Based on Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, This Piece is in three Parts or Movements. It is Titled: Ophelia's Complaint The Three Parts are: The Brook, The Palace, and The Complaint In this Movement, Ophelia (Hamlet's Girlfriend) has drown in the Brook. Her Spirit sings of Innocence and Loss. Enjoy!! [Intro – arpeggiated] [Verse 1] I walked where the river remembers Each step a secret it keeps The water was colder than silence And it sang me, it sang me to sleep [Verse 2] They said I was touched by the shadows A heart gone astray in the mind But I only echoed their madness In words they refused to find [Chorus] The brook, it called me gentle More kind than any man It never lied of virtue It never took my hand If love be true confession Then yours was just a play — The river held my secrets And carried you away [Verse 3] I’ve seen your crown, my Hamlet A tinsel made of grief You spoke of God and honor But left me no belief [Verse 4] Now lilies mark my mourning They bloom without my name You wanted songs of sorrow — Well, darling, I became [Outro – slow fade]
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