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{{Infobox_song
 |title = Fate of the Stars
 |albumart = GOOD-EVIL_COVER.png
 |writer = Andrew Horowitz
 |singer = [[Zubin Sedghi]], [[Joe Hawley]], [[Rob Cantor]], [[Andrew Horowitz]]
 |album = [[Good & Evil]], [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]]
 |duration = 6:50
 |genre = Rock
 |language = English
 |externalLinks = 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRnMWzz44gA YouTube]<br>[https://open.spotify.com/track/23N1UHBXSTew1zz6cRCYvF Spotify]<br>[https://tallyhall.bandcamp.com/track/fate-of-the-stars-demo Demo (Bandcamp)]
}}
'''Fate of the Stars''' is a song by [[Andrew Horowitz]]. It is the closing song on [[Tally Hall]]'s second studio album, [[Good & Evil]].

== History ==
Originally called '''Mind Control''', it was one of many songs played at Tally Hall's residency shows at Union Hall in February 2009.<ref name=FOTSUnion>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26zg6pRoHg 'Tally Hall - Mind Control (Live at Union Hall, February 26th 2009)' on YouTube.] Uploaded by 
tapiocattundra / hailey on January 24th 2022. Courtesy of [[Coz Baldwin]]. ''YouTube.''</ref> It was very well received, but considered a complex song. At some point before or after these shows, Andrew Horowitz would record a demo for the song, with him on lead vocals. When asked after a concert about its status, they said "some songs" need to be experienced through studio recording first. By interrogation at the Ithaca show on March 5th, it was revealed that it was recorded in some form, but the title had changed to '''Fate of the Stars'''.

== Recording ==
The song was recorded at least in November of 2009, being worked on until November 25th.<ref name=RossTweet>[https://twitter.com/rossfederman/status/5931512561 Ross Tweet about how many songs are being worked on] @RossFederman 21st November 2009. ''[[Twitter]].'' Retrieved 10th May 2024.</ref> [[Rob]], [[Joe]], and [[Zubin]] recorded some of their vocals in the same room. The song has some early utilization of sampling, using both Zubin's "ooo repertoire" and possibly a sample of Italian castrato singer Alessandro Moreschi singing Ave Maria. <ref name="WhoSampled">[https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1127914/Tally-Hall-Fate-of-the-Stars-Alessandro-Moreschi-Ave-Maria/ WhoSampled page]</ref>

The song was recorded as three separate songs<ref name=RossTweet></ref> which got built together in the mastering process. <ref name="discordmessage">[https://web.archive.org/web/20240509185640fw_/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/421996818105106433/1142957709482786916/image.png?ex=663dff91&is=663cae11&hm=79290539a0dd54c79be8f47093a2c540ab633e3ad2c88fce72749b24307e8d61& Message from the Needlejuice discord server in the Tally Hall channel] Pokeballersprime. 2023.</ref>

==Live Performances==
The first known recorded performance of Fate of the Stars, was on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26zg6pRoHg February 26th 2009 at Union Hall]. This is an early version, and does not feature all 3 parts.
However Andrew Horowitz performed part 3 of the song live as a solo act on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJA-CXWuc6U April 27th 2024 at Lincoln Hall] alongside [[Bora Karaca]] and [[Ross Federman]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJA-CXWuc6U 'Fate of the Stars (Part 3) - Andrew Horowitz, Illicit Ghost, Bora Karaca, Ross Federman 4.27.2024' on YouTube] Live from Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL, 4.27.24. Uploaded by Ruby Red on April 28th 2024. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved 10th May 2024.</ref>

== Trivia ==
* Running at 6 minutes and 50 seconds, it is the longest recorded Tally Hall song.
* Fate of the Stars was later sampled in Joe Hawley's cover of [[Since I Don't Have You]] originally recorded by the Skyliners.
* Fate of the Stars was featured in a 2012 episode of Teen Mom.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MTVsoundtrack/status/215265299073732608 MTV tweet] ''Twitter.''</ref>
* The master on the Needlejuice Good & Evil vinyl repress doesn't have the reversing arpeggio. This happened because Angel from Angel Hair Studio missed it during the "re-stitching" of the song for vinyl. <ref name="discordmessage" />
* The first measure of the guitar in the refrain interpolates “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles {{cn}}

{{Magic Lyrics}}

==Tabs/Chords==
<pre>
A   D C B7   F Bb E7

   A    
To leave from this tale follow closely ahead
   D                    B7
Prepare to exist by the living & dead
    F                       Bb                   E7
Too slow or too kind or too wary of those too at ease

A
Past all the buried impressions of then
D                   B7  
Sullen drawn eyes & expressions to mend
   F                           Bb                  E7
Continued through mirrors left broken to sing & be heard
F                             Bb                   E7
Through when it seems all the senses are lost to absurd
Dm Am E7 
                     Am Cadd9 D7
So the part where we are
                    Dm Am G
Trapped in active depart
            F   G  A Em7 D7
In the fate of the stars
                  C
No not one who we are
                   B
No control pumping heart
                       Bb
Button pressed mind in art
         E
Mind control
        A
Mind restart

   A                           A7
To leave from the present with no source of sound
     D             C          B7
They laugh because silence is never around
  F                     Bb                   E7
Ignored & forgotten the past may continue to breathe

A                         A7
Feared not a rest by this desolate friend
      D                        B7
Whose patience revealed what intent comes to send
       F                      Bb                       E7
With a stare at a hole in the world comes a lust to be high
 F                        Bb                             E7
Above all the dark nested clouds that keep guard of the sky
Dm Am E7
                     Am Cadd9 D7
So the part where we are
                    Dm Am G
Trapped in active depart
            F  G   Am Em7 D7
In the fate of the stars
                  C
No not one who we are
                   B
No control pumping heart
                       Bb
Button pressed mind in art
        E
Mind control
        A
Mind restart

Bb E7 Am C
B7 Cdim7 Em G
Am7 E7 F Am
F dm G7 Em7
Bb E7 Am Cadd9
Bm7/F# Am/B Em G7
Am6 G Dm7/F Am/E
Bm7b5add9 Am7 G7 E
Bb E7 Am C
B/F# B7 Em G
Amadd9/C E F Am7/E
Bdimadd11/D Cadd9 Bdimadd9 E

E7sus4/A C#m7 A7 D7
E7sus4/A C#m7 A7 D7
E7sus4/A      C#m7
Step onto the ferris wheel
A7                 D7
Round for day & night
E7sus4/A          C#m7
Lost in what's forever more
     A7           D7
Complacent in its reasons for
E7sus4/A
Give & Take &
C#m7
Sleep & Wake &
A7             D7
Pray for Day & Night to come
 E7sus4/A            C#m7
Again we see there's certainty in
A7             D7
What we feel & what we've heard
E7sus4/A             C#m7
Again we see there's certainty in
A7           D7
Expectations all the same
E7sus4/A C#m7 A7 D7
E7sus4/A C#m7 A7 D7
E7sus4/A C#m7 A7
</pre>

==References==
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{{Good & Evil}}
{{Admittedly Incomplete Demos}}
[[Category:Songs by Andrew Horowitz]]