Carmen
from Peace MMXVIII by Anything Box
Shane Dangers
Shane Dangers
classic! one of best, synthpop ever! the lyrics are so amazing and heartbreakingly beautiful..
Favorite track: Carmen.
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I wrote the lyrics and had the arrangements to this song while driving along the 5 North heading for the airport to pick someone up. I remember the entire song just happened in an instant.
lyrics
Carmen
There was a girl who used to live
At the grey house by the bridge
At the edge of the empty world
Carmen's the name
That evokes the fear and shame
From the people that she left behind
She had the spirit
To live her life so free
Although many people wanted to clip her wings
She ran away
She broke away the chains
That they wrapped around her heart
The people said, 'out of all the things she's done
The worst one was just leaving without saying goodbye'
The people said, 'out of all the things she's done
The worst one was just leaving without saying goodbye'
Carmen, the voices cry out
Carmen, the voices die out
Carmen, the voices cry out
Carmen, the voices die out
Claude S. (1990)
There was a girl who used to live
At the grey house by the bridge
At the edge of the empty world
Carmen's the name
That evokes the fear and shame
From the people that she left behind
She had the spirit
To live her life so free
Although many people wanted to clip her wings
She ran away
She broke away the chains
That they wrapped around her heart
The people said, 'out of all the things she's done
The worst one was just leaving without saying goodbye'
The people said, 'out of all the things she's done
The worst one was just leaving without saying goodbye'
Carmen, the voices cry out
Carmen, the voices die out
Carmen, the voices cry out
Carmen, the voices die out
Claude S. (1990)
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from Peace MMXVIII,
released January 15, 2018
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