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Luke Payne - the deeper the well

from Round 35, Week 10 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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I read Neil Gaiman for the first time a year or so ago, his little novel called The Ocean At The End of The Lane. It was very evocative for me of the feelings of childhood, both the danger and the sense of wonder. This lyric appeared pretty much unbidden and intact in an instant, inspired by that general concept, and gave me a lot of work to do trying to make it into a song, with its unruly rhyme structure and rhythms. Hasty quasi improvised arrangement here but I think this could be nice with more time to iron out the kinks.

lyrics

The deeper the well
The colder the water
The colder the water
The deeper the well

There’s a house on the hill
And a farmer’s daughter
And the men who sought her
And the lessons they taught her

When in their seeking their seeing soon passed
Save for the one whose eyes were cast
In glass from the village down the river
Where he’d gone with his mother when he was young

Don’t let the shadow follow you home
In the fading light of the evening
Take the way round the fountain
Where the wisps are thicker
Straight through the bramble and briar

The wider the canyon
The wilder the wind
The wilder the wind
The wider the canyon

There’s a station yard dog
Smelling fear at a distance
Glinting eyes of violence
No there wasn’t the least chance

That one might wander unbidden that route
Down muddy paths of dread and doubt
Without a comeuppance quick as silver
When in bladed red fury flash teeth and tongue

Don’t let the shadow follow you home
In the fading light of the evening
Take the way round the fountain
Where the wisps are thicker
Straight through the bramble and briar

The deeper the well
The colder the water
The colder the water
The deeper the well

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from Round 35, Week 10, released February 14, 2022

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