Scarecrow

by Trevor Bachman

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'Scarecrow' from SHAPESHIFTERS
Music and Lyrics by Trevor Bachman
Copyright Trevor Bachman Music, 2018.

An ode to Matthew Shepard, and so many others.

lyrics

Scarecrow swinging in the green wind
Gold field, grey sky
Scarecrow swinging in the green wind
Tear stained, red-eyed.
Fabric broken open like your heart.
Vicious winter tearing you apart.
Scarecrow,
I know you.

Scarecrow swinging by the turnpike
Outlaw, ghost-like
An echo across the whole world,
Body unfurled.
Ribs made of wood,
Chest filled with straw,
Lips tightly sewn cannot name
The violence you saw
Scarecrow, I know you.
I know you.

Though your story's newly bound,
Thousands like you in the ground
Oh, they'll come to cut you down with their
Long, long knife.
The sharper the blade,
The shorter the life.

What is stitched inside your body?
What is etched into your bone?
Who left you in this green wind
Alone?

Scarecrow swinging in the green wind,
I know you.

credits

released October 18, 2019
Trevor Bachman on vocals,
Keiji Ishiguri on keys.

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Trevor Bachman Brooklyn, New York

Trevor Bachman is a New York City-based composer, musical director, performer, and vocalist. Best known for his use of the human voice's extremes, his pieces fuse classic traditions of opera with storytelling practices of the modern theatre. Original musicals: PYRE CANTATA a rock opera based on the Antigone story, IRL: A Slenderman Musical, The Lobotomist, Detentionicide, Piano Bar, Chasing Fear. ... more