Thinking about the national anthem. The lyrics are good, the music writing is terrible, it is a genuinely boring composition. But the reason I'm thinking about it is because the last line of the song is a question.
"Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
Do we still live in the land of the free and the home of the brave? I know the original question is asking if the flag is still flying high after a battle, but in the context of the country we live in now, are we living up to that? I wanted to try changing around the lyrics of the national anthem, to make the entire song a question.
"
Oh, say, could you see
by the dawn's burning light,
in which proudly I hoped,
at my childhood's beginning-
whose red stripes and pale stars,
in the blinding dim night,
through the ceiling we watched;
were they gallantly streaming?
Did the rockets' red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
give proof through the night
that our flag was still fair?
Oh, say, did that
star-spangled banner ever wave
o'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
"
That was probably very cringe but I don't really care. Anyway band camp was really fun. I spent a lot of time with Gavin making a gross blue concoction meant to mimic blue juice valve oil.
Next time.
- Basil
