This one’s for Andrew Dee, who has already checked out my Bandcamp collection …

It’s been ten years since I recorded the following song, but it’s been 47 years since I wrote it. At that time, I was still young and naive and, for quite a while, very much in love with a girl who had, unfortunately, a very different view of the world than I did. It was then that I realized how important this is in a relationship.

Title: »Daughter of Light«
Based on the style TRAVEL!.STY
Key: G minor
170 BPM

At that time, I only used GarageBand to finish what I got from Band-in-a-box. Unfortunately, GarageBand also changes with every version of macOS – different instruments, different sounds, etc. –, so again, it’s impossible to remix the song today from the old files.

Here’s the song in Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/opur-music/daughter-of-light

And here the lyrics:

Daughter of Light

Because you are a daughter of light
and I’m a son of the earth
there’s no bridge from me to you
no way to understand

Because you are a woman from heaven
and I’m a man from the world
you’ve fascinated me with every move
and I tried so hard to reach you

REFRAIN
I thought I could love you, but now I see
our two worlds can never be joined
But please believe me, I regret
that it ended like this

Because you are a daughter of light
and I’m a son of the earth
I never felt your hope
as you’ll never feel mine

Because you are a woman from heaven
and I’m a man from the world
our ways couldn’t be more than parallel lines
and now they must lead apart

REFRAIN

Because you are a girl from the angels
and I’m a boy from the men
my love destroyed more than it built
and was hopeless ever to find it’s aim

Because you are not from my world
and I am not from yours
I could never really see your thoughts
and maybe I’m still mistaken

REFRAIN

Last edited by Opur; 8 hours ago.
Essential: Band-in-a-Box. DAW: Reason (formerly GarageBand). Interface: Focusrite.
I only wish I had had all this stuff available when I was young …