By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram ← Forever Previous track by this artist → Beta Version Next track by this artist.
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Released 5/31/2011.
Duration: 5:44.

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Tracks that Dawn of Man references:

• Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman

Tracks that reference Dawn of Man:

From Fandom:

• Sburban Genesis by Lark Mordancy
• Rise of the Denizens by Domble
• Garden of Eden (Part 1) by Veritas Unae and David Ellis
• 25x SHOWDOWN COMBO by Discfortune
• Bowman's long long long time by Makin
• Parade of Man by Makin
• Bowmanian Jungle by WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
• I'm (Not) Saying Anything by Cecily Renns
• Savior of a Lot of Money by SplitSuns
• The End of Something Really Excellent by Rhyselinn
• The Return of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido by SplitSuns
• Home by Grace Medley and SplitSuns
• Traveling by keyboard cait
• Violet and Gold by Veritas Unae
• Rainbow Rumpus Partytown by Tee-vee
• Movement by ruby

Tracks that sample Dawn of Man:

From Fandom:

• Parade of Man by Makin
• Bandcampfire by Ucklin
• Stuck by Grace Medley, SplitSuns, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES, and Ucklin

Lyrics:

I was about fifteen
I was walking the beach
I was racing a wave
It knocked me off my feet
I fell into the tide
It spat me back on the sand
I laughed without a clue
How lucky I was to land

It's been a long long time
Since my life was spared
It's been a long long time
But I'm still not scared

It was the dawn of man
I held the bone in my hand
I was as hungry as death
Wandering through the sand
I met a wild boar
My bone came down with a crack
I tasted flesh and blood
And swore I'd never look back

It's been a long long time
But I had just begun
It's been a long long time
Out in the African sun
It's been a long long time
Since I learned that skill
It's been a long long time
Since my very first kill

If anyone's out there to see what we have done
Can somebody tell me what we are to become
Our tiny lives
They fly right by
This goodly frame, it does not care
If we live or die

It was the month of June
In Tiananmen Square
The tanks were on TV
But I was not yet there
The guns they all went pop
We heard the screams and shouts
I was brought into this world
As they were taken out

It's been a long long time
So many people to mourn
It's been a long long time
Since the day I was born
It's been a long long time
And yet no time at all
It's been a long long time
And yet no time at all

If anyone's out there to see what I have done
Can somebody tell me what we are to become
Our tiny lives
They fly right by
Who were they, and next to them
Who the hell am I?

Print or download sheet music files:

• Chords by Kal-la-kal-la

  • Dawn of Man - Chords.txt (2.6 kB)

Artist commentary:

Michael Guy Bowman: (Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music, adapted to text) 7/20/2024

(Continued from album commentary)

I did that on Dawn of Man, which was this piece that wove, you know, near-death experience, atrocity, and the survival instinct, and it's kind of like... 2001-style, oh, you know, pre-history and history and the future are all connected.

(Continued in Chain Of Prospit)