A Down to Earth Song

[nocarename]

Local band that disintegrated, but they put out a CD first.

Title: Gospel Rock

Band: The SplendourBog

Run Time: 2:57

Gospel Rock

When I was young, liquid granite

I was diagnosed schizophrenic

Neither feldspar, nor mica, nor quartz

But the sum of the three

Bonded igneously

That means melted together for life

Well, I was hot and dejected

Oh, I was injected

Under layers and layers of dirt

But, it was there that I changed

All my crystals rearranged

Into G-N-E-I-S-S, gneiss

So, take a look, and you'll see

That I'm not what I used to be

I've been touched metamorphically

All the heat and the pressure

They changed me forever

So don't take me for granite, I'm gneiss

Well, I wasn't to been seen

Till time changed the scene

Exposing my face to the sun

But, now its here that I sit

Being worn down bit by bit

Oh, erosion is wearing me down

So, be aware, have a look

Underground, underfoot

For that beautiful pinky-grey face

The Canadian shield

Holds a magnamous yield

Of the rock that was changed into gneiss

(C)1990 Jason Summach, Watchin' Music Co. (SOCAN)

I figure this would let Doug have a stone form and possibly some form of earth control.
Earthquakes if one was feeling terrible, generous, and the local conditions were open to such a thing. Japan, California, anywhere on a fault line really...
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[robkelk]

I don't know whether Doug would be able to hurt anybody while under this song's influence. The lyrics indicate that he'd be a really gneiss guy...

Oh, and welcome aboard!
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[DHBirr]

The lyrics indicate that he'd be a really gneiss guy...

OWWWW....

A kid once wrote on a geology test, "Granite is made in a hot place deep inside the earth. I guess you know who makes it." Art Linkletter's book
Kids Write the Darndest Things! illustrated this with a cartoon showing Satan stirring a cauldron. Perched on the rim, a demon said, "Don't
take me for granite!"

Punning aside.... Stone form, yes, I'm inclined to agree. I'm not sure about the earthquakes, though, but that's just a feeling, not based on
anything specific in the song.
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

[Bob Schroeck]

I like the stone form, but I'll agree with DHBirr about the earthquakes.

And I can pair it up with ELO's "Turn to Stone", too.

And before I forget, Nocarename, welcome to the forums!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[nocarename]

Thanks,

The chorus covered a disturbing amount of my intro-geology course.

If it's not an ore, it's basically feldspar, mica or quartz. Percentages and variety differ and there are always trace elements. But almost always:
feldspar, mica, quartz.

About the earthquakes... if I didn't try, I'd never know. Which might be the reason why I was told I couldn't ignite Jupiter during that one game,
no matter how much alien tech I got my grubby, little, looting mitts on. Spoilsports.

[Bob Schroeck]

<<chuckle>>
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.