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Elsinore

from Filk and Cookies by Vanessa Cardui

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The lyrics of the chorus (beginning with “The child that from the tear”) are a poem entitled ‘The Procreations of Eve and the Copulations of Adam’, by George Barker, published in his 1992 volume ‘Street Ballads’. The poem is used by the gracious permission of Barker’s estate. The song was inspired in equal parts by Barker’s poetry and by Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. Each voice represents a different character in the drama.

lyrics

Mark my words and find me honest,
Break my heart, or bring me justice!

Let father wise and brother strong be pillars by my side,
If he with lips of columbine should take me for his bride!
My virtue as a violet that withers in desire,
To flaming youth I am as wax and melt in mine own fire!

If I could leave behind the echoes in my mind,
And flesh could melt away to mingle with the clay,
My dirge would rise to meet a melody so sweet
As ever could be sung, but I must hold my tongue!

My words fly up, my thoughts below,
False words will not to heaven go!

Oh, what a noble heart is here o’erthrown!
It hath been paralyzed and fallen still!
His name doth bleed upon the frozen ground,
And night hath made descent upon his brow.
So bear him like a soldier to the stage,
With those he loved, who loved him, and were slain.
Some have gone to heaven, some to hell,
But prince and cause will hover in between.
And I, who loved, am left to stand alone,
And cry his words to spaces yet unknown.

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from Filk and Cookies, released July 5, 2014
Words and music ©2008 Vanessa Cardui
Additional vocals by James Prescott and Sora

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