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[Filk] Sing for you in the dead of night

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Summary:

Filk (fansong) created for Klari's "For Those Who Sing in the Dead of Night".

Notes:

Hi everyone!

A late (or rather very late), and rather spontaneous addition for the fest works since I managed to produce at least a passable recording of it in time. Thank you to the mods, for letting me in!

This would not have been possible with a small army of people supporting me and beta listening to this, amongst them Ghost.
But most of all: Thank you, dear author, for allowing me to work with your poem! As always, it's a joy to work with you!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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[description of cover art: staff with treble clef and image of a harp, framing the text "Sing for you in the dead of night / from: For Those Who Sing in the Dead of Night / LYRICS: Klari MUSIC: SerenaEW" on blue-green watercolour background]

Stream or download:

Part 1: Harry

  • Download from archive.org here

 

Part 2: Severus

  • Download from archive.org here

 

Credits:

  • Lyrics: Klari
  • Music, Voice: SerenaEW
  • Accompaniment: Musescore preview
  • Cover artist: SerenaEW

 

Lyrics

Part 1: Harry

How could I never have seen past the mask
I never looked closely, didn’t bother to ask
You hid from the world, and I never knew
All the reasons you had for hiding the truth
But death strips away all the lies and disguise
And leaves us both here with the tears in our eyes
I’m bare and I’m bleeding, I need you beside me
So maybe together we can finally stop hiding

Now I know you
And I’d walk through fire
All over again just to show you
Now I know you
And I’d even conspire
With Death just to touch you
Just to love you

How could you never have seen past my face
The past held you tight, gave none of us grace
To find the space for you to see all I hid
The pain and the shame stuffed under a lid
But now I will beg because you need to know
To look at me so I can finally show
How I’m bare and I’m bleeding, but finally I’m free
To stand here vulnerable, letting you see 

That now I know you
And I’d walk through fire
All over again just to show you
Now I know you
And I’d even conspire
With Death just to touch you
Just to love you

I’ll take you back with me, and never turn around
I’ll hold you in the dark, I’ll never let you go
When you fear, when you shiver
I’ll be near, and I’ll deliver
You safely above. We’ll see a new dawn glow. 

Yes, now I know you
And I’d walk through fire
All over again just to show you
Now I know you
And I’d even conspire
With Death just to touch you
Just to love you

Part 2: Severus

How could I ever have told all those lies
The venom and spite that now I despise
Tear out my eyes, leave me helpless and blind
I couldn’t see truth, I was lost and unkind
But death strips away all the lies and disguise
And leaves us both here with the tears in our eyes
I’m bare and I’m bleeding, I need you beside me
So maybe together we can finally stop hiding

Now I know you
And I’d walk through fire
All over again just to show you
Now I know you
And I’d even conspire
With Death just to touch you
Just to love you

Metadata:

  • recording date: Jan 4th 2023
  • Length: 03:35 / 1:10
  • File type: mp3

Notes:

Thank you for listening!

 

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