24 Hour Song Skull

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“7 Skies H3”, (or, as it will probably forever be known, “The 24 Hour Song", is not so much a song.... it is more a sound odyssey. The title “7 Skies H3” comes from an iPhone app that Steven had initially played the very haunting melody of (what we will refer to as) the main theme with. I believe he changed it eventually to another similar sound, but “7 Skies H3” was what I had written down the first time hearing it. I thought “7 Skies H3” sounded like the name of a drug or the scientific equation of a newly discovered galaxy. This cool title and its mournful sound exploded in my mind and, as occasionally happens when conceptualizing, I could see the whole universe in an instant. “7 Skies H3” is based on the concept of an intense, romantic love tragically left suspended at the height of its lust and power by the suicide of the young woman. It is a retreat into the nether world of loss.... it is a rehab holding station designed not to comfort, but to simply accompany the mind devastated by grief. It is long and weird and, like I said earlier, it is a sound odyssey and is perhaps, as some have suggested, our deepest voyage yet. It begins with a piece that resembles a structured son…