I didn't plan on it, but I think this song really works with the Exodus prequel mini-series, Genesis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnjjkR14rHY

Dashboard Confessional:

 

"The Secret's In The Telling"

 

The signal is subtle

We pass just close enough to touch

No questions, no answers

We know by now to say enough

With only simple words

With only subtle turns

The things we feel alone for one another

 

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we must do

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

 

So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight

 

Our act of defiance

We keep this secret in our blood

No paper or letters

We pass just close enough to touch

We love in secret names

We hide within our veins

The things that keep us bound to one another

 

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we must do

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

 

Until the last resilient hope

Is frozen deep inside my bones

And this broken fate has claimed me

And my memories for its own

Your name is pounding through my veins

Can't you hear how it is sung?

And I can taste you in my mouth

Before the words escape my lungs

And I'll whisper only once...

 

There is a secret that we keep

I won't sleep if you won't sleep

Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given

We are compelled to do what we have to

We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

 

'Cause you will be somebody's girl

And you will keep each other warm

But tonight I am feeling cold

 

It works on a lot of levels for what I want to explore with the prequel and how point A became the genocidal history of Point B. The relationships, the complex interaction, the unspoken compulsions, the subtle and overt forces beyond human understanding, and revealing of secrets are all part of the Genesis miniseries.

The song is about forbidden love, but why was love forbidden? What type of love is it? A love for a partner, love for a friend, love for strangers, or maybe simply the love of hope? Why do we keep secrets in our hearts? Why do we feel compelled to move forward by it?

I know most of you guys probably won't be reading my Sci-fi epic in the making, but the song seems to cover the meaning of Genesis very well.

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