The Making of a Rock Opera, Part III
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Corey J. Feldman, founder of the NYC-based band Mercury Landing, is in the process of creating a rock opera. Kindly, he has agreed to share a new piece of it each week with us here in the Listening Room.
“The Green Emerald,” as the opera has been named, is almost three years in the making. An illustrated storybook will also accompany the performance of the opera, which will take place at 8 p.m Dec. 4th and 5th at the Bowery Poetry Club, located at 308 Bowery in Manhattan.
Below we have the third installment, entitled “Colors from the Shades.” Click here for all previous entries. Enjoy!
III – “Colors from the Shades”
The ancient humans,
Had followed a man,
A noble named Artus,
The head of their clan.
He dug up the moon,
To find his green jewel,
But knew not the question,
He spoke like a fool.
Convincing his people,
To live down below,
Resting on Earth,
Because time would show,
The colors of life,
But this was not true.
Only one question,
Reveals red, green, and blue.
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Lord Artus, an ancient man,
Brought his vessel from afar,
To the moon of the planet Earth,
Cast third from a tiny star.
Lord Artus truly believed his eyes,
Could see color without the Green,
Emerald’s power, but no one else,
Believed those colors could be seen.
*Lord Artus said:
“Don’t you see the brown in all this gray that seems to fade.
If we stay here long enough, we’ll see the colors from the shades.”
Lord Artus had voyaged for many years,
To bring his people a rainbow of joy.
From the stark and gray moon, and facing his fears,
His outward ideas were suddenly coy.
Digging through dust for days on end,
Lord Artus did find his precious rock,
Then stood before each of his friends,
And wished for color, the secret still locked.
*Lord Artus said:
“Don’t you see the brown in all this gray that seems to fade.
If we stay here long enough, we’ll see the colors from the shades.”
“I see what you are saying,” they told him, “Maybe we should stay.
That gray could be a little brown, and maybe red some day.”
Lord Artus stood tall and tried to convince,
His people that their wish had surely come true.
The emerald had color to splash on their eyes,
And earth was its answer – red, green, and blue,
And earth was its answer – red, green, and blue,
And earth was its answer – red, green, and blue,
And earth was its answer – red, green, and blue,
And earth was its answer – red, green, and blue.
*Lord Artus said:
“Don’t you see the brown in all this gray that seems to fade.
If we stay here long enough, we’ll see the colors from the shades.”
“I see what you are saying,” they told him, “Maybe we should stay.
That gray could be a little brown, and maybe red some day.”
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on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 3:00 pm by Diana Costello.
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