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Music d20: Odes

by Will Savino & Clare Grall

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Ancora Bound 03:09
Ancora calls and your spirit is drawn To a wild much deeper than you know Through storms and squalls, from dusk till dawn Toward glorious shores you'll go No vice of men can fulfill you as well She asks no favor and no fee Yet in her depths the richest men dwell And in her you long to be A lady is the sea She'll rise and fall for thee Fill your heart, fill your lungs. Sailing towards Everlasting life upon her shores Men they will pray But she doesn't hear them Oceans sway You disappear beneath them Sailors man your stations She will lure you to your grave The ocean tides Your soul, your body set free Always heed her crimson sky Lest your night be nigh A lady is the sea She'll rise and fall for thee Fill your heart, fill your lungs. Sailing towards Everlasting life upon her shores And men will pray But she doesn't listen Oceans will sway and sweep entire worlds away Now won't you sailors hold your breath On windswept days she will call you Her love won't go unseen The clouds may spin, the storm may brew And soon you will be with your queen Swim swiftly, ascend, rise Your last laugh won't meet your eyes A lady is the sea She'll rise and fall for thee Fill your heart, fill your lungs Soon you'll be with me Ancora calls and your spirit is gone Your days at sea go on
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Viriline 04:19
Viriline Please tell me you're here This is a hostile frontier. Viriline Viriline I seek shelter from the cold You can help me, I'm told In your temple of shadow You must have a warm bed Sanctuary unhallowed I'll be sure to lightly tread Viriline You must see Your spirit is known The eyes watch you from the throne Despite the king's sacred writ I've come so far for your aid And while it's hard to admit For the first time I've truly prayed I seek so much more than shelter and board Your devotion, your dark lord The dark I've ignored Help me help others Lady of the void So much pain can be lifted With your blessings employed Help me help others Priestess in black Let's work together To push the blight back Viriline Viriline I can't promise we'll prevail But I must tell you one detail Viriline I'll come clean My presence here is confidential Secrecy is quintessential Us together with your power We can do so much good But the heroes who command me Would surely stop us if they could I need so much more than I've ever known Your devotion, all alone Your hand in my own Help me help others Lady of the void So much pain can be lifted Lest we all be destroyed Help me help others Priestess in black Let's show the titans The power they lack Let's fight together Let's fin'lly fight back Let's fight together Let's quietly fight back
3.
Caro's Song 01:58
Money can buy you The answers you seek And rhythm can lessen the pain The Gods, they are fickle Routinely oblique But worship is rarely in vain Vela has granted My one true request The journey is now mine to take With grays in my hair And aches in my chest At long last I'm feeling awake Loves have I lost And friends have I made And many hard drinks have I downed The devil I've crossed The debt yet unpaid But to Roewyn my soul is bound I need you to know My twilight desire I'll happily travel the planes There's spring in my step And fuel on my fire And heroes unshackl'ing my chain The verses I've penned Those lies I've been selling Just purposeless rhymes I've amassed Soon I'll be there In your Evenfall dwelling Ready to cast off the past My future is you Our love still eternal My present is merely a chore Our radiant love Still nascent and vernal Will blossom divinely once more

about

I'm so happy to finally release Music d20: Odes! While my previous Music d20 release have been instrumental music designed to help you score your D&D or other tabletop campaigns, this little EP is fully of vocal love (?) songs inspired by my own RPG adventures. My wife Clare brings these odes to life with her gorgeous singing. If you listen carefully, you might even hear me belting out some background vocals as well.

Ancora Bound is a pirate shanty through and through, a tale of men drawn under the waves by their cruel mistress: the sea. Viriline is a pleading ballad of love and rebellion, one part serenade, one part revolution song. Caro's Song is your go-to tavern tune, a singalong filled with pleasant rhymes and cheeky accordion.

These three songs each have corresponding instrumental versions that might be more appropriate for use at the gaming table. You can either grab those at my Patreon (patreon.com/musicd20) or on their corresponding albums. The instrumental version of Caro's Song is on Music d20: Vol. 3, and the instrumental version of Ancora Bound is on Music d20: Vol. 5. As of writing, the instrumental version of Viriline can only be found at my Patreon.

Please let me know if you love these tracks. I've written hundreds of instrumental tunes over the years, and only a handful of actual bona fide *songs.* If this is something you enjoy, I'll definitely convince Clare to lend me her voice more often.

If you would like to use this music in your podcast, Twitch stream, or other RPG-adjacent content, please reach out to me. There's a good chance I'll let you do so as long as you plug my work. You can reach me at will@wsavino.com.

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released October 15, 2021

Music by Will Savino
Lyrics by Will Savino and Clare Grall
Vocals by Clare Grall (and a little bit of Will Savino)
Album Art by Tom Hix (www.hixvii.com)

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