Noel's kidding around because I put music to this one awhile back. But read it just as a lyric and you'll see what I mean. This is a cool story-song that doesn't need a chorus or a repeating hook of any kind. Lots of older songs from centuries past, ballads and such, never considered the need for repetitions...the story was the goal.

The Curse of Carrie
By Noel Downs copyright


She sat near the hearth, staring into the flames,
She then cast her wish, and whispered his name.
I’ve asked all gods of love, and they’ve finally heard,
It’s with this hope, I speak these ancient words.

Though I know you not, I heard your name in a dream,
In this very glade, by this very stream.
I pray you keep safe, and find joy in your life,
I pray you come find me, and make me your wife.

Across the far miles, Way out at sea,
Standing on watch, He shook violently.
Her vision appeared, and he heard his name called,
When his soul returned, it was lonely and cold.

He soon left his ship, and his love of the sea,
To wander the lands, his mind no longer free.
His one purpose in life, to search the earth,
To hunt down the woman, who’d made him so cursed.

{One verse/bridge instrumental}

Neath a hill on a road, where it crossed a stream,
Collecting water, the girl who haunted his dreams
I have not slept a night, for these three years past,
Since the night that you cursed me, I’ve found you at last.

He approached her with menace, her life he did demand,
At the tears on her cheek, the knife slipped from his hand,
He embraced her lithe form, as she fell into his arms,
The turbulent seas of his mind, were finally calmed.

As I wandered these lands, I could not take time to rest,
I feared my dreams, I believed you’d called me in jest,
But your soft spoken words, eased all pains of the past,
My prayers are answered, you’ve found me at last,

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