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some dull scrape
over a pretty face
give or take
to put me in my place
naked, beautiful
swallowed by the sea
isn’t it a pity?
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(wasn’t it?)
Andromeda calling
a mouthful of stars
and a handful of batteries
by fits and starts
we’ll conquer their batteries
flying powerful
over messes of artillery
see their scales gleam
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(anything)
Andromeda calling
listen close
I won’t be your scapegoat
I don’t care
whether you sink or float
I’m not interested
in playing the maiden
I’ll rescue myself
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(to anyone)
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
over a pretty face
give or take
to put me in my place
naked, beautiful
swallowed by the sea
isn’t it a pity?
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(wasn’t it?)
Andromeda calling
a mouthful of stars
and a handful of batteries
by fits and starts
we’ll conquer their batteries
flying powerful
over messes of artillery
see their scales gleam
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(anything)
Andromeda calling
listen close
I won’t be your scapegoat
I don’t care
whether you sink or float
I’m not interested
in playing the maiden
I’ll rescue myself
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(to anyone)
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Literature
Mermaid's Dream
Swimming in an endless sea,
Living under the water so free,
Light above, Darkness below,
Where it started, no one knows.
Searching as I transcend,
Willing to comprehend,
What more could there be,
Other than the endless sea.
Is there another world above?
It's inhabitants able to love?
What would I give,
To find a way to live,
Out of the sea,
If only it could be.
I know not of that world,
Its stories untold,
beckoning me closer,
Like a song from it's composer.
Do I stay or do I swim?
Lose some scales and gain more skin?
Should I leave what I know behind,
And seek out a brighter sky?
Literature
Escape to freedom
I thought I could escape it.
To get in my car and drive away.
Never looking in the rearview mirror;
For I couldn't watch you just fade away.
But you trapped me in a cage too small;
Where I couldn't breathe and to hell I'd fall.
You played the devil so well;
With your horns and claws-
and hatred so strong.
Never wanting me to rise above;
So you'd sink me deeper into the ground.
In-spite of who you were, I loved you;
But in the end I had to love me more.
In the end I had to run, had to hide.
Had to become better than the trash-
you made me to be.
Literature
Celestial Memories
She sat on the sun
melting, burning
just to glow as bright as the stars.
Swallows with underbellies of shimmering
gold passed before her as
she sat on the sun
Their molted feathers become
shooting stars as they head towards earth,
melting, burning.
She wonders if birds can sing
in the depth of space or if they're only there
just to glow as bright as the stars.
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The myth of Andromeda: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromed...
A lot of the traditional paintings of Andromeda are just weirdly sexualised. Like, I get that it's a naked woman chained to a rock, but in so many of these paintings her poses are the traditional "oh, woe is me, but look how sexy I am" kind of rubbish. She is about to be eaten by a sea monster. She should not be presented as some perfect, pale, unnaturally hairless body just chilling out waiting to die and, while she's at it, being sexually idealised for the male gaze. She is going to be sacrificed. This is not sexy, it's horrific.
Examples of paintings that annoy me: www.wikipaintings.org/en/theod...
www.shafe.co.uk/art/Poynter-_A... And don't even get me STARTED on the modern illustrations.
Examples of ones that got the pose/expression right even though she's still hairless for some reason (???): www.wikipaintings.org/en/gusta...
framingpainting.com/painting/a...
I wanted to present Andromeda as a strong woman, not just an object of sacrifice, and thus this song. I'm also thinking about a painting of my own...hm.
Edit: my thirteenth DLD!
A lot of the traditional paintings of Andromeda are just weirdly sexualised. Like, I get that it's a naked woman chained to a rock, but in so many of these paintings her poses are the traditional "oh, woe is me, but look how sexy I am" kind of rubbish. She is about to be eaten by a sea monster. She should not be presented as some perfect, pale, unnaturally hairless body just chilling out waiting to die and, while she's at it, being sexually idealised for the male gaze. She is going to be sacrificed. This is not sexy, it's horrific.
Examples of paintings that annoy me: www.wikipaintings.org/en/theod...
www.shafe.co.uk/art/Poynter-_A... And don't even get me STARTED on the modern illustrations.
Examples of ones that got the pose/expression right even though she's still hairless for some reason (???): www.wikipaintings.org/en/gusta...
framingpainting.com/painting/a...
I wanted to present Andromeda as a strong woman, not just an object of sacrifice, and thus this song. I'm also thinking about a painting of my own...hm.
Edit: my thirteenth DLD!
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This is absolutely breathtaking.