Hush

2 weeks ago by @nwhosings · @writeandwrong

Hush

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Liner Notes

@writeandwrong wrote one of the best murder ballads I'd ever read lyrics for. This song has been singing at me for a week.
I have loads of dreams of what I would do with this with more time and skill recording and well, spoons, but enough said.
I heard it right away as a creepy lullaby and wanted to play around with an eerie waltz feel. G sharp minor and waltzing around on my piano with a ghostly set of melodies and this is what happened.
#acousticonetake #piano #personwithpiano #vocals #ballad #waltz

Lyrics

Hush now, don't make a sound
There's a shadow crawling through the town
Footsteps echo heavy as sin
The wind knows where she's been

The river hums her lullaby
Swallows her secrets, her desperate cries

Hush, hush - don't say a word
The night Mary vanished, the whole town heard
Storm rolled in, tore the sky apart
Her shadow lingers in every heart

Some say she called the darkness down
Some say the devil claimed her crown
They cast their stones and turned to pray
But the truth was buried with her that day

Midnight, the candle burns low
A name scratched deep in the old church stone
The streets whispered her name with a guilty sigh
As her heart carried a kindness they couldn't deny

Some say she ran, some say she fell
Some say she's dancing deep in hell
She was only trying to find her way
We shouldn't judge why she fell astray

Hush, hush - don't say a word
The night Mary disappeared, the whole town heard
Storm rolled in, took her away
Left nothing but echoes and a cold, dark grave

Now the river hums her lullaby
And the wind still whispers, "Why?"

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