SONG 1, Across the Waves, early prototype
NOTES: This needs to have energy lyrically, I don't know if it does quiiiite yet. Melodically, it's pretty simple, but lyrically it needs to ebb and flow. I'll work on it.
Across the Waves --
(link is on a boat, it’s calm)
(OoT intro music as intro)
Na na NAAAAA na na naaaa, na na
Na na NAAAAA na naaaa, NA naaa
Link:
I sail across the waves
I journey home from across the sea
On the waves, I sail
On the waves, I'm free
I gotta get home to a land called Hyrule (KG: Hyrule)
To serve the princess I am a knight for
With the sword of evil's bane, Zelda is her name
And she is far across the waves
I saved some other lands
Hyrule thinks I've abandoned them
So I sail back to my kingdom (KG: Hyrule)
A kingdom mighty and grand
I’ll serve as the king’s hand
And
Live happily ever after then.
But now it’s
Just me, sailing, quickly, failing
To slow down
Take my time
The wind grows
Slow down
Wait a minute
As the wind grows
Wait up
Slow my breathing
As the wind grows
Take each second
Slow the wind, no
As the wind grows
It blows and blows and blows
(the wind builds, in background --
The Wise Owl Theme from the game:
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)
I sail across the waves
I journey home from across the sea
On the waves, I sail
On the waves, I'm free
Wind is blowing, slowly growing
Overtaking everything
Wind is rising, where will I go
When my boat goes, when it siiinks
(gust)
I start to think
(the wind picks up, in background--
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)
The sky bounces off the sea
The sea filled with salt and fish
The wind builds and fish rise
And the sea storms
Winds from the skies
The sky burns
Now it’s blue, now it’s gray
Now it's gone away
Which way across the waves (KG: Hyrule)
I sail across the waves
Over the horizon
Strugglin' to keep my eyes on...
(gust)
Just me, sailing, quickly, failing
The wind blows
Faster now, the wind blows (building percussion)
Pick up speed, the wind blows (building percussion)
Afterwards, the boat goes (add winds)
Here we go, the boat goes (add winds)
Wind shows, the boat goes (add winds)
Where does the boat go, nobody knows
(the wind picks up, in background --
Naaaa, na naa, na naaa
Naaaa, na naa, na naa, naaa)
I sail across the waves
The waves are soaring high
Blowing up the storm
Reaching to the sky
I sail across the waves (KG: Koho)
I sail across the waves (KG: Hyrule no)
I sail across the waves (KG: Koho)
The sea (KG: KOho-liint)
The seeeeeeeea (KG: KOho-liint)
(add strings, full orchestra, build build, stop)
(timpani) Down the mast goes, (timpani) down the sail goes, (timpani) down the bow goes, (low strings) down the boat goes, down the boat goes
(full orchestra)
Sail across the water, sail across the sea, seeing what to see, ocean’s swallowing me
I sail across the water, I sail where worlds colliiiiiiiiiide (chimes)
Reality’s switch (KG: Hyrule) on the sea (KG: Koholint)
When oh when, the storm won’t subside
The mast is cracking quickly, the sail is flying loose
I sail across the waves and the water, it’s no uuu- (it lets up) -se
Now it’s
Just me, sailing, quickly, failing
To slow down
Take my time
The wind grows
Slow down
Wait a minute
As the wind grows
Wait up
Slow my breathing
As the wind grows
Take each second
Slow the wind blow
As the wind grows (very sudden, flutes, piccolos, clarinets, a deep bassoon)
It blows and blows and blows
(the mast overturns now, the boat is rocking back)
The mast has overturned now, the boat is rocking back
The boat is jolting forth again, I’m loosening the slack
I’ll make it through the storm, you'll see, then row to Hyrule, only me
And whatever remains of the ship that I sail
I will make it back home, I can't afford to fail
With my sword and my cap, I am on my way back
On the seaaaa
Only meeeee
On the waaaaaaaavess------
(the boat crashes, Link loses it and is thrown off)
I sail across the waves
(he clings to a plank as it drifts offstage)