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Anne of A Thousand Days

from She Makes Noise by Dev Avidon

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    One of just 1000 physical CDs pressed of my first album, She Makes Noise. Replete with references to social music websites that no longer exist! Once they're gone, I'm not pressing anymore, and this is pretty much the only collectable item that exists as far as my first album goes, so this is your chance to grab one before I'm famous (I joke...). Let me know if you'd like me to sign it for you.

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about

One of the first commission works I ever did, setting Andrea Goldstein's haunting poem about the execution of Anne Boleyn to music. This work was completely thru-composed, with every note arranged ahead of time, and the lead vocals were performed by Renee Cologne.

lyrics

Suddenly in silence I rise
From my kneeling position on tower green
I walk down backwards from the scaffold
Holding my black skirt with the utmost grace
I won’t trip, not now

But wait, why am I walking backwards?
Why is everything backwards?
Time moves faster and faster…

And now time moves forward
I see our Thousand Days
I am his queen, Queen Anne
I dance and spin
A flash of golden cloth
I laugh, twirling with the king

And as I whirl in my sparkling gown
The court dissolves
And I lie in my bed
It’s safe to cry for a single night
I know I’ve failed
Why did I have to bear a girl?

Images flash before my eyes
As my fate moves feverishly
Towards the scaffold
There I lie
Miscarrying his sons
There I stand before the court
Falsely accused
And I am in the tower once again

Will it hurt?
My ladies don’t know
But I reassure myself
Saying “I have a very little neck”
But I am afraid and scream and cry
Until I fall exhausted and sleep

When I rise
Henry is there
Watching me through iron bars
Perhaps he’s read my letter
In which I beg him for my life
Perhaps he wants me back…

No
He wants my forgiveness
Why should I forgive him?
I rail at him until my face is red
He’s killing me and marrying that simpering sheep
But I still love him
We kiss through iron bars
The cold metal against my cheek
As Henry and I embrace
For the last time
Then he is gone and I’m alone again

Soon it’s dawn
A May morning
A beautiful last day to live
The sky is the sapphire that hovers over us
Before sunrise
And I am strangely happy
I mount the scaffold confident
I address my ladies and I kneel
In the straw
The swordsman calls “Voyez La!”
And I see the sunrise

It doesn’t hurt
There’s no time
That’s the end of time

credits

from She Makes Noise, released April 18, 2007
Words by Andrea Goldstein
Lead Vocals: Renee Cologne

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Dev Avidon Brooklyn, New York

I am a composer, a writer, a singer and an engineer.
I create jazz and rock and a child of both.
I create music with my brother as Wire Spoke Wheels.
I create Dave's Cables
I create complex and intricate things.
I try to create beautiful things.
I create because Art sanctifies humanity.
I create for an American meritocracy.
I create for a time when art may live again.
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