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The New War

from Incubi and Succubi by DOUG the Eagle

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'The New War' is the opening track of 'Incubi and Succubi'. The opening line is dubbed directly from the master tapes of 'Niall's Song' (from 'More songs about Demons') and slowed down to match the key. I believe this was the first song to be written for the album.
The bridge near the end came from a dream in which a non-existent Genesis album was playing in the room below mine. On waking I remembered enough of it to be able to put it into the sequencer, adding a vaguely Firth-of-Fifth feel to the song.

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There was a great war, for thousands of years - It took my species to the brink of destruction...

So he was happy living out his life
'til the dragons' men came calling
And they cut his head off with a knife
He's not the first, he's likely not the last
It reminds us all of the dreadful past
It's not some random murder, there's a point to what's been done,
And people say a New War has begun.

The last war was a bad time all around
Since the bulk of us were slaughtered
And the rest were driven underground
The dragons made potential allies doubt,
And adventurers came to flush us out
And I can see it's lunacy when all is said and done
But people say a New War has begun.

The dragons slaughtered woman, man and child
And they spread dark propaganda
Since they want the 'Cubi race reviled
I know we're not the nicest race as such
But a genocide seems a bit too much.
And just as things were thawing and we trade with everyone
It's looking like a New War has begun.

Are we all gonna die? And in my mind's eye...
I see the forces building up.
The chances of life ending happy are grim.
Who cares? Who dares?
But we're all in this together, whether we know it or not...

They say Destania has some crazy scheme
And the rumours are she's working on
Some kind of anti-dragon beam
If true, the dragon side may well be lost,
But is victory really worth that cost?

I pray it's just a rumour, not some savage race to run
But people say a New War has begun.

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from Incubi and Succubi, released March 30, 2013

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