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As the lyrics will show, this is a song about a tragic event that is met with an even more tragic response! Feedback???
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THE TALE OF 3 RIBBONS


She won three ribbons at a fair
She would not tie them in her hair
She tied them to her headboard frame
Just below the windowpane

One for working on her craft
Two for working more than not
Three for knowing where to stop
Brightest colors, none were black

And they blew so merrily
Just above the sleeping she

And now the mourners and passers by
Caught in a moment, the colors fly
How they mingle, how they mingle

Notice the way the sky turns black
They weight of the snow, the branches crack
The frozen trail of a mother’s tear
The angry hands on the ice-cold bier
Notice the guilt in the siblings near
The pity and stench of selfish fear
The oblong shadow gliding past
The silhouette of a canceled past
Notice the way they rub their hands
The nervous way they cling to the land
The reticence of a distant bell
The cloying bark of this death knell
Notice the ones that turn away
With the falling ash and the falling clay
The sated lust and the secrets kept
Locked away in the icy crypt
Three colors mark the grave
Tricolor on the stony pave
Flying like an ancient flag
Locked upon this hardening crag


See the quiver of betrayal
See the stance of denial
There upon the hallowed ground
Here beyond the quick and the found

Three colors mark the grave
Tricolor on the stony pave
Flying like an ancient flag
Locked upon this hardening crag
See the quiver of betrayal
See the stance of denial
There upon the hallowed ground
Here beyond the quick and the found

Red for the crimson blood that flowed
Blue for bruises and the vein that slowed
Green for the life brutally undone
All for fate so cruelly won

Red for lips blushed with youth
Blue for eyes flush with truth
Green for the bounty of each day
Flutter in the breeze just like yesterday

Song Stats
Hits: 542
Comments: 13
Fans: 6
Plays: 18
Downloads: 31
Votes: 2
Uploaded: Apr 15, 2008 - 10:07:52 PM
Last Updated: Apr 21, 2008 - 05:23:11 PM Last Played: Oct 01, 2009 - 08:36:08 AM
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Comments
lavalamp said 569 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
I dig this
I don't know no one has commented or fav'd. This is really nice.

Really good stuff.

LL
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LunaTrick said 569 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
It's my fault
I posted too many in one day - not knowing that only the last one comes up in the list. I'm glad you like this - it's getting a bit of airplay on some indie radio stations.
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lavalamp said 568 days ago (April 20th, 2008)
Hey
Take it off and repost it. That could work.
Bye
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TobinMueller said 558 days ago (April 30th, 2008)
Red
I dig this track. Except for the string quartet sample, which is overused and interruptive, at 0:32. And the background sample string used around 3:30. Consider mixing a version without that loop, replacing it with something else you do yourself more organically. The vocals and lyrics are creepy and dark and work really well with the music groove. I like the changes you take the music thru. Nice concept track.
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LunaTrick said 557 days ago (April 30th, 2008)
Thanks Tobin
You're absolutely right. I did this track when I first started using GB - and didn't realize this was such a cliche loop. I appreciate your comments about the rest of it too - very helpful.
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Heightened said 557 days ago (April 30th, 2008)
As I said before, oozing with talent
Great change up of beat. Also noticed your lyrics and they are FANTASTIC!!!
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LunaTrick said 557 days ago (May 1st, 2008)
Thanks H
I do a bit of writing and the lyrics are an integral part of these experiments.
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Alannah said 534 days ago (May 24th, 2008)
Interesting ....
.. this almost has hints of Bowie and Antony and the Johnsons (hints) mixed into a vocal style ..... but quite different at the same time ..... but the influence sounded there to my ear ..... but then when the mix up came .... things changed again ....
LunaTrick said 533 days ago (May 25th, 2008)
Got to keep you guessing...
So you'll continue to take an interest in my stuff!
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Scorpjammer said 525 days ago (June 1st, 2008)
Very cool piece
Intriguing number. It draws me in and forces me to listen. Hints of David Gray percussion stylings in the beginning and end that leads into that rockin' guitar and rap section in the middle.

Cool comp!

A winner here!
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LunaTrick said 525 days ago (June 1st, 2008)
Thanks Scorp
David Gray comparison is a compliment.
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Char said 195 days ago (April 27th, 2009)
This is the Hyde
side to your Dr. Jeckle. Ever the poet. Always ready to surprise. Thanks.
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Rebsie said 147 days ago (June 15th, 2009)
Another one I fanned without commenting on
This was the first song of yours I listened to, and I still remember vividly what I thought when I heard it. What a stunning voice ... heard here in several different styles ... and every one of them electrifying.

It will always be a favourite one for me for that reason. The "flutter in the breeze just like yesterday" line still totally floors me every time I hear it.
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The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didn't fit into the mainstream genres of the time. At times it was used as catch-all phrase for rock music from under

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