Act I: The Lion's Den
Act II: Songs of the Wild
Act III: Stage Tricks
Act IV: How the Elephant Got its
              Thick Skin
Act V: Beyond the Jungle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 2005 Edie Marshall
dreamsinaudio@gmail.com
AIM: NovelChick

 

...some animals should not be caged..


The Sleeper's Opera Experience

1. The Innkeeper's Grin (Keep the Customer Satisfied)
2. I'll be a Penitent Boy
3. Grace Falls
4. A Message to an Ant
5. The Lion and the Elephant
6. Contrivance of the Evangelist
7. Light My Fire
8. Ashes Turn to Stars
9. Keep Dreaming
10. Time Takes Me
11. The Queen Will Save Herself
12. Your Ears are Weapons/Your Tongue is on Fire
13. The Traveler's Dream of Motion (part 1)
14. The Uncomfortable Pose

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This song is more literal than I like admitting. Occasionally, I tend to be a bit on the depressive, isolated side, and sitting in a locked room for long periods of time without socializing is not unheard of for me.

This song is really me confronting myself in a dark room in my heart while learning to let go of false romantic dreams and self-defeating judgments.


It is a simple melody played on my Yamaha P-80 electronic piano, which I sang over in one take. I always meant to re-record the vocals as there are a couple parts I'm not that happy with, and some of the vocal melody was still just a rough draft that needed to be fleshed out more. But, I found myself listening to this version of the song over and over, almost forgetting where I was at times as I got lost in the rawness of it, constantly confronting the very emotions that led me to create it in the first place.

I think the vocals ultimately captured the unpolished and unfinished nature of the person behind the words. And I like that.