New Song: "Binoculars" (Patreon)

This was written for Inktober 2024, which is supposed to inspire visual artists, but it works for me too. :D

I can hear the plane, it's the enemy plane

I can just barely hear it but it must be getting closer

Can't see a thing, it’s a thick foggy day

Is there any way to track it on our radar? No, sir

Gotta be visual, gotta be clear,

Got my binoculars so I can see it from

Hear it getting closer, but I will expose her,

Soon as I can see which way she's coming in from --but

Everything's black, it's the middle of the night, and the 

beat of my heart is a big bass drum

Gotta be alert, gotta let ‘em know when,

Gotta scan the horizon for a target, then we’ll

Fire in the belly, fire in the eyes,

Fire first to determine who lives and dies

Why can't I see them? They sound so near,

The sound of their engine fills my ear

Gotta warn base, something’s wrong -- 

These binoculars’s lens caps are still on --

Image: Charles Rondeau, from publicdomainpictures.net