Relics

by N.C.McCarthy

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Inspired by Marcel Proust's short story 'Relics', this song was composed solely on piano and was recorded as such, all in one take.

I was honoured to have Jake Alun providing his ethereal vocals, and for his wonderful improvisation in the latter half of the song.

With love,

N x

lyrics

LYRICS

All budding liaisons are bleached out;
the lawn’s worn with evening,
and all I wish to do is wilt the quietude
in this house.

Daydreams through the aces of creased cards and suitcases,
which unbeknownst to you retain a trace of these old routines
in mere static of a bygone dream.

Orris in the poplar bowl,
vignettes framed on seven sheets of snow,
quotations taken from high echelon prose,
in recurrent moments in search of lost name,
bloom a childhood with madeleines.
Plaroma-warm relics of a bygone age you lived,
yet I dreamed.

As I peruse I seem to false recall peculiar ways
you’d turn the book spines in,
and that way it was a mystery of the page,
but in truth, they’re all out of place.

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released June 12, 2023
Composer & Lead Vocalist - N.C.McCarthy
Guest Vocalist - Jake Alun
Artwork/Photography - Jake Alun

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