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Conscious 2nd Edition
Staff Notation • Secular, Art songs
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Conscious 2nd Edition by James Crawford — Lyrics
His fingers wake, and flutter; up the bed.
His eyes come open with a pull of will,
Helped by the yellow mayflowers by his head.
The blindcord drawls across the windowsill…
What a smooth floor the ward has! What a rug!
Who is that talking somewhere out of sight?
Three flies are creeping round the shiny jug…
‘Nurse! Doctor!’—‘Yes, all right, all right.’
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About Conscious 2nd Edition
James Crawford's song Conscious sets an English text that vividly portrays the fragmented thoughts and sensations of someone awakening in a hospital ward, possibly after an injury. The solo voice navigates a landscape of sensory details – mayflowers, a smooth floor, flies – interspersed with the disorienting intrusion of voices and sudden shifts in perception. As the narrative progresses, the setting blurs into the chaos of war, with 'crimson slaughter' and the cold of the trenches contrasting with fleeting images of music and roses. The art song captures a profound sense of disorientation and the struggle to grasp reality amidst overwhelming circumstances.
