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Cocteau Twins - "Persephone"
14 years ago
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Elizabeth Fraser's vocals in this are amazing! It's rare that singers of her caliber come along.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8u0VeHWVw
And on a tangentially related note, a poem I wrote that just happens to share the same name. The two aren't otherwise related. There's also a short story but it's been on the backburner for about five years and probably won't see the light of day anytime soon.
“Persephone”
Persephone stepped on the surface earth,
Moon-pale from near seclusions, hair
That shines like liquid mirror
Her eyes trail tears of quicksilver.
Her eyes trail tears of quicksilver
That shine like liquid mirrors
Moon-pale from years’ seclusion, heir
Persephone wept on the surface earth.
Goddess of the glacial desert,
Take our prayer:
“Deliver us to paradise, the katabatic land
Blue ice, black sand, just darkness
And dead stars above sterile skies.”
Away in the wastes,
in the dry valleys
waits the Citadel of Silt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8u0VeHWVw
And on a tangentially related note, a poem I wrote that just happens to share the same name. The two aren't otherwise related. There's also a short story but it's been on the backburner for about five years and probably won't see the light of day anytime soon.
“Persephone”
Persephone stepped on the surface earth,
Moon-pale from near seclusions, hair
That shines like liquid mirror
Her eyes trail tears of quicksilver.
Her eyes trail tears of quicksilver
That shine like liquid mirrors
Moon-pale from years’ seclusion, heir
Persephone wept on the surface earth.
Goddess of the glacial desert,
Take our prayer:
“Deliver us to paradise, the katabatic land
Blue ice, black sand, just darkness
And dead stars above sterile skies.”
Away in the wastes,
in the dry valleys
waits the Citadel of Silt.
I also love that poem you've written. Gives a very sandy, silky, glass and reflective feel - and just cold!
The first two verses are just wonderful, too - quite powerful.