La règle (the rule)

3 days ago by @ambroise

Liner Notes

I love the cards of the #oraclechallenge for their witchy tone. I was feeling wicked… But the one I was dealt seems to impersonate justice but takes the name obedience.



In greek mythology, justice is linked to Astrée (Astraea) a young woman disappointed by the realm of the living who became the virgo constellation. She’s supposed to weigh the soul in her balance (which is the constellation just next to her) and apply punishment with her sword.

My trouble with that is I see a measuring tool, and more Ockham’s razor than a sword. Plus the blindfold ? Not the blindness of justice enforcing the law, rather the subtle intelligence that doesn't trust its first sight and tries to understand what’s happening below.

(Maybe I was nudge into that by the line describing the card ? "There are rules for everything. The sun rises and the moon sets, and they dance together in perfect steps. ")

So Justice became Science. One could say I’m not obedient with the title of the card. Well I’m not sure about that, because if there is one law you can’t disobey it’s the laws of physics & mathematics.

modal challenge easy mistake : I almost forgot the aeolian mode...

#modal-challenge #aeolian #chanson #french #withtranslation #oraclechallenge

Lyrics

(english translation below)

Il y a des procédures au coeur de l’univers
Et chaque particule a quelques scripts possibles
Je sais les proportions et la cause dernière
Je permets le hasard s’il passe par mon crible

Ne t’équarquille pas les yeux myopes et surfaits
Qui ne voient qu’en surface, embrouillent les symptômes
J’ai plongé mon savoir implacable et parfait
Au bout des galaxies et au coeur de l’atome

Chorus:
Appelle-moi Astrée
Si tu dois m’appeler
Mais il te faudra interpréter
Appelle-moi Astrée
Si tu dois m’appeler
Car mes réponses sont chiffrées

Tu ne cherches que moi si tu ne comprend pas
Je sais l’explication de toutes tes erreurs
Je formule les lois que tu ne connais pas
Mais que tu suis quand même en tout lieu en toute heure

Tout change dans ce monde tout progresse et s’éteind
À cette obsolescence on ne peut échapper
Immuable principe exerçant le destin
Je suis l’inexorable unique éternité

Musical bridge

Chorus

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There are procedures at the heart of the universe
And every particle has only few possible scripts
I know the proportions and the final cause
I allow chance only if it passes my sieve

Don't square your myopic and overrated eyes
That only see the surface, confuse the symptoms
I have plunged my relentless, perfect knowledge
To the ends of galaxies and the heart of the atom

Chorus:
Call me Astrée
If you must call me
But you'll have to interpret
Call me Astrée
If you must call me
For my answers are encrypted

If you don't understand, it’s me you’re looking for
I know the explanation of all your errors
I formulate the laws you don't know
But you still follow them in every place at every time

Everything changes in this world everything progresses and fades away
There's no escaping this obsolescence
Immutable principle exercising destiny
I am the inexorable unique eternity

Musical bridge

Chorus

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