The Songs of Richard Thompson: "Calvary Cross"

"My claw's in you and my light's in you / This is your first day of sorrow"

"The Calvary Cross" is a really freaky song. I still have no idea what the lyrics are about, but they're quite haunting. The stunning Youtube clip below is a shortened version of the song, but it's set to brilliant images from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis".

THE CALVARY CROSS

I was under the Calvary Cross
The pale-faced lady she said to me
I've watched you with my one green eye.
And I'll hurt you 'till you need me.

You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes.
You do nothing with reason
One day you catch a train
Never leaves the station.

Everything you do
Everything you do
You do for me

Now you can make believe on your tin whistle
Ah, you can be my broom boy
Scrub me 'till I shine in the dark
I'll be your light 'till doomsday
Oh, it's a black cat cross your path.
And why don't you follow
My claw's in you and my light's in you
This is your first day of sorrow

Everything you do
Everything you do
You do for me

Randy Newman's"In Germany Before the War" and Fritz Lang's "M"

Speaking of Fritz Lang's "M" - Randy Newman's "In Germany Before the War", which is inspired by the movie, is one of the most chilling songs ever written.

Here's a great youtube clip, which combines the song and the movie:



In Germany before The War
There was a man who owned a store
In nineteen hundred thirty four
In Düsseldorf

And every day at five o nine
He'd cross the park down to the Rhine
And he'd sit there by the shore

I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea
I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea

A little girl has lost her way
With hair of gold and eyes of grey
Reflected in his glasses
As he watches her
A little girl has lost her way

I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea
Thinking of the sea
Thinking of the sea

We lie beneath the autumn sky
My little golden girl and I
And she lies very still

This song was written in the 1970's. So basically yes, I'm not ONLY going to cover 30's culture, I'm also going to cover later books and movies that references the 30's