the saddest of songs

[floatingleaf]

Just a quick post today, to document my ongoing music discoveries. Here's my favorite piece by Brendan Perry - the chief composer of Dead Can Dance - from his solo album, Eye of the Hunter. It's a gorgeous weepy ballad (what? I LOVE weepy ballads!...:P) called Medusa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwUVbTmBF8A&feature=artist



When all you have left are your memories
And diamonds and pearls for company
I'll be sailing to St. Lucia on the ocean breeze
With the moon and my scars for company

In your bedroom you keep an iron cage
Where a blackbird sings her freedom song
For you know the true value of keeping slaves
They sing the saddest of songs

Medusa, you robbed me of my youth
Abandoned me on the tropic of solitude
Seducer of the shipwrecked and forlorn
You told me to undress
Then crowned my head with thorns

Medusa, you robbed me of my youth
Abandoned me on the tropic of solitude
Seducer of the shipwrecked and forlorn
You told me to get dressed
Then turned my heart to stone


Yeah. *mighty shiver* That's my kind of lullaby.;)

More to follow in near future, I suppose. I'm on a BIG roll now, blazing through the downloads and creating new playlists like mad. I still can't get over the wonder of a PC that DOES NOT CRASH when you try to do several different things at the same time, by the way.:D But, unfortunately, it is ME who must now crash, pronto. I stayed up too late last night (downloading stuff, of course), and I just KNOW I will be sorry if I do it again... *sigh*

Comments

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for sharing this. :)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

It's a gem, isn't it?