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Shadowfall

from Mystery of the Rose by Ian Lilburne

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Words and music by Ian Lilburne. Produced by lee Buddle, Crank Recording

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SHADOWFALL

In foam-crested wavelets
The ocean heaves
Rolls, billows, surges
To the heavens from the deep

Shadowfall – edge of darkness
Shadowfall – frail fit of green
Shadowfall – winds of madness
Shadowfall – the narcisscene

Comprized of atoms
Composed in time
Exposed to nature
Sublime

Shadowfall – winds of madness
Shadowfall – the narcisscene
Shadowfall – heart of darkness
Shadowfall – Gaia’s scream

Away
Away
Turn away
Away
Away
Darkness falls
Turn away

solo

Shadowfall – heart of darkness
Shadowfall – Gaia’s cry
Shadowfall – sheen of sadness
Shadowfall – empires die


© IAN LILBURNE
MUSIC: 1982
LYRIC: 2011 | 17

The opening verse is an adaptation of a stanza from Virgil’s Aeneid. I first read a variation of the couplet ‘Comprized of atoms|composed in time’ in an article on climate change in The Guardian (alas I didn’t note the name of the writer) but subsequently learnt that it refers to Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. ‘Edge’ and ‘heart of darkness’ allude respectively to the 1980’s BBC TV drama and the Joseph Conrad novel. Narcisscene is mine, a neologism.

THE LOST VERSE

Cyclones, tsunamis
Lightning, hail
Earthquakes, volcanoes
Awesome all

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from Mystery of the Rose, track released January 13, 2021
Ian Lilburne - detuned Spanish guitar and backing vocal
Sam Ray - lead vocal and solo
Lee Buddle - bass clarinet
Pete Jeavons - double bass
Tristen Parr - cello
Steve Richter - marimba, percussion, gong
Cathie Travers - piano

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