This sister team has an interesting combination of vocals and sounds. Today's song features a harpsichord and accordion (I think...I don't know what else sounds like the instruments featured, if you do...let me know!) It's those instruments, or their sound and way they are played in this song, that make me think of this spooky day.
Song 40
"Secret" from The Pierces on their album, "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge"
There is this creepy, haunting spider like movement suggested in the instruments. It slowly builds at the end of the song into a eerie rush to the final notes. The girls vocals are equally chilling as they almost whisper out the lyrics in smoky voices full of, well, secrets.
I get this imagery of someone walking through an old house, or even haunted house. Full of groady old pink toile wallpaper. (Trust me, those are words, you might be surprised I knew what the 2nd one was.) The song is about keeping secrets and borrows from the old saying of ol' Benji Franklin:
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.Which, in itself makes me think of pirates, another staple image of the day. In the song, the lyrics are: two can keep a secret, if one of them is dead. This ties into the sister's bond and how that sometimes they can't even trust each other. Or at least that's what I'm taking from it. This is painted out in a little dialogue they have in the last third of the song.
So, if you enjoy Halloween...well, enjoy it. If not, enjoy the day for what it is, the last day of the best month of the year! I can't believe were only 5 days away from the middle of Autumn! It's going too fast.
grace, peace + hope
-Jesse
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