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hansior and havior

from Late Victorian by Mr Diagonal

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a paradox in 6 acts.
piano, voice and a trio of violas da gamba.
100% late victorian.

lyrics

Hansior and Havior

Some said they were friends, some enemy twins,
some said they were lovers grown apart;
but count back from the start, each suiting a part,
twin poles of one planet's teeming heart:
one was born in winter, one in spring,
Hansior, Havior, who will be king ?

Hansior claimed the fortune of the rolling hills,
Havior the coal mine and the iron mill;
but each true his art, fine servant of one
invincible empire's setting suns.

Lilly, pale as a Dane
Lilly, early morning rain
Lilly, is it your real name ?
Lilly, are you still on the game ?

Hansior offered primal flowers, a servant's wing,
Havior a granite tower and diamond ring;
each claiming a heart long kept in the dark,
foul-wintering crocus baiting spring:
when our two blind boxers take the ring,
Hansior, Havior who will be king ?

They met at the races on a stormy day;
the north wind blew the colours of the sky away.
« I saw you this morning, a clouded swan
warned me we were made to meet this day undone »
She bit her lip, and smiled;
and fluttered on the cavalry.

« Lilly, step off the boat,
Lilly may I take your coat?
The city's looking swell tonight,
like my wife before the back-flip... »

« Lilly, this is my pitch,
Lilly, I'll plant my bridge
there where two black Hudsons merge,
as suspenders span the free world... »


« Lilly, I like your taste,
Lilly, I know a little place...
I'll take liver, kidney, tripe;
a man of taste never denies a deep gut... »

Rising from the ballroom in a Great Black Silk Balloon,
through enchanting landscapes in pre/post-war bloom;
there's a battle yet to run, a conquest to be made,
I've got to take a photograph before the picture fades.

Why do I with Lilly choose to fly into the night,
when I know that I will loose the kite-strings of my life?
It's hardly for the memory of what we do in bed;
more to turn the wheel around,
to forge a feather out of lead,
to turn the world clean upside-down by walking on my head.

credits

from Late Victorian, released March 19, 2011
mr diagonal (piano, voice),
anne bernard, christine lejeune, sonia arbouche (violas da gamba)

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Mr Diagonal Brussel, Belgium

mr Diagonal (aka Dan Barbenel) is a multi-faceted musician/ songwriter at the frontiers of
pop, cabaret and theatre music.

In true diagonal fashion, he always cuts a dash and declines to cut corners.

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