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Mrs Caesar

from The Red Room (Album) by James Harker

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Track 7 from the debut album 'The Red Room'

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I catch you in the wine cup
Like the moon upon the water
Your faint reflection
My frail perception
Until today

And the more I gaze at her
I see the Devil’s daughter
And in the corner
Of the trattoria

He stands, he watches
As our hands entwine
And her lips meet mine
While the taste of blood
Washes through my mind

What have I done, what have I done
Mrs Caesar?
I’ve torn our empire limb from limb
Just to please her
And this honeyed taste of love
Embittered with his blood

The Rubicon flows red tonight
Like the water when I bathe
And as she feels me
The scarlet steals me
From the bed

And as I pace the kitchen floor
He whispers at the door
And crowds the silence
With raging violence

Like a hum, a heartbeat
Like a swarm of bees
Or the crash of seas
While the weight of blood
Brings me to my knees

What have I done, what have I done
Mrs Caesar?
I’ve paid the life that ran through him
To release her
And this honeyed scent of love
Embittered with his blood
While feather crests of red
Lie in copper-coloured mud

And I become a knight
Who knows no royalty
And for the sake of love
I know no loyalty

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from The Red Room (Album), track released March 15, 2012
Piano, bass, wine glasses, vocals: James Harker
Acoustic guitar: Jessy Price
Violins: Nicholas Chen, Sarah Barker
Cellos: James Whittle (solo cello), Ellen Jordan

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UK singer-songwriter. New album 'LIMERENCE' out soon. One half of electronic fusion duo Vast & Harker. Follow for updates!

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