Name: Lorelei
Duration: P00H03M49S
Description: The Lorelei is a sort of German version of the myth of the siren from Homer's Ulysses, luring sailors to their deaths on the rocky coast with her haunting voice, with the oft-added detail that she threw herself into the sea because of a broken heart In my version, her lover comes to his senses and races to meet her at the seaside... a bit late.

Lorelei

from Landlocked (album) by David Morrison

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The Lorelei is a sort of German version of the myth of the siren from Homer's Ulysses, luring sailors to their deaths on the rocky coast with her haunting voice, with the oft-added detail that she threw herself into the sea because of a broken heart In my version, her lover comes to his senses and races to meet her at the seaside... a bit late.

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Listen babe I'm sorry that I left you in your tower of sorrow
Pulling out your hair, thinking I'd be back tomorrow
I guess I kept my dance card full firing drivers, thugs and cooks
It takes a lot of hacking to get in the history books

I was gone, bent upon my slaughter
I left you there gazing on the water

Lorelei
I'll fight my way out of this dream
Hey don't cry
Knit a scarf
Don't pull out the seams
Don't look down
Wait for me

Suddenly it came to me, standing in the bloody field
At twilight as my medals shone you were home alone
I left my fury and my rank fading into silhouette
Running like a dog to see if you were waiting yet

In fairy tales the hero would have caught her
But I was late for you leapt in the water

Lorelei
The air is chill that you vacated
Was it I drove you to the deep?

Lorelei
Now it's me whose breath is bated
Paralyzed
All my hopes lie beneath the sea
Silently calling me
Silently calling me
Silently watching me
Beneath the sea

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from Landlocked (album), released June 12, 2011
Words and music © David Morrison 2010 BMI

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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble, The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording. ... more

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