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"Forever (Sixth Anniversary Edition)" is a 1990 solo recording of a demo originally recorded in 1984 for a music production class. Far too personal, yet also existential, "Forever" was the first "rock song" I ever wrote, and the original recording featured the earliest form of the band N.A.W.R. (see: Stubborn God Productions: Working Backwards). The entity for that session was comprised of Ira Aron Rosenblum (voice / guitar), Alex Ducomb (guitar), later film director Dominic DeJoseph (keyboard), and awesome percussionist Matthew Morano (drums). By the time the sixth anniversary version was recorded the piece had taken on a very different feel...one that is more at home with more typical post-punk combos of the late 1980's / early 1990's.

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Rain strikes the window and blurs the outside
Each drop makes the tress bend a different way
And as the wind howls again I long to hide
From the cold chill that grips me inside

Forcing words about another day and place
The ground pulls me down to remind me again
Oh, that I stood listening to the pounding of the rain
And you placed all of your trust within my face

But the clouds looked like a broken mirror
And I don’t even know how you feel at all
The rain stops for all of us, no matter what they say
And I couldn’t help leaving you hoping for another place and day

You may never know just how sorry I am
Now that I’ve sewn the hole in my conscience
Sometimes I wish I could have returned what you had given to me
On rainy days your friendship letters only make it – worse

I took you along and left you hoping
It must have seemed like forever

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from Lost Tracks Found [Demo Recordings 1984​-​1996] (2022 Album), track released May 24, 2022
Performed by: 391 & the Army of Astraea
Ira Aron Rosenblum: Vocals, Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Alesis HR-16 Rhythm Programming, Treatments
Words & Music Composed by: Ira Aron Rosenblum
Remake of the Original 1984 Demo Recorded 1990
Digitized & Mixed March 2016
Remixed May 2022
Produced by: Ira Aron Rosenblum for Stubborn God Productions

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391 & the Army of Astraea New York, New York

391 & the Army of Astraea is the musical alter-ego of award-winning screenwriter, artist, and multi-instrumentalist, Ira Aron Rosenblum. Having recorded Post-Punk & Industrial Music with a variety of accomplices from the mid-'80's-late-'90's, 391 & the Army of Astraea has returned after more than a decade hiatus, and now focuses on Film Score, Electronic Music, and Singer-Songwriter Folk-Rock. ... more

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