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Merry Christmas! Here's a new arrangement I did of the traditional Christmas Carol "Angels We Have Heard on High" that goes in some fun and unexpected directions. Features Ingrid Chun on Violin and myself on Clavichord, Dulceola, Celestaphone, Piano, Trilian and Omnisphere. Enjoy! :-)
©2013 Eric Persing - Big Green Music ASCAP

Angels

(Main Section:)
I am the last man left on Earth,
There aren't ma-a-ny-y days left for her,
My life's, been too lo-ong.
I watched as my family slowly passed,
I am crying as the last blade of grass,
Gro-ws old, and wi-ithers.
The Crystal Eye, watched us die-ie,
Just a minute, for infinit-
y's Spy!
Were we an experiment, nothing more?
Have we satisfied an alien force,
This feels, so wro-ong.

(Middle Section:)
One day high in the sky I saw the Crystal Eye, 
I'd seen on walls of a cave,
In Spain!
We had plundered our planet and at last begun,
The irreversible plunge,
So vain!
We freaked out, 
War broke out,
The President pushed in the button,
It was hard to tell,
But hell, he said we won.
The Eye,
It just stared at our pain!

(Back to Main Section)

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Drone Baby

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Crystal Eye

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