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Echo's Song

by Herald K

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The ancient Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus re-narrated through song. Sung as a duet by Herald K and Lina Louise, featuring an unusual arrangement including piano, guitar and nyckelharpa.

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'Echo's song'

She saw him by the river where he lay
His beauty seemed like from some ancient day

At first she tried to keep from coming near
Hoping that her voice would reach his ear

He rose, and got up upon his feet
She spied him, and hoped that they would meet

He called out for his friends who'd been with him
And heard his call returned but faint and dim

'Come to where I am!' he cried out loud
'To where I am!' she answered, proud

They moved towards each other with a haste
To be apart seemed suddenly a waste

She moved towards him, trying to embrace
When suddenly, a frown came to his face

He turned around and ran to get away
Avoiding that she'd kiss him, come what may

She couldn't reach him, though she tried her best
And realized then she'd never more find rest

He ended the flight by a forest pool
Seeking the seclusion, still and cool

There he bent down to where the crystal water streamed
When back against his face some image gleamed

He tried to bend down to the water's rim
And touch that image, but it eluded him

He lingered by that spot until he died
A flower grew out from where he had lied

She came at last to where that flower bloomed
And laid down next to where his spirit loomed

A happy tear at last came to her eye
And there she drew her final mortal sigh

Her body changed into a stone so rare
It returned every sound that came too near

credits

released February 3, 2023
Lyrics, Composition, Vocal, Guitar: Herald K
Second Vocal: Lina Louise
Nyckelharpa: Stephan Steiner
Piano: Nikola Stanosevic
Production: Herald K & Robin Gillard
Mastering: Walter Frotzler
Label: Lindo Records

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Herald K Vienna, Austria

Folk Noir Songwriter-Singer. His debut album, 'Strange Delights' was released in 2019. New songs came in 2022, and early 2023, and will be followed by an album titled 'Mythologies' in May 2023. A cast of excellent musicians from Vienna contribute to these recordings: most prominently Stephan Steiner (Hotel Palindrone, Harlequin's Glance, Cantlon).

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