Songs
Lacrimosa
Description
"Lacrimosa" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed and recorded as part of the Two Jews on Christmas session on 2001-12-25 and subsequently released on the album Songs in early 2002. "Lacrimosa" was included on the compilation release Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories released on 2006-01-16 for the European market. If located within Europe, the song can be streamed via this release. Outside of Europe, the song is only available to listen via an out-of-print CD, as the album Songs is not available on streaming and has had no subsequent releases since the original CD pressings.
"Lacrimosa" was first perfomed live on 2003-05-05 at the C-Note in New York, NY and was only performed four additional times – twice in 2003 and 3 times in 2009 – with its final performance on 2009-09-22 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA.
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Lyrics
We keep on burying our dead
We keep on planting their bones in the ground
But they won't grow
The sun doesn't help
The rain doesn't help
If my garden would have a fence
Then the rabbits couldn't just come in
And sit on the grass
And eat all the flowers
And shit
Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
Down, man for judgment must prepare me
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
Man, I have a terrible feeling
That something's gone awful, very wrong with the world
Is it something we made?
Is it something we ate?
Is it something we drank?
Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
From the dust of earth returning
Man for judgment must prepare me
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
Lacrimosa
We keep on burying our dead
We keep on planting their bones in the ground
But they won't grow
The sun doesn't help
And all we've got
Is a giant crop
Of names and dates
Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
Down on this day of tears and mourning
From the dust of earth returning
Man for judgment must prepare me
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
Alternate Titles:
N/A
Written:
Unknown
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Song Stats
First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
about 7 years and 8 months
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 6 years and 4 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
2
# of Times Performed Live:
5
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