I really like this song, but I keep forgetting that I like it, so, when I play it, it ambushes me with its emotional punch. The lyrics draw from the standard tropes about love and loss, but the way in which she knits them together makes them tender, weary and infinitely melancholy all at the same time. The dirge-like tempo underscores the sadness, while the clarity of her voice embodies the spirit of affection. Plus the title indicates that it’s about vampires, although nothing in the song specifies that. What more could I ask for?<\/p>\n
Come into these arms again It beats for you – It bleeds for you Once I had the rarest rose Oh loneliness – oh hopelessness Love, oh love, oh love… Let me be the only one They shine for you – they shine for you <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I really like this song, but I keep forgetting that I like it, so, when I play it, it ambushes me with its emotional punch. The lyrics draw from the standard tropes about love and loss, but the way in which she knits them together makes them tender, weary and infinitely melancholy all at the… Continue reading Love Song for a Vampire by Annie Lennox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[711,653],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lust","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5801,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
And lay your body down
The rhythm of this trembling heart
Is beating like a drum <\/p>\n
It knows not how it sounds
For it is the drum of drums
It is the song of songs…<\/p>\n
That ever deigned to bloom.
Cruel winter chilled the bud
And stole my flower too soon.<\/p>\n
To search the ends of time
For there is in all the world
No greater love than mine.<\/p>\n
Still falls the rain… (still falls the rain)
Love, oh love, oh, love…
Still falls the night…
Love, oh love, oh love…
Be mine forever…. (be mine forever)
Love, oh love, oh love…. <\/p>\n
To keep you from the cold
Now the floor of heaven’s lain
With stars of brightest gold <\/p>\n
They burn for all to see
Come into these arms again
And set this spirit free<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n