#182 - Entertaining bardic inclinations.

[reileen]

Re-worked the lyrics to "Fallen Goddess", which has been sitting around for years. Likely as not, these won't be the final - it would depend on what comes out for doing the melody. I'm not entirely happy with the lyrics as-is either, but I figured I should get something passable down so I can practice my music composition.

This will be a difficult song to deal with, though. It's manifesting in my head as a symphonic/gothic rock piece, and I'm nowhere near talented enough at this point to make that happen. And I even have an idea for how it'll be arranged on an album: it'll be preceded by a recording of my poem "Your Move", which will fade into the opening riff of "Fallen Goddess", and succeeded by a quote from "The Charge of the Goddess", all with audio effects and musical stuff and that sort of jazz that I have no skill with doing at the moment. (It's also not very practical given that I still live at home and I don't exactly have a garage or basement to myself where I can make all the noise I want without bothering anyone...)

Your Move

Save sinners and redeem them for rewards at City Hall!
Baptize them in their own blood - all of them, all!
Send a Pentecost of bullets upon their heathen heads!
Three points for every hand you nail, ten points for a knife between the eyes
And multiply by two the number of lies you’ve told!

Gehenna-gone fools, I pity you
Who presume to know what your Lord would do.


Fallen Goddess

Once upon a time, you were mine and I was yours
Warm embraces and twilight lullabies
I delighted in the grace from your eyes

But good things were never built to last
Even temples of stone bow before time's mighty throne
Our paradise has died to the past
Can we make another one alone?

My fallen goddess
Marked by time, marred by folly, blinded by light
Though I've strayed to find my own way
I will never abandon you

Once upon a time, I believed in you and you in me
You were the truth and all that was right
Until I thought to spread my wings to take flight

So this paradise has died to the past
Was it ever anything more than a dream?
Good things were never built to last
For longer than a wish, it seems

My fallen goddess
Marked by time, marred by folly, blinded by light
Though I've strayed to find my own way
I will never abandon you

The gifts I gave, you ceased to take
The hymns I sang, you ceased to listen
The prayers I said, you ceased to answer...

My fallen goddess
Marked by time, marred by folly, blinded by light
We've lost each other now, but I give my solemn vow:
I'll remember you always


Excerpt from The Charge of the Goddess

Whenever ye have need of any thing, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place, and adore the spirit of me, who am Queen of all witches.

I'm also doing a piano arrangement of Dar Williams' "Mercy of the Fallen". It's a very lovely song, though I'm puzzling over the lyrics.

-Reileen
-where half-dreams may dream without end