Songs:Blood Red The Stain (103680)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Images from the movie The Red Violin haunted me for weeks, inspiring the writing of this song, a re-telling of the making of the violin. With thanks to François Girard, director of this compelling film, and to Bob Franke for the writing assignment. We were on tour together the weekend I sat in on his workshop; I fear I was poor company on the drive back from NYC to New Haven, immersed as I was in the writing. Lui Collins

Lyrics

The wood must yield to the sharpest blade
Blood red, blood red the stain
To tap the music in the grain
Carry the burden gently

"Why do you come, my dearest dear?"
"I knew that I would find you here

"The crone has read my future, dear
The cards foretell of death, I fear"

"Oh no, my love, this cannot be
For our healthy son, safe delivery

"Come see what I have made for him
My crowning glory, this violin

"See the back, how true the grain
The scroll that bears the jewel inlaid

"One day our son will touch the strings
The bow will cause its soul to sing"

But her hand has drawn the card of fate
The husband summoned comes too late

He lifts her body tenderly
Bears her over wet dark streets

On the bench he lays her lifeless form
His solemn work is not yet done

He lifts the knife to one last task
Some few dark drops be all he'll ask

One ounce of blood stripped from a vein
Stirred in a flask, the lacquer made

One lock of tresses black he clips
Brush into blood red lacquer dips

With deliberate stroke he wields the brush
That makes the wood with color blush

So must flesh yield to sharpest blade
To tap the music in the vein

January 24, 2000 Lui Collins
©2000 Molly Gamblin Music/BMI

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Blood Red The Stain by Lui Collins SONG
on the album Closer Buy Lui Collins at CD-Baby Any album (including Closer)	Request this song: Blood Red The Stain (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (19 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 5:21 Times played: 30 People hearing: 814 Times requested: 27 First played: Jan 29th, 2007 Last played: Nov 10th, 2008 Previously played: Sep 18th, 2008 Song ID#: 103680	Listener rankings: 5 stars=BlueRidge ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Rubber Soul ♦ Kazookid ♦ Jim ♦ Peterdale ♦ Scobey ♦ Kimchifox ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ Kingfisher ♦ Big Daddy Lee 4 stars=12-stringer ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ Cater ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ Kelli ♦ Griffin ♦ Flying Trout ♦ Sharpston