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Song with orchestral background. See lyrics for the poem it is based on.
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Peak #856
Peak in subgenre #29
Author
W. Richard St. James
Rights
2015
Uploaded
May 17, 2015
MP3
MP3 3.4 MB, 128 kbps, 3:41
Story behind the song
I wrote this poem some time in college, either sophomore or junior year -- during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. The music was written in the late 80s, except for the trumpet part which I added now as part of the orchestration.
Lyrics
When will we meet again, If the banshee sirens wail, For their angry mourning never lies And their prophets never fail, What time or place can ever be For the sweet world of desire If the banshee sirens herald the rain Of the all consuming fire. When will we dream again, If the banshees scream their dirge And the blazing mushrooms sear the land, And the fires swell and surge, And the world of all our knowledge Is melted in to glass, A mirror for our illusions, And a seal to our past. And if the banshees do not wail Then surely i must go A way to some sad distant land Where the banshee bugles blow. From the shattered world of love, To the acrid world of hate, Compelled to take a pointless stand By an aimless whim of fate. When will we love again If the banshee siren screams, For the wailing of its mourning Is the dirge of all our dreams, And the passion of its weeping Is a mist of soft red rust, And the sorrow of its sleeping Is a swirl of sterile dust
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