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Stowaway Ants

from Stowaway Ants EP by Alpha Boötis

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I started writing this song during a road-trip through the US east coast in a time that already feels distant and foreign… November 2019. I was inspired by a lonely ant who hopped in our car as we left North Carolina’s Outer Banks and stayed with us all the way to the New Jersey Pinelands. I just thought about how massive and unfathomable that distance must have felt to such a small being and found parallels to our perception of outer space and interstellar distances. That’s the emotion I wanted to convey in the song, as well as the hope and exhilaration that inhabits explorers and pioneers.
It was also the first piece we wrote with saxophone in mind from the beginning, which was a fun challenge.

lyrics

Spirited away by giants
On a thunderous steed of steel
Carried through the realms of titans
By blazing wheels
And the ground begins to roar
Through the great unknown we soar

Our grand odyssey
Began in utmost innocence
Following a trail of crumbs
Towards a feast for queens
Though we didn’t know
By entering the cargo hold
We had crossed the threshold
Into the world of man

Stowaway ants!
On our way to a foreign land
Taken by the hands of fate
Our destiny awaits
Stowaway Ants!
Thrown like dice in a game of chance
Taken from our kin and soil
And cast into turmoil!

As our legs meet the promised sand
We draw the lines of our destiny
Under the rays of this pale blue star
We have come so far
As Prometheus gave you light
You have lifted us to new heights

As we’re growing strong
We see the light in the endless night
Knowing they will call for us
When the time is right
We will sail again
In quest of an uncharted world
For we may be very small
But we can pull our weight!

Stowaway ants!
On our way to a foreign land
Taken by the hands of fate
Our destiny awaits
Stowaway Ants!
Thrown like dice in a game of chance
Taken from our kin and soil
And cast into turmoil!

credits

from Stowaway Ants EP, released December 11, 2020
Music by Étienne “Ozymandias” Vézina
Lyrics by Emmanuel “Harakoa” Raymond and Ozymandias
Produced by Ozymandias
Saxophone engineering by Adrien Agard

Vocals by Harakoa and Ozymandias
Guitars and Synths by Ozymandias
Drum programming by Matt “Jotunbot” Switocz
Saxophone by Ambroise “Krøgorlön” Marthet

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Alpha Boötis Montreal, Québec

Space Disco Synth Metal with operatic vocals, epic sci-fi stories and powerful production. Alpha Boötis' music aims to take you on a journey through the stars and the eons.

For fans of power metal, synthwave and progressive rock!
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