Name: Curtain Call
Duration: P00H02M56S
Description: This song is set in the ruins of a theatre, in a world where music and art have been allowed to die out and are nothing more than a memory. Written in darker pandemic days where this seemed a distinct possibility, it's a cautionary tale about the lack of arts funding and musical education in the UK, and a reminder to keep creating and not allow it to become a reality.

Curtain Call

by Tom Lowen

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This song is set in the ruins of a theatre, in a world where music and art have been allowed to die out and are nothing more than a memory. Written in darker pandemic days where this seemed a distinct possibility, it's a cautionary tale about the lack of arts funding and musical education in the UK, and a reminder to keep creating and not allow it to become a reality.

lyrics

People
There were people
Close your eyes and
You’ll still see them
In the circle

Trading laughter
And its neighbour
Tears were shed here
Love made its bed here

And here it lies
Still breathing
Songs of mourning
In the evening

Every evening
At the curtain
All so certain
In the eternity
Of their poetry

Music
There was music
In the brickwork
In the fabric
Of our nation

Close your eyes and
You’ll still hear it
Like a relic
Cased in amber,

Crystal anger
At this freedom
Unrequired
Undesired
All conspired in
This passive downfall
A lonely horncall
No reply

credits

released June 3, 2022
Performed and produced by Tom Lowen
Drums - Matt Venvell
Cor Anglais - Rosie Phillips

Mixed by Josh Best-Shaw
Mastered by Jack O'Hea

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Tom Lowen London, UK

London-based singer, arranger, composer.

discography

Tryst

Nov 2022
Cirrus

Sep 2022
Aestival

Jul 2022
Curtain Call

Jun 2022
Future Youth

Apr 2020
The Lion's Mouth

Mar 2014

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