lyrics for what I plan to do.
       
       (meter: 8-8-8-7-4)
       
       (Spoken lines, to be added later: "Dating on this ship is next to
       impossible. *beep* *beep* Maybe when we land, I'll meet...")
       
       <song>
       
       (Spoken) Good-bye.
       
       (Spoken lines, to be added later:*beep* *beep* "Hmm... maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea.")
       
       
       =====
       Audio
       =====
       
       Download:
       
 (TXT)     - My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
          |Lyrics| song lyrics posted on 2015-02-01 @ 01:56pm
       
       Title: My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
       Date: 2015-02-01 @ 01:56pm
       
       ======
       Lyrics
       ======
       
       
       
       My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
       I love you now, more than ever
       You are every woman to me
       Stay with me and stay like her.
       I brought the salt.
       
       My Salt Eater, My Dream Cover
       I could be an agent, daring.
       You'd perfectly blend in, drinking.
       Sneaking, waiting, whispering.
       I brought the match.
       
       My Salt Eater, My Dream Lover
       I love your hair, such lovely blue
       I brought this top, don't wear those slacks
       Tears bring crimson to your eyes
       I brought the wax.
       
       My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
       You need me more than I need you
       When out of salt, you must comply
       Quiet, here's what we will do.
       I brought the ship.
       
       
       Download:
       
 (TXT)     - (lyrics.txt) My Salt Eater, My Dream Woman
       
 (DIR) Found on: Shipping Containers
       
       ===========
       Other files
       ===========
       
 (TXT) - (song.poem.txt) song.poem
       
       Keywords:
 (DIR)    - salt vampire
 (DIR)    - relationship, abusive
       
 (DIR) Category: Filk to Hymntunes
       ------------------------------------------------------------------
       
 (DIR) Home
 (DIR) Phlog
 (DIR) Products
 (DIR) Categories
 (DIR) Keywords