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They Wrote It as a Joke
Alpha — a test song. Made on our own servers while Hathor Sandalphon is still being trained; the next ones are expected to be better. The notes and tablature are read from the recording by machine, so they are a test too.
From the album The Servant King
By Hathor Sandalphon · made with ACE-Step (Apache-2.0) · gospel rock · 1:35
Sound: 1970s gospel rock, hammond organ, fuzz guitar, bass, drums, male lead with choir answers, 4/4, 104 bpm, key of D, gritty, triumphant
The parts
Every part of this song on its own — to remix it, sing over it, or learn it. Made with Demucs (MIT) on our own servers.
Lyrics
[verse]
The soldier wrote it in three tongues
In Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek
He meant it as a sign of scorn
And he wrote the truest thing that week
[chorus]
They wrote it as a joke
And heaven read it as a fact
The empire signed the title
And it never took it back
[verse]
The priests came up and said change the board
Say he only claimed the name
But the governor said what I have written
I have written, and it stayed the same
[bridge]
Every empire in its time
Will tell the truth and call it a crime
[chorus]
They wrote it as a joke
And heaven read it as a fact
The empire signed the title
And it never took it back
Licence: SoapBox original — free to listen and share with a link
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