It's another bad dream that seems to've caught us in our lie

[sovay]

Nobody told me Mission of Burma was recording their fourth studio album. Eric? *crickets*

I am still not very interactive, sorry.

Now the great Bear and Pleiades where earth moves
Are drawing up the clouds of human grief
Breathing solemnity in the deep night.
Who can decipher in storm or starlight
The written character of a friendly fate—
As the sky turns, the world for us to change?
But if the horoscope's bewildering
Like a flashing turmoil of a shoal of herring,
Who can turn skies back and begin again?
—Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes (1945)

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

a flashing turmoil of a shoal of herring

What a great line. That, and I like the notion of the constellations drawing up clouds of human grief.

One long sign of human sorrow
and the eyes of the stars, themselves,
may fill with tears.

ETA comma

[sovay]

What a great line. That, and I like the notion of the constellations drawing up clouds of human grief.

Here is the aria, as performed by the beautifully strange-voiced Peter Pears. The recording is from 1958, but he originated the role. It is one of my favorite operas.

One long sign of human sorrow
and the eyes of the stars, themselves,
may fill with tears.

Yours?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for the music! Wonderful! I like strange voices :-)

Yes, mine.