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Afyonkarahisar Battle Cry

from Stratospherical by Black Fortress of Opium

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(Snyder/Savarino/Simches/Turner)

lyrics

Some 700 steps up to the summit
Some 700 steps if you can climb it
Atop, Acröenon
Afyonkarahisar

It’s a testament to reach the summit
You’re a soldier if you can climb it
Stones white, from below
But what can fools who see from afar know

You can build castles in the sky
So lovely on high
Yes you can
So high up and far from ground
So many enemies to crush down
Yes you can

Locked inside is something ecstatic
Instinct bides you to protect
Dark, but I will defend
It to the death

Battle cry, hymn of the solemn
Oh the glory in a flower
Early June, with poppies
In full bloom

You can build castles in the sky
So lovely on high
Yes you can
So high up and far from ground
So many enemies to crush down
Yes you can

credits

from Stratospherical, released March 6, 2012
Ajda the Turkish Queen: vocals, mandolin
Tony Savarino: electric guitar
Joel Simches: electric bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
Joe Turner: drums

Recorded by Joel Simches at V8
Mixed by Joel Simches at Sonic Enhancement Specialists, Ltd.
Produced by Joel Simches
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering NYC

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Black Fortress of Opium Somerville, Massachusetts

Born 2006...exploring the psychic sub-conscious and creating a mood...music that is "rootsy yet ethereal (think Turkey by way of Texas)."

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