Story Behind The Song
I first encountered this William Blake poem back in the very early 90's when I was studying English Literature at the University of Athens.
I was studying music, too. So I penned down a first version of the song and let it lay around.
Years passed. I've made 6 solo albums. During the relaxed sessions of my 7th album this song just came up again.
I just remembered it's existence with no apparent reason.
Of course, there was a reason and I realised this when I played it from memory [which is very strange in itself. I can't play my old songs from memory. This is a weeak point of mine.
I made some necessary adjustments, added the organ theme and ... there it is.
It goes without saying that it ended up in my 7th album.
:-)
Song Description
A William Blake [1757-1827] poem. Taken from the Christos Alexopoulos album "MeanTime" (Puzzlemusik, November 2012)
| Song Length |
4:13 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disturbed, Tense |
Subject |
General, Danger |
| Similar Artists |
Cracker, Melissa Etheridge |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
The Garden of Love
BY WILLIAM BLAKE
I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And Thou shalt not. writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars, my joys & desires.