Tale of Three Ribbons by LunaTrick
Genre: Alternative Rock
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Description:
As the lyrics will show, this is a song about a tragic event that is met with an even more tragic response! Feedback???
Lyrics:
THE TALE OF 3 RIBBONSShe 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
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lots of tricks and devices - as well as honest instrumentsSoftware:
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lavalamp
I don't know no one has commented or fav'd. This is really nice.
Really good stuff.
LL
LunaTrick
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.
lavalamp
Take it off and repost it. That could work.
Bye
TobinMueller
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.
LunaTrick
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.
Heightened
Great change up of beat. Also noticed your lyrics and they are FANTASTIC!!!
LunaTrick
I do a bit of writing and the lyrics are an integral part of these experiments.
Alannah
.. 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
So you'll continue to take an interest in my stuff!
Scorpjammer
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!
LunaTrick
David Gray comparison is a compliment.
Char
side to your Dr. Jeckle. Ever the poet. Always ready to surprise. Thanks.
Rebsie
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.