Sarah Kirkland Snider - "Circe and the Hanged Man" from Penelope

Title: Circe and the Hanged Man
Artist: ...Sarah Kirkland Snider (composer)
.............Shara Worden (vocals)
.............Signal (strings)
Album: Penelope

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Lyrics:
"Is he dead?"
No, she tells him.

Say you bounce a ball
Have you ever noticed that
Between the business of its going up
and the business of its fall
it hesitates?

It just waits
There's a fraction of a second there
when it's luxuriating in the air
Before its fate rushes it on.

"But he's hanging there"
Yes, he's hanging, yes, but from the tree of life
"Is he some sort of sacrifice?"
Yes, he's a sacrifice...
He gave himself to himself so he could see.
He gave himself to himself so he could see.
He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself
"So he could see?"
As only you can see
When the world is upside down
And you hang
From the branch of a tree

"So that's me?"
Yes, it's where you seem to be.
And you hang from the branch of a tree.
"So that's me?"
Yes, it's where you seem to be.
"So that's me."

(lyrics written by Ellen McLaughlin)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• penelope
• sarah kirkland snider
• shara worden
• signal
• circe and the hanged man
• song cycles
• ellen mclaughlin
• homer's odyssey

[thirtysixemperors]

@ericmsandoval Sure. Check the vids, should be up now.

[ericmsandoval]

Can you upload "As he looks out to sea"?