Transcriber: Sugandika Subawickrama Reviewer: Michael Nystrom
My name is Dylan Goff. I’m an Irish singer-songwriter.
I’ve been living in Vienna a long time.
I’m going to sing you a song from my last record
that started out as a song about a collection of paintings
that were repeatedly stolen in Ireland.
But really at its core, it’s a song that asks
what do we need from each other when emotions are on the rise.
You know, when we’re faced with situations
where we struggle with rising despair or fear or anxiety,
what do we need from the people closest to us
to stop us getting carried away?
And what can we offer those people?
How can we stop them getting swept away when we see that they’re facing something
that they might not be able to handle?
So, I hope you enjoy this song. It’s called “Romance at Russborough.”
(Music)
♪ I saw you behind her trying hard not to look at her letter ♪
♪ Well, we all feigned disinterest when matters seem out of reach ♪
♪ The actress, she spied you with coal-black round eyes ♪
♪ That she wore as dark diamonds for her nonchalant smile ♪
♪ And you defenestrated your gaze before it could be seen ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ The shadows are coming to carry us out in the rain ♪
♪ They found me on the hillside as skin and bone ♪
♪ I had lain there awaiting a price to be sold at ♪
♪ As damp was advancing the length of my servant girl sleeves ♪
♪ Now when you look I turn my face away ♪
♪ See, I was only a prisoner of the portraits they paint ♪
♪ I pulled back the curtain to pry us together again ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ There’s a roar rising through me that needs to come out ♪
♪ But I don’t think that I’ll ever summon the courage to scream ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ The shadows are coming to carry us out in the rain ♪
♪ Hush now, they’re coming They’re carrying torches, my love ♪
♪ Shh ♪
♪ Hush now, they’re coming They’re carrying torches, my love ♪
♪ And if the flames dance round my face in this night ♪
♪ Please don’t stand there blackened ♪
♪ Please just stand aside ♪
♪ To collect my full heart from the ashes ♪
♪ When passions subside ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ I’ve risen in silence to pull their flags out ♪
♪ And I’ve bled out my colours for every cause that they named ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ All these helium dreams are delusions of grandeur ♪
♪ It’s not meant to be that we’ll ever come round from our pain ♪
♪ Hold me down, lover, oh hold me down now ♪
♪ The shadows are coming to carry us out in the rain ♪
♪ Carry us out in the rain ♪
(Music ends)
(Applause)
Thank you.