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As difficult a belief as it is to embrace, the potential for a third world war rests with us
and within our intolerance of the differences between us. Just how is it that we can so appreciate all the colours of nature, yet not of human-nature? Our story begins at the end of this war, when our hero emerges from his bomb shelter to at last see for himself the resultant truths of our fears. And yet fears remain. But with the help of his fellow survivors, the natural colours of a rainbow are a vision of beauty once again.
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colours
‘As difficult a belief as it is to embrace, the potential for a third world war rests with us
and within our intolerance of the differences between us.
Just how is it that we can so appreciate all the colours of nature, yet not of human-nature?
Our story begins at the end of this war, when our hero emerges from his bomb shelter to at last see for himself the resultant truths of our fears. And yet fears remain. But with the help of his fellow survivors, the natural colours of a rainbow are a vision of beauty once again.’
The streets were shadowed silver, the cold could make you quiver
And I saw through the dark, not a soul survived
I thought we’d find our future, but visions grew too obscure
In the fears of the blinded, the end had finally arrived.
A coloured shadow appeared before me
He held my fears in his hands as he told me ...
"We can begin again tonight
So take your brother by the hand, it’s only right
And it can be so forgiving to see how the Colours light the sky"
His ways were not like my own; He’d shown me things I’d never known
And his colour grew brighter, and the air seemed to clear
There beside us a woman stood still
The clothes she wore seemed so strange, the air turned a cold chill
We can begin again tonight
I’ll take my sister by the hand, it’s only right
And it can be so forgiving to see how the Colours light the sky
Where is the way for us; Old thoughts linger still
There is a day for us
Do you feel it in the wind; Let the Colours all begin to show...
I can see the walls as they start falling
Holding fast to worlds we knew kept us hidden from the view
Then I’ll sing, and free the voices calling
In the wisdom of those souls, flowers can unfold ....
And there we walked along those lanes of baron cross-roads
We turned to the sky ... and saw a rainbow ....
Words & Music by Mark Fenster © 2018 Autumn Song / SOCAN
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from
spark,
track released November 27, 2018
Music & Lyrics: Mark Fenster
String Arrangements: Mark Fenster
Additional Arrangements & Inspirations: Claude “l’Inferno” Laflamme
Published by: Autumn Song Publishers
Produced By: Howard Redekopp & Mark Fenster
Engineered & Mixed by: Howard Redekopp
Mastered by: Brock MacFarlane, CPS Mastering
Itamar Erez: 12-string Guitars
Mark Fenster: Lead & Harmony Vocals, Percussion
Zoe Fenster: Harmony Vocals
Howard Redekopp: Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers
Pat Steward: Drums
Cameron Wilson: Violin
Henry Lee: Viola
Finn Manniche: Cello
Lawrence Mollerup: Double Bass
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