Severus and Lily - Song of Shadows

Sweep thy faint strings, Musician,
With thy long, lean hand.
Downward the starry tapers burn,
Sinks soft the waning sand.
The old hound whimpers couched in sleep,
The embers smoulder low
Across the walls the shadows
Come and go.
*
Sweep softly thy strings, Musician,
The minutes mount to hours
Frost on the windless casement weaves
A labyrinth of flowers
Ghosts linger in the darkening air
Hearken at the open door.
Music hath called them dreaming home once more
*
Home once more.


Song ~ The Song of Shadows - Performed by Vivace Cantamus (the choir I am in! ^^) Recorded on 15th September 2002
Poem by Walter de la Mare, Music by C. Armstrong Gibbs

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Please tell me what you think; I'm not sure what this one is really about! :) I hope you like it though!

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• cantamus
• severus
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• lily
• evans
• harry
• potter

[elliebrowneo]

i am doing a performance of this song in a competition, any advise???

[KadysWellies]

@elliebrowneo Hey! The only advice I can give is sing it like you mean it. Think about the words - the beauty of the melody - and try and express that through your singing. More than anything, enjoy the performance! It's a fantastic piece of music! :) Good luck!

[rivawol]

So beautiful and haunting that it aches. Thanks for uploading.

[KadysWellies]

Thanks! ^^

[PrincesaArdillita]

hi! are you still with vivace? i miss it so much!!

x

[KadysWellies]

Yep! I've been there for 8 years now! Good grief - didn't realise it was that long now! But it's still going :)

[mtenor]

really nice

[singingasong4u]

haha! i just put this song on coz i did it for my grade 7 and I thought, this sounds just like the Vivace version we did! and it was! Vivace had a gorgeous sound to it didnt it?!

[Becibu]

Thankyou for posting this ... I am trying to dig out the music and its so hard to find!

[KadysWellies]

Thank you so much!! :) The darker and anime of HP films would be an interesting idea... oo! The music done by Vivace bit sounds good!! haha xD

Thank you so so much again!! :D xx