Enjoy my 2019 reboot of the theme song from the animated classic Last Unicorn
It’s an inspirational track and was rewritten specifically to remind myself (and other women) that when you believe in yourself, the world that matters believes you.
I play all the instruments in this track, provided the vocals, arranged it and produced it independently.
Below is a video clip of me rehearsing the final draft of the primary melody.
LYRICS (primary lyrics originally by Jimmy Webb for the band America)
When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain
And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain
In the shadow of the forest though she may be old and worn
They will stare unbelieving at the last unicorn.
When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing
And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising
And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn
In the distance hear the laughter of the last unicorn
I’m alive, I’m alive.
(inserted spoken word verse – written by Alexandra Mayers)
When a woman tells the truth about history,
males, who are only able to functions in life due to male privilege,
don’t only often claim such a woman is trying to “rewrite” history –
bit they may go as far as to call her a liar and manufacture fake evidence against her…
Women, if you believe in yourself – the world that matters will believe you.
When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning
And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning
[Well] then look into the sky where through the clouds a path is torn
Look and see her, how she sparkles, she is the last unicorn.
I’m alive, I’m alive.