Like Orpheus' Severed Head
by @ttg105
Liner Notes
#octolute #short
For anyone who likes and listens to dead musicians. I was thinking of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake.
From Wikipedia: "Feeling spurned by Orpheus for taking only male lovers, the Ciconian women, followers of Dionysus, first threw sticks and stones at him as he played, but his music was so beautiful even the rocks and branches refused to hit him. Enraged, the women tore him to pieces during the frenzy of their Bacchic orgies.
His head, still singing mournful songs, floated along with his lyre down the River Hebrus into the sea, after which the winds and waves carried them to the island of Lesbos."
Lyrics
Orpheus played beautiful music
and so did you
And like Orpheus's severed head
you're still singing even though you're dead
it's all here on this record
Comments
Short and poetic text - both wonderfully woven into a musical bow to these two great musicians!
As always, I really enjoyed listening!
Love those lyrics.
Gentle and contemplative.
A requiem for the dead.
Well done for sure.