A change from bright and cheery.
Was playing with mood and imagery and the (sometimes) human condition. I envisaged metal, and Peter Watkinson (a Brit, who coincidentally lives in Rotterdam) picked it up. I usually just post my finished 50/90 songs in my forum section here but thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
It's my first-ever "metal" song. (The concept emerged in February but I restructured and rewrote the lyric for 50/90.)
Music/instruments/vocals: Peter Watkinson
Lyrics: Donna Devine
Scavenger
(v1)
On my hands and knees
Through the desert of Time
I am crawling
While vultures hover
My heart is parched
My soul's without cover
Chorus
I'm a scavenger collecting
The bones of the day
From this elephants' graveyard
Of bleached memories
Now brittle and dried
No more tears to be cried
(v2)
The sands are scattered
With dreams of the sane
Melancholy
Replaces wonder
And life's a rock
That we all creep under
Chorus
I'm a scavenger collecting
The bones of the day
From this elephants' graveyard
Of bleached memories
Now brittle and dried
No more tears to be cried
Instrumental
Bridge
Is this desert of despair
A mere hallucination?
My own imagination?
I wish I could thirst
It would make me human
Might lift the curse
Chorus
I'm a scavenger collecting
The bones of the day
From this elephants' graveyard
Of bleached memories
Now brittle and dried
No more tears to be cried
� 2009 Donna Devine
« Last Edit: September 20, 2013, 12:20:40 AM by Donna »
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