Week 3 - "I Look to the Stars"

Lyrics:

I like awake at night underneath the starry sky.
I see no end in sight and it makes me wonder why.
I've never been the type to embrace reality.
But don't waste your time to pity me.

I've seen the universe and its beauty in my mind.
I contemplate the good and the evil of mankind.
Questions I ask, no one seems to have the answers to.
But that should be no surprise to you.

Why should you ever say that you think that I just didn't care?
Did you know that the cross that you gave me I just couldn't bear?
But you still want to know and you ask what the future will be.
And I look to the stars but I just can't really see.

I wonder when we'll know just exactly what it means.
I wonder when the hands of the sinner will be cleaned.
I see the end in sight but it's still so far away.
But when does it get here? I can't say.

Why should you ever say that you think that I just didn't care?
Did you know that the cross that you gave me I just couldn't bear?
But you still want to know and you ask what the future will be.
And I look to the stars but I just can't really see.

I experimented this week with doing a completely synthesized musical accompaniment.  Most of my work with musical synthesizing has been for the purpose of trying to make a demo recording of something that was intended to be ultimately performed with acoustic instruments.  However, in this song I used the sounds of pads and sine wave lead and square wave lead for their own unique timbres.  On the other hand, the bass and drums are meant to sound like the actual instruments, although they are also synthesized.  The accompaniment track was generated with the Roland XV-5080 sound module.  I used Finale to sequence the MIDI playback, which is not ideal, but at least it has pan control so that each instrument could have its own space.