Description

History

Forever We Stand was the fifth song to be released by the Foundation, on 2024-06-03. It finally settled the debate of whether Planks A' Crashing or For The Foundation was the best Bridgian song – by making it clear that neither of them were so.

It began when I (the writer) asked the Head Guard to make lyrics for a new song in mid-May. (I did this as there had been no song-releases for four months, since For The Foundation's debut in January.)
He came back with what he called the 'Rhyme of Pilfering', consisting of five rhyming couplets. With more verses supplied by him (and editing from me), the lyrics were made.

Then, on the 2024-05-27, I started work on the melody, chord-sequences, et cetera for its conversion into a true song. This work would be finished on the 30ᵗʰ; the remaining time was spent polishing the song and practicing it for recording.

Structure

Forever We Stand is mostly in the key of G# minor (equivalent to B major). It is unusual in its 9/8 time-signature (triple compound time) – the prior songs had all been in quadruple time. Its 129 bars (incluidng the final cadence) consist of eight 16-bar sections, each split into four 4-bar phrases. It is structured as A-B-C-A-B-D-B-C, where:

A is the intro (in G# minor; equiv. to B major).
B is the verse (in G# minor; equiv. to B major).
C is the chorus (in Eb major).
D is the bridge (in E / B major).

Imsawn Bycbeys-sa transition

The song Imsawn Bycbeys-sa can be appended on the end of Forever We Stand. This is done by changing the penultimate Eb⁷ chord to a Bb⁷ chord, and changing the ending melody from Db, Bb to Eb, F. Rather than playing the final chord, continue on to the song, ending in Eb major.

Lyrics

These are the lyrics of Forever We Stand:

[Intro]

Verse:

In the war of times of yore, When we would run to raid.

We would take it up the hill, And put it in the shade.

If we ever lost what we put, We would reclaim it, through root or rut.

We would lose many a base, But rebuild it, 'quick post haste'.

Chorus:

In the Base of Oak, Great ideas let stoke.

We built a tyre-wall, That couldn't ever fall.

In the Base of Oak, Our true greatness awoke.

Such was the great West, So fell its relent.

[Intro]

Verse:

In the war of times of yore, When we would run to raid.

We would take it up the hill, And put it in the shade.

If we ever lost what we put, We would reclaim it, through root or rut.

We would lose many a base, But rebuild it, 'quick post haste'.

Bridge:

In the Bridgian Haven, A platform was a' laden.

Raided by the Enemy, Before we could make our plea.

To the Domèd Base, We were quickly chased.

For ever we stand, Against the northern Hand.

Verse:

In the war of times of yore, When we would run to raid.

We would take it up the hill, And put it in the shade.

If we ever lost what we put, We would reclaim it, through root or rut.

We would lose many a base, But rebuild it, 'quick post haste'.

Chorus:

In the Base of Oak, Great ideas let stoke.

We built a tyre-wall, That couldn't ever fall.

In the Base of Oak, Our true greatness awoke.

Such was the great West, So fell its relent.