Straylight themesong

edit, i guess themesong is a poor term. a real Straylight themesong will be high energy, club music. but i was listening to this last night and the lyrics made me think of straylight. plus i'm a big fan of contrast, so such a mellow song in an action packed universe put me in a nice state of zen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4

This song from 1964 seems to capture a lot of the feeling of Straylight for me. I thought I would share the recording and lyrics.

The Sound of Silence
by Simon and Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

(if i were making a music video for this in the Straylight universe, I would start with having Mercury fading in from the shadows, and end that verse with Felix being plugged in)

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

(this scene in the music video would have a fight scene on a cobblestone street complete with Felix impaling someone with his sword)

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

(this scene in the video would be more combat to contrast with the calm music. maybe show the crowds cheering on the fighters. show sparks flying from the connections of players that died.)

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

(at the line "my words like silent raindrops fell" show an ink tear falling)

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence"

(here, the neon gods are obviously the AI. so show Mercury and Neptune shaking hands after a battle. Then finish the scene with Felix being unplugged from the machine)