Name: Heretic Astronomer
Duration: P00H04M58S
Description: Czeslaw Milosz in his beautiful and heartbreaking poem Campo dei Fiori, imagines the execution of Giordano Bruno, one the the earliest astronomers. I wanted to tell the story from the perspective of an onlooker. The musical style was inspired by Tom Waits -- A Little Rain

Heretic Astronomer

from Starguide by Art Schop

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Czeslaw Milosz in his beautiful and heartbreaking poem Campo dei Fiori, imagines the execution of Giordano Bruno, one the the earliest astronomers. I wanted to tell the story from the perspective of an onlooker. The musical style was inspired by Tom Waits -- A Little Rain

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Draw me down another flagon of ale, I need to wash away the dust
Watch the pretty girls with their pretty smiles, as they pass me by
They hung the poor wretch upside down, his beard now white as bone

The sun comes up, and the sun goes down

I’ve lived the life of a simple man, with my simple mind
Never strayed to the wild frontier, where heresy resides
Like a duck for the cardinal, they made him ready for their fire

The sun comes up, and the sun goes down

Tonight I’ll go carousing, beneath the stars that pierce the dark
The flames that set him free burn bright, I couldn’t bear to watch
He really was an insufferable man, but we all have our flaws

Oh, the sun comes up, and the sun goes down

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from Starguide, released July 23, 2021

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Art Schop Brooklyn, New York

Contemporary rock that's "a mixture of Murder Ballads, Songs from a Room, and Hunky Dory."

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