I am very happy to share with you this collaboration that my good friend and talented musician Charles Chambaz asked me to partake in ... I also have to thank him for his patience as it took me over a month to come up with my part of the deal ... 38 days in fact, which at the generally accepted top speed of 0,013 m/s is roughly how long it takes a snail to run (or rather crawl) a marathon. Hardly relevant to sirens or the Odyssey, I know ... but Charles happens to be a maths teacher so I though it was a nice touch :-) So Charles, how many marathons could that snail slog through during Odysseus's journey ? Yep, that's right; a staggering 96 ! By which time our snail would probably be running out of puff (a bit) ... On a side-note that would be a very long slime trail ... but don't get me started on gastropod mucus :-/
You will find many other beautiful instrumental tracks of Charles here : https://soundcloud.com/papillonmusical
Lyrics :
Let me ride your siren's voice
(Unbind me from the mast)
Gliding vowels and words of choice
(No highway cowboys)
Trickling from your honey lips
(L'e dans l'o du coeur)
Perfect R's that roll like hips
(Notes unsung)
Howling winds and whispered oaths
Sailing to your milky shores
As seamen must
In a final thrust
Like the sweetest sun-kissed peach
My D-day landing beach ...
