First Movement of McDowell's Three Poems, Op. 20

Three Poems: Night by the Sea (McDowell)

Three Poems: A Tale from Knightly Times (MacDowell)

A homemade recording of a favourite Chinese tune of mine, composed by Singaporean composer 梁文福. 

Headphones recommended.

J.S on piano, thanks for jazzing things up! 

细水长流 (Xi Shui Chang Liu)

composed september, 2014. singapore.

lyrics.

we drew a house 
put pictures on the wall and tore them down 
And we drew a roof 
so blue we thought the sky was falling through 

you took my hand 
and led me  up the stairs that never end 
and I could slowly see 
There’re things we’ll never have to understand 

a home for our hearts, my love 
a home for our hearts, my love 

then I built a boat
put up the sails and took it out to sea 
and you said, there’s more to be seen 
the compass points to a place you’ve never been 

but you stole the key 
you locked me up and said you’ll set me free 
and I could only see  
that all of this was never meant to be 

so when did we begin to turn away from all the dreams we shared
the house that rides on paperbacks and stands on stilted texts 
it’s true just what they say that love was never under obligation 
to end happily ever after 

[ad lib]

so don’t beat the wall 
hoping that it’d turn into a door 
there’s love to be found 
everywhere if you would look around. 
 
a home for my heart, my love 
a home for your heart, my love.

chanchilla

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