A King's Lament (Waifu Trio goes Ludwig I. of Bavaria)
Swing in the spirit of "After you've gone", Cold, monotone female voice delivered with heavy metallic reverb for an unyielding, detached sound, spoken-sung phrasing, emotional intensity, playful call-and-response between upright bass and vintage Whurlitzer organ, Opens with organ, Bass uses walking lines and percussive slaps, gentle, soft fingerpicked jazz guitar melody sets accents between rhythm phrases, clear and tuneful, Sparse, rustic, jazzy, 1930s small-combo quartet vibe of only organ, slap bass, brushed snare and vintage hollowbody jazz guitar, The brushed snare provides a light, continuous swishing texture, guitar plays a four-on-the-floor rhythm strum and fingerpicked counter melody - NO other instruments - with a breezy, free-spirited energy!
A King's Lament (Waifu Trio goes Ludwig I. of Bavaria)
Swing in the spirit of "After you've gone", Cold, monotone female voice delivered with heavy metallic reverb for an unyielding, detached sound, spoken-sung phrasing, emotional intensity, playful call-and-response between upright bass and vintage Whurlitzer organ, Opens with organ, Bass uses walking lines and percussive slaps, gentle, soft fingerpicked jazz guitar melody sets accents between rhythm phrases, clear and tuneful, Sparse, rustic, jazzy, 1930s small-combo quartet vibe of only organ, slap bass, brushed snare and vintage hollowbody jazz guitar, The brushed snare provides a light, continuous swishing texture, guitar plays a four-on-the-floor rhythm strum and fingerpicked counter melody - NO other instruments - with a breezy, free-spirited energy!
Lyrics
Verse 1
Alas! The beautiful cannot last;
From the dream of Paradise
We sink back down to mourn
In the wide emptiness of space.
Verse 2
We may only sense the Heaven,
Only feel joy in foretaste,
For Earth's disturbing warning
Always plunges us back fast.
Instrumental interlude - jazz guitar solo, 8 bars band jam
Verse 3
Yet we live out our lives
Only in the bloom of love.
Feel ourselves raised through it
To a nobler nature above.
Verse 4
Love leads us to the starry spheres,
Gives courage for great deeds,
Shines in God's mercy clear,
And makes the soul become truly good.
Instrumental interlude - organ solo, extended band jam
Verse 5
When we know what is most fair
And have felt the splendid grace,
Yet must miss it once again there.
This sorrow finds no cooling place.
Verse 6
But who would not know ecstasy,
Though he soon must lose it then?
Short alone the parting will be,
The reunion lasts till the end.
Outro- fade out