Deserts or Dust
July 29, 2021 6:46 am Leave your thoughts
Why will Red Cowboys have a tagline?
The Literal.
There’s always bit of guilty fantasising about your bo0k becoming a movie. I see most of the scenes I write inside my head like I’m watching a movie I can barely control. I gently guide or curb it when certain ends have to tie up or running themes/subplots have to be emphasised etc but that’s usually all. So of course I had an idea for the song while the end credits rolled on my King of Spades film! King of Spades’ end is abrupt and could leave a few people feeling unsatisfied if they weren’t looking hard enough…I wanted an audience to know that it’s not the end. I mean, how could it be?!
A section of Red Cowboys is in the epilogue area of in King of Spades. It hints there was more to Cleo’s last scene. EG: WHY and HOW does MDS HQ have the uniform she was killed in?
Aside from an epilogue or after-credits-sneak-peek at the next film, I thought about the song that would play when credits rolled. I needed something that conveyed the way Agent Starr felt at the end of King of Spades. I included it in his “about page” here. “Deserts of dust” is a line from the song “GONE,” by The Butterfly Effect, which I tweaked to mean something a little more personal. I didn’t know much about the band at the time the song was around, but, when I heard it, I heard Trent Starr.
The Metaphoric and Similie.
Agent Starr has spent time in different deserts and in the dust; where he lives at HQ, and also in the warzones he’s deployed to. When he’s home, he has his psychological well-being to struggle with. When he’s deployed, he has his physical well-being to protect as well. It’s all deserts, and either place makes his mind and disposition murky and dusty. It also represented the inclusion of Cleo in his life – whether in or separated by desert or dust/death (ashes to ashes, dust to dust) she’s still there.
Lyrically, his words.
The wonderful thing about music and art is that they speak to us in different ways. Sometimes it isn’t widely accepted as the way the artist saw the piece when they created it. We interpret things on our level, where we are emotionally or imaginatively, or based on our past experiences. That’s what makes these things awesome, because you contribute to the art by viewing it from your own perspective. Agent Trent Starr would identify with the lyrics in orange. Lyrically, I found a number of meanings or takeaways from the song. It seemed to grasp the confusion, the (what we call in Australia) dummy spit, the depression, the emotional exhaustion and more of not being with someone who was your best friend, partner and constant.
“GONE” The Butterfly Effect
I’m all alone on the road, High water tide underneath the flood,
In deserts of dust if I must i will stand, ===He will do he needs to , regardless of how he feels.
These are my promises, ===Trent Starr believes in always keeping his word.
I hope you’re winning the war, === Regarding Cleo Darkrose disappearing prior to their assignment in KOS.
Make everything like it was before,
All that we were we can still be again, ===But he still thinks they could have a relationship again.
I swear,
I’m afraid you’re gone,
I don’t want you, I don’t want you to go, ==Duh.
I’ve got the sun in my eyes,
I didn’t see you passing me by, ==He was preoccupied with work/mental issues- his absence when Cleo’s friend died.
I just want you,
I just want you to know,
Inside of me forever you’ll go,
Now I just want to go home, ===When you get that feeling like FUCK DIS and want to bail on everything because you’re exhausted and confused.
Carried by all that was ever known,
Held in these hands if I must I will stand,
Given these promises,
Now I’ve been running too long,
These feet are too tired to carry on, Weighing us down,
if you’re gone I will drown, ===Trent Starr was looking/counting on an anchor (Cleo) when he returned to HQ in KOS.
I’m afraid you’re gone,
I don’t want you, I don’t want you to go,
I’ve got the sun in my eyes,
I didn’t see you passing me by,
I just want you, I just want you to know,
If forever exists,
Inside me is where you belong,
If forever exists,
I’ve got the sun in my eyes,
I didn’t see you passing me by,
Now I’ve been running too long,
To carry on,
I don’t want you, I don’t want you to go,
I’ve got the sun in my eyes, I’m afraid you’re gone,
If forever exists,
Inside me is where you belong, ===♠SPOILER FOR RED COWBOYS LOOK AWAY NOW.♠♠ Trent Starr has a DNA-ink tattoo of Cleo’s name.
If forever exists….
from https://www.elyrics.net
The book has insight into Agent Trent Starr’s life, mentality, quirks and also morals. He keeps his word. He believes “it’s the only currency worth shit.” We explore whether this is a noble premise or whether it’s an Achilles’ heel in his current world and his fragile mental state. Oh, this Darkrose Novel has it all ; blasting baddies and getting our emo and psycho-analytical on.
TLDR:
*GONE by The Butterfly Effect is a good song.
*I want it for the end credits should a big wig Hollywood exec want to buy the rights to screen KOS.
*Red Cowboys is action-packed but also deeeep. 😛
*Music and Art saves lives.
* I’m good at analysis and it’s fun.
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Cowboy.” 1, Traditional animal herder who tends cattle on ranches usually in the North American region.
2, Derogatory term describing someone who is reckless, ignores potential risks, irresponsible or who heedlessly handles a sensitive or dangerous task.
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