"Desideratum was the first track we wrote together as Stargazer, it's basically about looking inside your self, find what you want out of life, and find a way to make it happen. It's meant to be very inspirational and obviously it has a really positive vibe to it, lyrically and just the sound in general. When we first started writing it was in minor and sounded very dark, but our guitarist Eric tried it in a major scale and it sounded beautiful and we all loved it and it just stuck. Desideratum (DEH-SID-UR-AY-TUM) is a latin word which can be translated into multiple meanings and interpretations, much like how we want people to derive their own meanings and interpretations from our songs. but in it's simplest form, desideratum is a want or need for something, something you strive for."
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