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This year I wrote a song for our anniversary. Cheesy I know…

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To be completely honest with you, I am not sure why this song is called what it is… When I was working on it and I came to save it for the first time, it was the title that just sprung up to me, and I typed it out without really thinking about it. So, unless someone has a better reason for the name that they would like to share with me, that explanation will have to do for now…

Originally uploaded 15/02/2008.

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This is a short interlude piece – much like the work of Thomas Newman of American Beauty fame. Short and to the point.

I wrote this in one take in about 10 minutes. I think next to Ponder, this is probably one of the most beautiful pieces I have written. Many people have said that it is not finished, but I kind of like it that way.

It was originally written as part of a trilogy of pieces. I wrote Autumn Daemons 01, and my cousin Trent wrote Autumn Daemons 02. This one, however, stands above them, alone. I don’t really want to associate it with the previous two versions.

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If we are just animals
How can we do wrong?
How can we be evil?
Why do we need the devil?
Why do we need god?

I wrote this late one night after a long walk. It occurred to me that if we are, as some believe, just animals, then we only obey our instincts.

It must therefore be the instincts that we deny ourselves that make us human…

This song is, in my opinion (and other disagree) probably the best I have ever written, with the possible exception of Autumn Daemons. The song makes a point and does it strongly. It has a great sound. All in all, I think this is the flagship RGS song, which is why its the first song I posted on the new RGS site.

(Ponder was originally uploaded on 08/08/2006.)