Corduroy

Story Behind The Song

Prophecy related to a curse and the return of a murdered Scottish king.

Song Description

Mythical folk song about murdered Scottish/Dalriadan King Kenneth MacAlpin.

Song Length 9:08 Genre Folk - Rock, Rock - Classic
Tempo Floating Lead Vocal Duet Male
Mood Heartbreaking, Moving Subject Royalty, Murder, Rape
Similar Artists Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Cordouroy

Today's a birthday party for a forgotten king
dethroned by crones w/ tarnished skull rings
But hope remains in every... in every living thing
In every song, in every human being

Shuffle the limbs of forgotten books
Dormant anthems drain barbs from hooks
& now the hurricanes have danced
& now the envelopes have chanced upon
dead letter offices future & past
where flying fish rise on ocean in gasps

Olde eyes & alibis
Raised on rain & borrowed lives
& now this hand is hidden
& now this tale is written on
cabbage leaves w/ angel spit
carry the Moon & split the cost of it

[Instrumental]

Spook the spokes & span the gaps
Oval wheels wheeze & gasp
in a nautilus heart, in a nautilus heart
Get to the end, return to the start, in a nautilus heart
Bone & skin, where to begin?
Bone & skin, where to begin?

Oh, frog future
Oh, lullaby tree
Angels carry humor under their wings as
Catalog crows hold their own noses
Days @ the diary roll out the ghosts
for holiday eyes & circumspect smiles
Tear out pages of uneasy miles

Old maid, cold trade
Portable prophets leave beds unmade like
virtue & veils sent through the mail
to Gordian maps built by elegant snails
& all along we are wide wale woven
Dough rise loomed fresh from the oven

Bone & skin, where to begin?
Bone & skin, where to begin?


(c)(p) 2007 Christian Arial

Lyrics Christian Arial Music Christian Arial, Terrell Brady
Producer Christian Arial, Terrell Brady Publisher Isle of Skye
Performance Christian Arial Vocals, Percussion, Terrell Brady, Guitar, Piano, Vocals Label Isle of Skye Records

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