Serendipity

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"**Serendipity**" is an October Noir song included on their third album *Fate, Wine, & Wisteria*, released in 2021. It has philosophical lyrics that speaks about the accidental discovery of how the stars in the sky influenced his love in positive ways that would make him question how everything (such as his partner) exist, then after suffering her fate, they burn her remains (called pyre) to raise her soul up to the heavens.

The very first lyric line, 'Twenty Twenty equals Forty-Two', refers to 2020 being the year of the alignment when Jupiter and Saturn came closest together in the night sky in the last 800 years, and 42 is the sum of the universe. Another lyric line, 'Three seven north of One Twenty-Two', refers to the geographical coordinates of San Francisco, California, which is 37°N and 122°W, where Tom went there for his vacation.

This song is split into three cantos. The first one is titled "The Universe", which has celestial-styled melody, unique for October Noir. Both the second and third cantos titled "All Existence" and aforementioned "Pyre" respectively are organ rich, but the organ is lower tuned in the latter canto.

## Lyrics

**[Canto I. "The Universe"]**

Twenty Twenty equals Forty-Two

The sum is absolute surprise

Ptolemaic theory has been found

In the way

the way I'm spinning 'round

What she won't speak hides in her eyes

The locksmith that seals and binds

Tangled cosmic lines

The universe won't let us part

Forever speaks within' the stars

Three seven north of One Twenty-Two

Language only seen in sine

Constellations luminous and proud

Is it fate

oh, fate that seeks us out?

What she won't speak hides in her eyes

The locksmith that seals and binds

Tangled cosmic lines

The universe won't let us part

Forever speaks within' the stars

**[Canto II. "All Existence"]**

But I know she was the lion

born of the sun

A servant of desire

all things that make her come

To question all existence

Solve DaVinci’s code

Increase sustenance

In all ways that are her own

But I know she was the lion

born of the sun

A servant of desire

all things that make her come

To question all existence

Solve DaVinci’s code

Increase sustenance

In all ways that are her own

**[Canto III. "Pyre"]**

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

Her pyre burns so bright

Her flames all consuming

## Personnel

* **Tom Noir** – vocals, bass, writing, production
* Doug Lane – guitar, writing
* Daniel Stickz Bryant – drums
* Justin Thompson – keyboards, organ
* Wicked Wind Music – engineering, mixing, mastering, production

1. "The Haunting"
2. "Volatile"
3. "Trinity"
4. "Alpha Omega"
5. "Exhume"
6. "Silicon"
7. "Deep Woods"
8. "Vertebra Seraphim"
9. "Feel Heart Love"
10. "Beautifool"

1. "Tombstones"
2. "Burn"
3. "Spellbound"
4. "Little Drummer Boy"
5. "Symmetry"
6. "Black Light"
7. "Lavender"
8. "The Veil"
9. "Her Dark Embrace"
10. "Cauterize"

2. "Windows"
3. "Reverence (Make You Love)"
4. "Effigy"
5. "Wine"
6. "Persephone"
7. "**Serendipity**"
8. "Wanderlust"
9. "Cradle the Monster"
10. "Wisteria"
11. "Sistinas"
12. "Proverbs"
 ***Letters to Existence***

1. "Spring"
2. "Endless Lonely"
3. "A Halo Hung from Horns"
4. "Forever Haunt"
5. "Deja View"
6. "Summer to Autumn"
7. "Clench"
8. "Tourniquet"
9. "For Honor"
10. "Flash Paper Matches"
11. "She's Gone"
12. "Winter"

* "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)"
* "Lips Like Sugar"
* "Wicked Game"
* "Race War"
* "Cry Little Sister"
* "Love You to Death"
* "Crimson and Clover"
* "Nights in White Satin"