Mourning Becomes Electra

Song Description

The song tells the story of Eugene O'Neil's play Mourning Becomes Electra, based on the Greek tragedy The Orestia. Electra is the daughter of the Greek general Agammemnon who lives her father too much, and who takes revenge on her mother and her mother's lover for killing her father.

Song Length 3:47 Genre Rock - Classic, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi
Tempo Medium Fast (131 - 150) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Composed, Diplomatic Subject Dysfunctional Relations, Dysfunctional Family
Similar Artists Tom Petty, The Band Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA

Close the shutters, pull the shades down
Draw the curtains, lock the door
The sun is setting on a lonely town
The sound of silence nears a roar

For she?s mourning his departure
Mourning becomes Electra

Love the father, hate the mother
Vengeful daughter, saddened son
Her fate is naked without cover
And her Reason?s on the run

For she?s mourning his departure
Mourning becomes Electra

The mother?s lover is killed by her son
The mother finds out and puts a gun
To her head, and blows her mind
The daughter finds out that both are dead
She wraps a scarf around her head
And dances to unwind

Dress in black and sing a sad song
Close the rusted gates of Hell
Trapped inside the act that rights the wrong
Mark her passing with a bell

For she?s mourning his departure
Mourning becomes Electra.

Lyrics Jared Gollob Music Jared Gollob, Robert Warren
Performance The JukeDogs (Jared Gollob, Robert Warren, Matthew White)

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