Born Without Wings

from The Heresiarch's Breakfast by DOUG the Eagle

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A few years ago I did a song called 'Born With Wings'. This time I had the idea of taking the same theme of persecution from a different angle, someone who has enough magical creature blood in them to register as 'probably evil' even if they aren't.

I think the lyrics and vocal performance could have been better, but I do like how the melodies came out. The demo mix of this song was also the first project to be mixed on the Holy Mixing Desk of St. John the Baptist, an A&H GL2400 which replaced the cheap Soundcraft MFXi-20 desk I was using before. I was rather impressed with the results - it seems to have a lot more punch and I haven't yet been able to overload the thing into distortion, which the Soundcraft would do if you looked at it wrong.

lyrics

Born Without Wings

I was born without wings
I was born without wings
I was born without wings, but they still want me dead

What does it mean when your hair is all green
And the wise men say that it's a sign of evil
Where can you roam when you've lost your home
And every friendly face goes dark and draws a crossbow

I was born without wings
I was born without wings
I was born without wings, but they still want my head

I was born without wings
I was born without wings
I was born without wings, but they still want me dead

What can you do when you're coloured blue
Which all the heroes say means you were born a monster
They want your head because your eyes are red
Which all the wise men say means you're the child of demons

I was born without wings
I was born without wings
I was born without wings, but they still want me dead

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from The Heresiarch's Breakfast, released March 5, 2017

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