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To the Fade (Ribac​/​Newell​/​Schwabe)

from INTO THE GREEN (MUSEA​/​GAZUL 2017) by François Ribac and Eva Schwabe

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For the songs have no end
They carry on.
Now they drift with the wind
And summer’s gone.
Green goes to flame
In the dark of the night.
The notes ebb and flow
Like the autumn tide.
Tap like a bird
On the window outside,
Then fly to another day

Now the tones of the hours
Rise and they fall
Slow decay of the flowers
Hangs in the hall
They rise and they fall
Red goes to gold
On the edge of the sun
The night sashays in
On a saraband
Breeze in the reeds
For a cello and bow
To play for another day

With the turning of the wheels
In their tumbril roll
Each generation learns to dance
To its own drum
Even as these siren songs call them
Out to play
A newer generation waits their time
Now the heroes age one by one
Now another dance must be done
Till the dancers are falling down -
One by one
The band, the instruments are put away
And its done

Say hello then at last
If you should meet
With the ghosts of your past
There on the street
Yours was the soundtrack
And yours were the songs
And yours were the scenes
In the film you made
Soft is a focus remembered in age

Hello then at last
If you should meet with ghosts
Ghosts of your past:
Say at last hello, hello.
Songs that have no end
They carry on
Say hello to the ghosts of your past
Now they drift,
Now they drift with the wind:
Ghosts of your past.
The soundtrack and the songs,
Breeze in the reeds,
Instruments put away

Les chansons continuent
Dérivent dans le vent
Le vert devient flamme
Dans le noir de la nuit
Vole et reflue
Comme la marée d’automne
Si tu dois rencontrer
Les fantômes du passé
Salue les et puis disparais

Gut eingerichtet sind wir
Wir Nachkommen doch
Von Bell, Von Blake,
Von Watson
Nachkommen auch
Von Bacon und von Nova Atlantis
Gegrüsst seid ihr von uns gegrüsst,
Alte Gespenster
Seid schon lange tot und doch so nah
Grüss euch

The haze of the final fade

credits

from INTO THE GREEN (MUSEA​/​GAZUL 2017), released November 15, 2017
Eva Schwabe: vocals, concertina, clappings
Marie Faye: vocals, clappings
Cathal Coughlan: vocals
François Ribac: organ, ukulele, banjo, mandoline, acoustic guitar, bass drum, clappings, vocals

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French composer François Ribac and german singer Eva Schwabe have been working together since the early nineties. Together they have created and performed various operas and plays as well as music for silent movies. Their records have been published by MUSEA (France) and No Man's Land (Germany) ... more

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