Semaphore

Broken Semaphore

I'm guessing we all have a particular song for our manuscripts, something we feel fits with the atmosphere or characters.

The playlist for MIST OF KAVALA started with a broken semaphore. --->

Semaphore is Greek for "signbearer", and there are entire systems that flag bearers use on the maritime and railway routes of the world.

Also, a sempahore is "in computer science, a mechanism for supporting mutual exclusion in concurrent programs" (wikipedia)

Both kinds of semaphore are useful to my main character's journey. So, enter my song for Taner:

Snow Patrol : "Called Out in The Dark"

It's like we just can't help ourselves

'Cause we don't know how to back down

We were called out to the streets

We were called in to the towns

And how the heavens, they opened up

Like arms of dazzling gold

With our rain washed histories

Well they do not need to be told

Show me now, show me the arms aloft

Every eye trained on a different star

This magic

This drunken semaphore

And I

We are listening

And we're not blind

This is your life

This is your time

We are listening

And we're not blind

This is your life

This is your time

I was called out in the dark

By a choir of beautiful cheats

And as the kids took back the parks

You and I were left with the streets

Show me now, show me the arms aloft

Every eye trained on a different star

This magic

This drunken semaphore

And I

We are listening

And we're not blind

This is your life

This is your time

(AZ Lyrics)

In the video - I especially love that he's wearing a green t-shirt which screws with the green screen.





What's your song?