I Could Get Used to Adventure

**I Could Get Used to Adventure** is the first song from The Brick Satellite sung by Natalie Llerena as Margaret Cavendish, James Tolbert as Samuel Stratford, Mariah Rose Faith Casillas as Rose Stratford, Curt Mega as John Herschel and Matt Dahan as the Narrator with Amanda Walter and Jackie Franco as the chorus. It is the first track on the soundtrack album and was written by Matt Dahan.

## Lyrics

**Narrator:**

Ten days on the ocean

Nothing but the Atlantic

For as far as the eye can see

And the sound of sailing

Samuel Stratford

Stands on the bow at dawn

Watching the waves ripple and fade

As the lights of the world come on

He couldn’t help but imagine

What his younger self would say

He never could help but imagine

It was just his way

**Samuel:**

I could get used to adventure

This feeling of freedom, the beat of my heart

I could get used to adventure

After years of living at the beginning

Now I am ready to start

**Rose, spoken:**

‘Morning, Samuel

**Samuel, spoken:**

Ahoy, Rose! Are we feeling better this morning?

**Rose, spoken:**

Listen, just because I got sea-sick, doesn’t mean I’m a bad sailor!

**Narrator, sung:**

Rose and Samuel Stratford

Twins from New York City

First time on a boat in twenty years

**Herschel, spoken:**

Your sister has gotten sick the last ten days

**Rose, spoken:**

Thanks for noticing, John

**Narrator, sung:**

Invited by John Herschel

Scientist of great renown

Successful in his myriad careers

'*Margaret, spoken:*
'
We’ve been sailing for ten days, Rose

**Rose, spoken:**

Margaret, whose side are you on?

**Narrator, sung:**

And Margaret Cavendish

Closer than she’s ever been

To something lost, but something near

**Rose:**

Sailing for South America

For an experiment undefined

**Margaret:**

There’s no time for second guessing

It’s too late to change our minds

**Samuel:**

Can’t stop now

**Rose:**

Don’t look back

**Rose, Samuel:**

Leave the past far behind

**Company**

I could get used to adventure

Charting a course for a future unknown

I could get used to adventure

By land or by sea

With good company

Together, we’ll make it our own

**Samuel:**

Ten days on the ocean

Ten days away from familiar shores

**Rose:**

We’ve traded our printing press for a crow’s nest

**Rose, Samuel:**

We’re not in New York anymore

**Margaret:**

Ten days on the ocean

**Herschel:**

Ten days of meals, of midnight talks

**Narrator:**

You learn a lot

When sharing a cot

Passing the time between docks

**Samuel:**

Thousands of miles from the Paper Stand

**Rose:**

Leaving behind the things we wrote

**Herschel:**

Not another word about your hoax

It isn’t welcome on this boat

**Rose, spoken:**

Not even the lunar buffalo?

**Samuel, spoken:**

Or the bat-people?

**Margaret, spoken:**

Don’t push your luck, Stratfords

**(sung)**

On my rooftop

Before our ship set its heading south

You spoke of a quest, with me as your guest

Now can you share what it’s about

**Herschel:**

It’s a secret

For three years, this plan has been concealed

We are on our way, and in less than a day

I promise you, all will be revealed

Until then

I trust you will use your imaginations

**Samuel, spoken:**

Rose is about to use her printing press plate

**Rose, spoken:**

You’ve got that right

**Herschel, sung:**

Man your stations

The wind is at our backs

Our aim is strong and true

The die is cast, so scale the mast

Let’s show what we can do

**Rose:**

Sailing for British Guiana

For an experiment undeclared

**Herschel:**

There’s no time for second guess-

**(spoken)**

Wait, Rose, how did you know we were going to British Guiana?

**Rose, spoken:**

(laughs)

**Samuel, sung:**

Can’t stop now

**Rose:**

Don’t look back

**Rose, Samuel:**

Leave the past far behind

**Margaret:**

I could get used to adventure

Answering questions that nobody knows

I could get used to adventure

**Rose:**

After years of waiting

**Samuel:**

The world was rotating

**Rose, Samuel:**

Now I am ready to go

**Company**

I could get used to adventure

A galaxy brimming with new ports of call

I could get used to adventure

The journey we’re on

Between and beyond

Is the greatest adventure of all

**Narrator:**

The earth turns

At a thousand miles an hour

Chasing the sun away

The stars burn

The moon appears and glimmers

At the end of the day

**Rose, spoken:**

Is the boat rocking more than usual?

**Herschel, spoken:**

I don’t think so…

**Rose, spoken:**

It’s very windy

**Herschel, spoken:**

Miss Stratford, we’re sailing

**Narrator:**

Rose and John

Have come up with a routine

They spend evenings on the deck

Staring at specks of light

## External Links

* I Could Get Used to Adventure on iTunes
* I Could Get Used to Adventure on Spotify