The Fiercest of Animals: An EP for Shrive

Shrive EP

This is an EP [a short mix] for Writersdomain’s NaNoWriMo novel Shrive. She has posted a few parts of it previously on YWS if you are interested in reading it. I suggest that you do.

So, WD, this is for you.

Enjoy,

Cal.

i. the fiercest of animals

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1. before telling dragons. karl blau.

before telling dragons where to lay,

point out all the ruins where their chicks can play.

a theme for Shrive.

2. oblivion. patrick wolf.

show your face, face to me

show you face, face to me.

be you my friend... or enemy?

show your face, face to me.

and, do not fear oblivion,

say i do not fear oblivion.

oblivion...

father, where’s my gun?

a song for Altan and Layra.

3. ghost love score. nightwish.

siren from the deep came to me,

sang my name my longing.

still i write my songs about that dream of mine

worth everything i may ever be.

[…]

my fall will be for you.

my love will be in you.

a song for Altan.

4. love vigilantes. iron & wine.

oh, i've just come from the land of the sun,

from a war that must be won in the name of truth.

with our soldiers so brave, your freedom we will save,

with our rifles and grenades and some help from god.

[…]

you just can't believe the joy i did receive

when i finally got my leave and i was going home.

oh, i flew through the sky, and my convictions could not lie,

for my country i would die and i will see it soon.

a song for Johnethein and Rohbeart.

5. roll away your stone. mumford & sons.

roll away your stone i will roll away mine

together we can see what we will find

don't leave me alone at this time

for i am afraid of what i will discover inside

you told me that i wouldn't find a home

beneath the fragile substance of my soul

and i have filled this void with things unreal

and all the while my character it steals

darkness is a harsh term don't you think

yet it dominates the things i see.

a theme for Diana and Layra.

6. brown trout blues. johnny flynn.

i could be somewhere else

i should be someone else but

you wouldn't know me if i was

you'd say i was a stranger just because

you'd say i wasn't weak enough for you

you'd want me just to feel as you do too

[…]

i guess i'm happy as i am,

sometimes i find it hard to be a man.

it easier just to play the same old game

of trying to forget my bloody name

a song for Ezra.

7. tiger mountain peasant song. fleet foxes.

in the town one morning i went

staggering through premonitions of my death

i don't see anybody that dear to me

[…]

i don't know what i have done

i'm turning myself to a demon

i don't know what i have done

i'm turning myself to a demon

a song for Altan and Maynard.

8. little brother. grizzly bear.

wide eyed and up in arms, my little brother was a solemn one.

he always had his quiet corner.

pride of my countrymen, my little brother will be born again.

a song for the boy.

9. woven birds. calexico.

the plaza in the village

where mission bells used to ring

is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin.

even the swallows have vanished

no longer returning to spring.

all the blossoms are buried

‘neath the waste.

out of the shadows grow hatred.

along the corridor crawls fear,

crushed by the promise of hope

that never returned.

watched with a hawk’s trained eye,

trees grow silent fruit

‘neath a suffering sky.

a theme for Shrive

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