Comments | come_all_ye: song 8: lullay lullay

faeriemaiden in come_all_ye

song 8: lullay lullay

Oct 30, 2009 19:34

I've had these lyrics knocking about on my hard drive for quite some time, actually: I wrote the chorus after a lovely birthday spent wandering through Pittsburgh (er, a year and a half ago), and it sat in my notebook, and several months ago I wrote the rest of the song -- again drawing on trips to Pittsburgh and Boston and urban fantasy and all of ( Read more... )

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last_archangel October 31 2009, 01:24:51 UTC

I live for these updates, I really do. I'm sorry I can't shower you with cash every time.

burningstarsxe October 31 2009, 02:41:03 UTC

I love this one. It's so haunting, and I adore the combination of fey autumn and the city fitting right in with it.

barefoottomboy October 31 2009, 11:29:22 UTC

I'm not on my computer right now, so I can't download this. But I love love love the lyrics & imagery. The subway sings a lullaby - !!!

barefoottomboy November 1 2009, 04:33:08 UTC

So, I've now listened to it, and it is magical in exactly the right way for the city in autumn.

(Also, the 'lullay' bits bring up memory-echoes of what is possibly my favourite Christmas carol, yay.)

faeriemaiden November 1 2009, 04:39:41 UTC

♥!

It is probably subconsciously drawn from that very carol! I know we have a Loreena McKennitt version that I have listened to since I was fourteen, and I think there's one on our Celtic Soujourn Christmas album?

(I MUST LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC RIGHT NOW. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS LONGINGLY ALL YEAR.)

barefoottomboy November 1 2009, 04:50:21 UTC

CHRISTMAS MUSIC FTW.

Our family's stand-by Christmas CD is this one, which is gorgeous but sadly appears to be out of 'print' (though apparently available by special order from the Camerata's website).

lady_moriel November 2 2009, 01:59:28 UTC

I may not have mentioned this before because for reasons I haven't figured out, I fail at commenting on these songs, but for what it's worth, this one is freaking awesome. I mean, just the lyrics alone are awesome--urban fantasy in song? YES PLEASE--but putting together with the melody is pretty fantastic. Now it just needs, like, the story it's a soundtrack for or something. :p

faeriemaiden November 2 2009, 02:03:03 UTC

Oh, P.S., the chorus was totally the first thing I wrote in the notebook you sent me wrapped in the sparkly paper. (The apocalypse story and We Pay A Tithe To Hell are also in there. ^-^)

But yes, I really really wanted the urban fantasy angle. There is not enough urban fantasy music to suit me. Uh, especially because I am trying to make a mix for War for the Oaks... >_>

bornofstars November 2 2009, 20:03:27 UTC

These lyrics are gorgeous. I applaud you.

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