#lostinaconstellation

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Underneath The Stars by The Cure // A Sky Full Of Stars by Coldplay // Under The Stars by Morning Parade // To Wish Impossible Things by The Cure // Counting Stars by OneRepublic // Prodigal by OneRepublic // Shot At The Night by The Killers // Only The Young by Brandon Flowers // The Way It Was by The Killers // I've Got This Friend by The Civil Wars // Ultraviolet by The Killers (couldn't add this one on because too many by the Killers but here.)

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KRIOS (or Crius) was one of the elder Titangods, sons of Ouranos (the Sky) and Gaia (the Earth). Led by Kronos, the brothers conspired against their father and prepared an ambush for him as he descended to lie with Earth. Krios, Koios, Hyperion and Iapetos were posted at the four corners of the world where they seized hold of the Sky-god and held him firm, while Kronos, hidden in the centre, castrated him with a sickle.

In this myth the four brothers probably represent the four cosmic pillars found in near-Eastern cosmogonies which separated heaven and earth. In this case, Krios was surely the Titan of the pillar of the south, while his brothers Koios, Iapetos, and Hyperion were gods of the pillars of the north, east and west respectively. Krios' connection with the south is found both in his name and family connections--he is "the Ram," the constellation Aries, whose springtime rising in the south marked the start of the Greek year. [x]

Aries is the first visible constellation in the sky at the spring season, marking the start of the new year in the ancient Greek calendar. This fact may have implied that Crius was the Titan god of constellations, measuring the duration of the year while his brother Hyperion measures the days and months.

"Flying here like this with you, underneath the stars aligned. For 13 billion years, the view, it's beautiful, and ours alone tonight, underneath the stars."