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Haunted: The Lyrics and the Story Behind the Piano Solo

22 May 2015 News

Sometime last spring, I wrote a melody that was so haunting, I called it "Haunted." It was in 3/4 time, each measure beginning with an eighth note triplet. And four of these triplet motives formed a phrase. I wanted the melody to stand out, so the accompaniment was fairly simple. But a few months back, inspired by the hymn solos in one of my piano books, I decided to set the melody in a rich polyphonic texture and turn it into  a piano solo. It's taken me a while to do it, but the score is now up on the web site along with a sound sample: Haunted Piano Solo Score

It was my husband who suggested I add lyrics to the original melody. So I did, and, in an effort to impress him, made sure they were as dark as the lyrics to the songs he enjoys. I may have gone too far because far from impressing him, I alarmed him.

Because I had to make some changes to the melody when I converted into a solo, I couldn't add the lyrics to the score. So, here they are below; inspired, believe it or not, by research suggesting that women who date drug addicts are more likely to become addicts themselves than men who date addicts. I'll let you decide whether they are too dark or not:

Haunted by you;
Tormented by you;
Haunted by you,
Every Day.

You're in my dreams,
Nightmares of Terror.
There's no escaping.
I am your Prisoner.
Enchained.

 You are the Devil,
Possessing my soul.
Lucifer you are;
Angel of Death.

 Dark dreams of you
Wringing my soul.
Wrestling with you I,
Die every day.
Dying Every Day.

 Demon spawn seduced by you.
Why won't you let me walk away?
Haunting forever my soul.

 When I first saw
                        
You that day
 Enraptured I
                        Was by you.

 You are the Devil,
Possessing my soul.
Lucifer you are;
Angel of Death.

 Should've just turned away.
I couldn't help myself -
                               
Drawn to you like a moth.

 Haunted by you;
Tormented by you;
Haunted by you,
All of my Life.

 

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