The Beacon
A haunting, horror sea shanty evoking the sea and the dread of night. Dynamic female vocals, shallow, quivering, high range, dramatic vibrato, whispered, chants. Pipe organ, accordian and fiddle sections weave with layered low drone and sparse textures. Utililize negative space for the low drone. choirs rising with chant-like resonance. A haunting tale of isolation and dread. Atmosphere: horror, surreal, haunting, playful.
The Beacon
A haunting, horror sea shanty evoking the sea and the dread of night. Dynamic female vocals, shallow, quivering, high range, dramatic vibrato, whispered, chants. Pipe organ, accordian and fiddle sections weave with layered low drone and sparse textures. Utililize negative space for the low drone. choirs rising with chant-like resonance. A haunting tale of isolation and dread. Atmosphere: horror, surreal, haunting, playful.
Lyrics
Intro
“Fohg kurlz thik on kohbbel-stown, midnite tolls a hallo tohn.”
Verse 1
“Lahn-terns flick-er, vispers draun,
shaddohs breeth akross da taun.
Vindohs sigh, da streetz dee-kay,
un-seen voises guide mai vay.”
Chorus
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on,
horai-son burn-ing,
nait undahn.
Thru da dark ai vahk alohn,
to-ward da bee-kon’s haunt-ed throhn.”
Break
“Da taun diz-sahlvz,
da si-lenz bytes, dust an ash re-plais da lites.”
Verse 2
“Bah-ren plahns, no pulss, no saund,
vindz laik speerits surkel raund.
Bones o’ urth, a laif-less stage, da gloh a-hed bee-kums a cage.”
Prechorus
“Spek-tral handz reech frahm da skai,
un-seen aiz dat nevah dai.”
Chorus
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on,
horai-son burn-ing,
nait undahn.”
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on,
horai-son burn-ing,
nait undahn.”
Bridge
“Da lait-hauss looms, koh-lossal and grim, its vahlls ex-hail, its vindohs dim.
Gohsts koil stair bai stair, dey sing in tungz not ment fer men.”
Verse 3
“Dohrs kreehk viyed, da see inside, sail-ors’ bones naild to da tide.”
Chorus
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on,
horai-son burn-ing,
nait undahn.”
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on,
horai-son burn-ing,
nait undahn.”
Break
“Da bee-kon pulss-es, bludd-red flaim, e-ter-ni-tee trahpt in its neim.”
Prechorus
“Da lait is hung-ger, da lait is pain, it swal-lohs hope, it vill re-main.”
Chorus
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on, horai-son burn-ing, nait undahn.”
“Uh singel lait kahls mi on, horai-son burn-ing, nait undahn.”
Outro
“Da ta-wer sighs, e-ter-nal, vahst—
Ai van-ish vith-in its spek-tral grahsp.”
Dohrs kreehk viyed,
da see inside,
sail-ors’ bones naild to da tide.