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When the Love Has Gone

from Mystra - Songs From Byzantium by Esbe

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD with full colour 6 page (12 sided) leaflet with all the lyrics and information about the songs, plus an evocative illustration by Esbe - please contact her for art work prints.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Mystra - Songs From Byzantium via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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I chose to have this song played at my dear father's funeral and the words speak for themselves. It's abut love, loss, and time, all such poignant themes.

The inclusion of a segment of Britain's oldest notated song gives me a little sense of connection to this time – around the mid thirteenth century. 'Sumer is icumen in' is a joyous, optimistic and quite innocent melody, originally sung in a round or canon. Full of hope, I like the contrast with the song's lyrics.

lyrics

Hope will be lost in the wind,
Peace will be torn from within,
Words that once glistened with jade, fade,
When the love has gone.

Pride will be sliced to the bone,
Dreams will mean nothing alone,
This is despair, now you’re not there,
Vows that are searching for shade,
Now the love has gone.

Time, time is my only friend,
Time, stay by my side
Now the love has gone.

Grief sinking deep in the sea,
Rage yearning just to be free,
Only your name fills me with shame,
Open my eyes, let me see,
Now the love has gone.

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from Mystra - Songs From Byzantium, released September 20, 2018
Composed and produced by Esbe
Vocals and programming - Esbe

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Esbe UK London, UK

Esbe is a Royal Academy of Music graduate, a composer, producer, and vocalist from London. Her music is an eclectic blend of many influences, from her pure classical roots, but uniquely drawing on contemporary, world music and film scoring. Esbe’s writing has been partly inspired by her North African and Eastern European heritage. This eclectic blend makes for a unique and distinctive sound. ... more

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