A Song for Jim MacQueen

from Bethesda Kickstarter Reward Songs (Acoustic) by Bethesda

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Instead of giving us 5 facts about himself, Jim MacQueen wanted us to write about a character in a book he is currently working on. He plans to use this song in his own Kickstarter project when launching his first novel, The Wasters. The facts about the book he gave us to use in writing the song were as follows: This book introduces the character Herb Cook, an auto racing writer who also travels the world as a spy. He’ll be tracking down pot smugglers and international terrorists in this first book. Enjoy!

lyrics

Seems the time just slips away
The more I’m quickening my pace
Could it be that I’m just goin round and round
What’s the hurry …oh what’s the race?
Can you read these words I scroll
With each verb or noun I wrote
I get closer to the hope for which I groan
I’m not alone…I’m not alone
Yet on the other side
wasters seek our lives
Poisonous promises; highest of heights
heads and heavy guns
eyes have just begun to turn from us
Neglect will end fires burned for us
It seems its time to take my turn
oh It must be earned
So I’ll leave this place called home
Travel ‘ore the sea and land – yes I will roam
I can’t rest for now – Their callin’ for a war
And I’m a soldier ….I’m fightin on
Yeah a soldier – I’m fighting on
Here on the other side
What’s worth the highest price?
A worthy sacrifice – highest of heights
all the things they’ve done
all the ways that they’ve begun to leave
The rain will fall and with it brings relief
We’ll rinse away this…disease
And the war’s already won
But it seems it just begun

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from Bethesda Kickstarter Reward Songs (Acoustic), released September 17, 2012

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Bethesda Kent, Ohio

Bethesda's 2012 was a busy year with performances at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Summer in the City Series with Sharon Van Etten, RedGorilla Music Festival at SXSW, MidPoint Music Festival, Burning River Fest, and more. Meanwhile, Bethesda has been working on their next fan-funded full-length album "The Reunion" in 2013 with InKind Music, distributed by Sony Red. ... more

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