The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #568: Thirteenth Hour Sequel Update 17 - Musical Interlude - Making an Ending Theme in F Part 2

<p>This week, I&#39;m continuing work on the ending theme I started in<a href="https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/the-thirteenth-hour-podcast-564-thirteenth-hour-sequel-update-13-musical-interlude-making-an-ending-theme-in-f/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> episode 564</a> and now have some lyrics to go with some of the skeleton chords I came up with before.  I have a better sense, also, what I want to song to be about - with themes touching on coming to terms with the concessions of age, understanding yourself and where you come from better, and being brave / taking chances.  There is a little poem I recall from a calligraphy book I had as a kid.  It remains the only poem I have ever really committed to memory, and even today, ~35 years later, I can still recite it from memory:</p><p><em>Believe in yourself and in your dream</em></p><p><em>Though impossible things may seem.</em></p><p><em>Some way, somehow, you&#39;ll get through</em></p><p><em>To the goal you have in view.</em></p><p><em>Mountains fall and seas divide </em></p><p><em>Before the one, who, in his stride</em></p><p><em>Take the hard road, day by day </em></p><p><em>Sweeping obstacles away.</em></p><p><em>Believe in yourself and in your plan.</em></p><p><em>Say not I can not but I can.</em></p><p><em>The prizes of life we fail to win</em></p><p><em>Because we doubt the power within.</em></p><p>There was not an author given, and I have not been able to find one, despite looking a number of times, but I&#39;m sure one is out there, somewhere.  That little poem got me through some tough times.  So those are the sentiments I wanted this song to have.</p><p>More next week!</p><p>∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞</p><p><br></p><p><em>Once Upon a Dream</em>, the second <em>Thirteenth Hour</em> soundtrack, is now out in digital form!  </p><p> <br>It is out on most major streaming services such as <a href="https://wordpress.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca280fd186ff5792e73845e5&id=44c870efa6&e=0ac5f1a816" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca280fd186ff5792e73845e5&id=7fc1504305&e=0ac5f1a816" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spotify</a>, and <a href="https://wordpress.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ca280fd186ff5792e73845e5&id=830234d55c&e=0ac5f1a816" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube Music</a>.  (If you have no preference, I recommend Bandcamp since there is a bonus track there and you will eventually