{"items": [{"author": "Charlie Steiner", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CkaveqcuFcNDuGBaq#x22omqYYEhT626jZc", "anchor": "lw-x22omqYYEhT626jZc", "service": "lw", "text": "I like it! But you know, Northwest Passage is already written as a retrospective.Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland<br>In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his &quot;sea of flowers&quot; began<br>Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again<br>This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain.And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west<br>I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest<br>Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me<br>To race the roaring Fraser to the sea.<br><br>Because the singer is modern, the chorus &quot;Ah, for just one time / I would take the Northwest Passage&quot; is about wishing to identify a lonely life with the grandeur of the past. A verse about the loss of the historical arctic would tie right back into this without needing to change the chorus a jot.", "timestamp": 1582442301}, {"author": "jkaufman", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CkaveqcuFcNDuGBaq#SLNCPSENWTEDFiQzC", "anchor": "lw-SLNCPSENWTEDFiQzC", "service": "lw", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Rereading the post I managed to leave out something important: this isn't a replacement for the chorus, it's a tag you can sing after the rest of the song.\n", "timestamp": 1582461279}]}