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In the Greek myth of Andromeda and Cassiopeia, Andromeda is central to the story but never personally takes any action. Questions of fate and control are posed in this narrative about childhood memories of a cottage on the lake.

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Andromeda

When I was very young, my parents bought a lake / It was more of a marshy pond in the middle of nowhere / But it was our pond; each year we returned in summer / When Tyler's ice cream shop reopened in town // Now Tyler's closed his doors and retired to Florida / I'm at the water's edge at the end of October / It seems wilder now, with the trees all barren branching out /like dark nets into a cold blue sky // The water is so calm, everything's reflected / Reflecting all the years that have passed by / I used to sit on this pier and look into the depths / Like it was a crystal ball that could show me destiny // Our rowboat was a raft, all patched and filled with air / I preferred to stay back on the shore / Each sunken log meant danger and it always made me nervous / to let anyone else control the oars // At night the pier was where I learned my first constellation / Andromeda was the galaxy closest to our own / Perseus' prize, Cassiopeia's daughter / She must have wondered, too, what her fate was on her own // I've never seen the lake this calm, so settled / Comparing it to glass couldn't begin to describe / But a knowledge in me waits and reminds me that those depths / Are murky as ever, churning deep inside

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from Lifeboats for Atlantis, released October 4, 2011
Heather Styka - vocals, guitar
Sophie Webber - cello

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Heather Styka Chicago, Illinois

Though rooted in folk and Americana, Chicago singer-songwriter Heather Styka's songs are as fresh as they are memorable, chronicling the human cycles of despair and redemption, and analyzing the importance of places and relationships. Touring nationwide and having received airplay globally, Styka is a familiar face in the Chicago music scene, at venues including Schubas and the Old Town School. ... more

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