Where Were You During The Apocalypse? (17-EDO) (Studio version) by Stephen Weigel

This is an electronic track in 17-equal tuning, set to an apocalyptic poem about the end of the world. It is very ambiguous, and contains lots of references to the real world that could mean any number of phenomena, although when I was thinking of it, in the back of my mind was a fear of global warming mixed with a pinch of schadenfreude. This was also sung at the 4th annual UnTwelve Xenharmonic Praxis Camp in Michigan on August 26th, 2016. Lyrics, music, and performance by Stephen Weigel.

Lyrics:

Year of turning, lost in sun
Your burning causes us to run
For fires blaze where we adored
A magic sight for the ignored

Year of fate, clutch your book
Your fatal flaw that knowledge took
For anger seethes inside the mind
To drive the serious and divine

Hold me tight, I don’t want to watch the world
Die by myself. Die by myself.

Year of smiles, flex your legs
Beguiling listeners as they beg
For watchers wait toward the lilt
Accompanying the actions built.

Help me care about the protection of
The things we need. The things we need.

Year of turning, lost in sun
Your burning causes us to run
For fires blaze where we adored
A magic sight for the ignored

Hold me tight, I don’t want to watch the world
Die by myself. Die by myself.