"SOCIASTERIDEUS"
National Anthem

SONG LYRICS AND MUSIC BY

BILL OLSON

© 1993 by Bill Olson

From my stories "Encore" and Molto Vivace.

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SYMBOLS

(Presented in the order they occur in the song, which follows)

SANGUINE WOLF

Wolf 359, a red dwarf star where the events take place. 

COLDNESS OF THE NIGHT

Oort Cloud of cometery material orbiting Wolf 359 where the main action occurs.

BLACK KING

Comet Herod, which figures prominently in the story.

OWN SON

King Herod railed against the first born sons of Israel. The alien, named "Frankenstein" by Ian Shanner, is found in a capsule on Comet Herod. "Black King lost his own son" refers to Frankenstein's liberation from the capsule when he is brought aboard the science ship KRISTINA-MARIE.

WHALE

The Geneva Republic's celestial warship LEVIATHAN.

CLOSED HER EYES

The destruction of the LEVIATHAN.

WINTER

The downfall of human civilization culminating in the destruction of the Geneva Republic.

WHEAT

Biblical symbolism for Humankind (Matthew 13:24-30).

PHOEBUS

The sun near the horizon is a symbol of the Sociasterideus; it can either mean Man's fall from grace (the setting sun) or Man's redemption (the rising sun) that the Sociasterideus will (it is said) bring about.

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As the sanguine wolf lies sleeping
In the coldness of the skies,
The Black King lost his own son
And the whale closed her eyes.

The winter was fast approaching,
The wheat was a golden hue,
But weeds were now encroaching
So the good crops would be few.

And Phoebus was at the horizon.
Soon the darkness spread upon the land.
Then the Lord said, "I will send you my Son."
And he held out his open hand.

But blood rained down upon the wheat,
And the weeds began their mighty conquest --
Until the Lamb came to take his seat,
so that the night brought rest.

Since harvest time had not yet come,
The Lamb would keep the snows away.
But weeds already choked some,
And the night would not yield to a warm day.

But the sun will ARISE
And the wheat will shine,
And we'll hear God's triumphant CRIES:
"This wheat's MINE -- 

And the harvest shall begin!"

The Sociasterideus: the social union under God:
Our souls will once again be clean,
And the harvest will at last bring Salvation to us 
under -- His golden Rod!

--(October 7, 1993)

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