Sunday, 25 November 2018

not this fucking time of year again




[[ musically, a Christmas carol ]]

[[ this part in imitation of bells ]] 
not this 
fucking 
time of 
year a-
gain

[[ the sound of a church choir ]] 

all the skies are gray and lifeless (gray and lifeless)
all the winds are sharp and cold (sharp and cold)
all the roads are wet and icy (wet and icy)
all my bones 
two hundred six! 
the pops and clicks! 
the cracks and cricks! 
are so old

someone else's strange religion (strange religion)
someone else's hopes and fears (hopes and fears)
someone else's gongs and jangles (gongs and jangles)
someone's god 
three-headed -- weird!
one mainly beard!
all of them feared!
in my ears... [[ quiet, crescendo, and then the bang ]]

Bang! all the metal in your towers!
See if I fucking care 
Bang! all the metal in your towers!
Give all the birds a scare 

[[ a chorus imitating bells and singing in bell terms rather than Latin ]]
peal [[ repeated with combinations of the others ]]
nominal
quint
tierce
prime
hum [[ let this one be the last and lowest tone still ringing ]]

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