Belsassar+(song)


 * Belsassar** is a three part song off the album Drawing Lines by Eth Eonel. It was originally written in 1989 as three songs, called //The Old Beario//, //Mama Teld Her Hello// [sic] and //Hipsie Holy//. These songs were recorded as demos back then under the name Jak-Ulv. Written at the same time and being similar in rhythm (all in 3/4) and feel (all folk-inspired tunes), they fit nicely together.

Originally //The Old Beario// had new lyrics written on April 28, 2004, was renamed //Starfish Underneath//, and had new parts written for it, called //Old// and //Heartless//. This suite, with //Old//, //Starfish Underneath// and //Heartless// (in that order) was first called //One//, then renamed //Belsassar// in 2009, until //Old// and //Heartless// in 2010 was taken out to be included on See Through Mirrors (2003-2004), where it fits chronologically. //Mama Teld Her Hello// and //Hipsie Holy// was added to the suite with their new titles, //Mother// and //Decades//.

The part called //Starfish Underneath// gave name to Eth's studio, until he, in 2009, renamed both the studio and the label Eonel Sound.

Some new lyrics were written between February 21 and 28, 2010, and the demo was finished late June 2010.

Lyrics
[Starfish Underneath]

You have to learn how to swim, if you want to be a star- fish. Watch out for the current, and don’t swim too far, fish. The shallow is safe and your name is Belsassar.

You are shaking your head, heading towards the rainbow. But when you are dragged down by the undertow, you will find that this part was extremely apropos.

The stars will shine, although set apart And with the speed of light, time will tick tock your heart Generations will fade but you wont be alone When the fish have all died and the oceans have grown

Hey, Belsassar, you have the way to be seen Your sky is sea blue and your garden is green Now can you remember to always be true Cause you are the only one fit to be you

So wash away the writing in the sand Leaving no trace of the disembodied hand Gold and silver, brass, iron, wood and stone To feast on our own

You read it and wept, you were always one to cry To answer to answers, but never ask why Your book has been burnt and your fate is to die

You are shaking your head, heading towards the rainbow. But when you are dragged down by the undertow, you will find that this part was extremely apropos.

For a fixed point in time A strange situation You handle with sinking in reason and rhyme Then you are and I'm up for the climb

You have to learn how to swim, if you want to be a star- fish. Watch out for the current, and don’t swim too far, fish. The shallow is safe and your name is Belsassar. The shallow is safe and your name is Belsassar.

[Mother]

Are you on the way to the place you commited the crime, in the footsteps of a loving and caring mother time? With the now in hand A driving force Passive as it plots the course

She will lead you there with motherly care Erase all fear Then you'll comprehend, understand that mother always knows

She knows what you need and she knows what you're gonna do

Mother always knows Mother always knows Mother always knows

[Decades]

Time did form me Count one, two, three Decades wondering why

Centuries will Remember you still Repeat, reveal the lie

Decade one I remember