Scintilla: Senior Recital by Peter Wu ‘22
Poster advertising Peter Wu’s senior recital.
The Swarthmore College Department of Music and Dance presents Peter Wu’s Scintilla
Scintilla consists of:
Peter Wu ‘22 – Guitar, lead vocals
Joseph Jin ‘23 – Bass
Solomon Murdock ‘24 – Drums
KJ Mauwong ‘25 – Guitar, backup vocals
Set I
The Hellion/Electric Eye
from Screaming For Vengeance (1982) by Judas Priest, written by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, and Glenn Tipton
For Whom The Bell Tolls
from Ride The Lightning (1984) by Metallica, written by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich
Symphony of Destruction
from Countdown To Extinction (1992) by Megadeth, written by Dave Mustaine
Hangar 18
from Rust In Peace (1990) by Megadeth, written by Dave Mustaine
Set II
Face Of Melinda
from Still Life (1999) by Opeth, written by Mikael Åkerfeldt
War Pigs
from Paranoid (1970) by Black Sabbath, written by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward
Bleak
from Blackwater Park (2001) by Opeth, written by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Electric Eye
Up here in space
I'm looking down on you My lasers trace Everything you do
You think you've private lives Think nothing of the kind There is no true escape I'm watching all the time
I'm made of metal My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy I'm protected electric eye
Always in focus
You can't feel my stare
I zoom into you
But you don't know I'm there
I take a pride in probing all your secret moves My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove
I'm made of metal My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy I'm protected electric eye
Electric eye, in the sky
Feel my stare, always there There's nothing you can do about it Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought And so my power grows
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye
I'm elected electric spy
I'm elected protective, detective, Electric Eye!
Hangar 18
Welcome to our fortress tall
I'll take some time to show you around Impossible to break these walls
For you see the steel is much too strong Computer banks to rule the world Instruments to sight the stars
Possibly I've seen too much Hangar 18 I know too much
Foreign life forms inventory Suspended State of cryogenics Selective amnesia's the story Believed foretold but who'd suspect The military intelligence
Two words combined that can't make sense
Possibly I've seen too much Hangar 18 I know too much
Symphony of Destruction
You take a mortal man
And put him in control Watch him become a god Watch people's heads a-roll A-roll, A-roll
Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction
Acting like a robot
Its metal brain corrodes You try to take its pulse Before the head explodes Explodes, Explodes
Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes Swaying to the Symphony
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes Swaying to the Symphony Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction
The earth starts to rumble World powers fall A-warring for the heavens A peaceful man stands tall A-tall, A-tall
Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes Swaying to the Symphony
Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes Swaying to the Symphony
Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Make his fight on the hill in the early day Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey On they fight, for they're right, yes, but who's to say?
For a hill, men would kill, why? They do not know Stiffened wounds test their pride
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow Gone insane from the pain that they surely know
For whom the bell tolls Time marches on For whom the bell tolls
Take a look to the sky just before you die
It's the last time you will
Blackened roar, massive roar, fills the crumbling sky Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery
He hears the silence so loud
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see
For whom the bell tolls Time marches on For whom the bell tolls
Face Of Melinda
By the turnstile beckons a damsel fair The face of Melinda neath blackened hair No joy would flicker in her eyes Brooding sadness came to a rise
Words would falter to atone Failure had passed the stepping stone She had sworn her vows to another This is when no-one will bother
And conceded pain in crumbling mirth A harlot of God upon the earth Found where she sacrificed her ways That hollow love in her face
Still I plotted to have her back
The contentment that would fill the crack My soul released a fluttering sigh This day fell, the darkness nigh
I took her by the hand to say
All faith forever has been washed away I returned for you in great dismay Come with me, far away to stay
Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime She spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme But baffled herself with the final line My promise is made but my heart is thine
War Pigs
Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind Poisoning their brainwashed minds... Oh Lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor
Time will tell on their power minds Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess Wait 'till their judgment day comes, yeah!
Now in darkness, world stops turning Ashes where the bodies burning No more war pigs have the power Hand of God has struck the hour Day of Judgment, God is calling On their knees the war pigs crawling Begging mercy for their sins Satan, laughing, spreads his wings... Oh Lord, yeah!
Bleak
Beating
Heart still beating for the cause Feeding
Soul still feeding from the loss Aching
Limbs are aching from the rush Fading
You are fading from my sight
Break of morning, coldness lingers on Shroud me into nightmares of the sun
Moving
I am moving closer to your side Luring
You are luring me into the night Crying
Who is crying for you here Dying
I am dying fast inside your tears
Plunging towards bereavement faster yet Clearing thoughts, my mind is set
Devious movements in your eyes Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies And filters through me
You're close to the final word You're staring right past me in dismay A liquid seeps from your chest And drains me away
Mist ripples round your thin white neck And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck This moment is mine
Help me cure you Atone for all you've done
Help me leave you As all the days are gone
Devious movements in your eyes Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies And filters through me
You're close to the final word You're staring right past me in dismay A liquid seeps from your chest And drains me away
Mist ripples round your thin white neck And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck This moment is mine
Night falls again Taking what's left of me
Slight twist, shivering corpse Ornated with water, fills the cracks Clasped in my limbs by tradition This is all you need
Special Thanks
Jenny Honig, Lei X Ouyang, Barbara Milewski, Swaudio, Scott Burgess, Zeus Borrego, Julian Gonzalez, Momi Jeschke, Shruthi Srivatsan, Bilal Soukouna, Meg Ozawa, Karolina Pek, Winston Huo, Risa Beddie