With a name like "DoTheDaringDew," I felt it necessary that I have a song about one of my favorite characters! This was my tribute to the badass that is Daring Do. It's also one of the first songs I wrote back when I made those iPad recordings in my kitchen.
A couple of years before this, I got a PM from a friend of mine I had met at a pony con. I don't remember what we were talking about, but they ended the message to me with "Stay Daring!" Fast forward a couple of years, and I had to turn that phrase into a song!
This is one of those tracks you'll hear again later on.
lyrics
I've been getting my hooves dirty long enough
To know how to play the game
Such adventure never stays the same
Risking life and limb daily
You could say that danger is my middle name
Oh, it never gets old
Braving the freezing cold
But none of this is anything new
'Cause I was always told to stay daring
And that's just what I'm gonna do
Another day, another dungeon
No relic is safe, no stone unturned
Every trick of the trade has been learned by me
The best of the best never run away
No, they plunge on in
I won't rest until ever treasure's been earned
Not a thing makes me retreat
Not even the unrelenting heat
But none of this is anything new
'Cause I was always told to stay daring
And that's just what I'm gonna do
The sands have been stained with my blood
My wings' feathers buried
In the highest mountains' snow
My hoofprints planted in the jungle's mud
No challenge is too great for me, I'm just too good
There's nowhere I won't go
Any priceless artifact, you name it
And you can damn well bet your flank I'll claim it
But none of that is anything new
'Cause I was always told to stay daring
Stay daring, and that's just what I'm gonna do
credits
from Reflection,
released July 11, 2020
Music and lyrics by DoTheDaringDew
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