ChaotiMusic.com 007 - Unicorn
Yes. the song is about unicorns. Pink unicorns.
The song is also very heavy, I wrote it in Open C tuning, which I first heard in the work of Devin Townsend. The interesting thing would be that his “music” and my “music” are probably on the whole in the same sub-genre of metal.
The unicorns in question may also be invisible, and be part of a satiric parody religion. The interesting thing would be the link between this religion and the polyweekly podcast that I listen to.
The satiric parody religion aspects may make up the “message” of the song. The interesting thing is that I manage to blaspheme against most of the major religions, and some of the minor ones while also including some of the other religious parodies.
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Unicorn, men they seek, but can’t find.
Unicorn, reclusive, horned equine.
Unicorn, chaste virgin, trap to bind.
Unicorn, is it just in your mindVerse 1:
Fantastic beast, the great unicorn
Congruent to a horse, but forehead with horn
Untameable and wild, mysterious might
Many seek to find it, but try as they might
No specimens are captured, in vain is the hunt
The logical conclusion, although it is blunt
The documented sightings, just optical illusion
Or fabricated tales, or products of delusionChorus
Verse 2:
Invisible and pink, horse with a horn
A messianic hebrew, to virgin is born
In the air spaghetti, a noodley appendage
A burning piece of shrubbery, with a holy message
Flying cosmic teapot, Campus Crusade for Cthulhu
Buddha, Allah, Brahman, Wiccan Goddesses & Xenu
Believing supernatural claims, a dissonance of reason
Your faith is just a futile act of intellectual treasonChorus
Bridge (spoken)
The Invisible Pink Unicorn is a being of great spiritual power.
We know this because she is capable of being invisible and pink at the same time.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorn is based upon both logic and faith.
We have faith that she is pink;
We logically know that she is invisible because we can’t see herChorus
2 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
Cool song! I’m very admiring of some of the clever lyrics, especially verse 2. And is the Bridge your own wording, or from elsewhere? It’s witty. I also like how you altered your voice for it.
Also, I’m glad to see you are aware of the work of Mr Townsend. I haven’t heard much Strapping Young Lad, but I am a big fan of his latest epiphone, Ziltoid the Omniscient. Have you heard it, and do you like it? I was also unaware of open C tuning until he demonstrated it in videos included on the Ziltoid album (which I had to get off YouTube, since I got my Ziltoid as a download from emusic as part of my monthly subscription). He’s an amusing guy… and I also enjoyed the interview with him as posted on the Full Metal Racket page here: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/racket/default.htm
I tried Open C briefly, but don’t know enough musical theory to apply the physical patterns I know in standard/drop-d to be able to do anything but heavy riffs on the bottom 3 strings, which I can also accomplish in Drop-C, which I am currently enjoying…
I didn’t write the bridge, it is basically an “evolution” of the original quote made by Mr Steve Eley on the alt.athiest usenet forum back in the day (steve now does some podcasts like http://escapepod.org/)
I am very aware of Mr Townsend, I don’t have ziltoid…. in fact I’m missing some of his stuff - stuff that I deleted because I only had pirate copies. I will get it all, when I can find it, Punky Brewster is kinda hard to get - but the funniest thing he ever did.
It is very helpful to know the actual theory when playing in other tunings…. this song could be played in drop-c (or kittie tuning as I call it - all tunings should be refered to by the related canadian metal band) the only tricky part would be the “big power chords” in the bridge.