Name: The Dungeon of Love
Duration: P00H06M08S
Description: Falling out of favour with the widowed queen, the rejected lover implores the royal executioner to put an end to his misery. This gloomy tale evokes all kinds of medieval ghosts. A folk tale with medieval musical backing.

The Dungeon of Love

from Love Songs Dark and Bright by The Eventually Brothers

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Falling out of favour with the widowed queen, the rejected lover implores the royal executioner to put an end to his misery. This gloomy tale evokes all kinds of medieval ghosts. A folk tale with medieval musical backing.

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THE DUNGEON OF LOVE

The widow Queen did favour me
With wine and meat and bread
She said that if I pleased her well
One day we might be wed
She shared the secrets in her heart
And her table and her bed
For a twelve-month and a day
Such a splendid life I led

Until one day arrived in court
From a distant foreign land
With tales of bold adventure
From Seville and Samarkand
A knight upon a steed of white
Whose mission was my lady’s hand
His gifts of silk and rubies
Her heart could not withstand

She quickly turned against me
And ordered me to leave
I uttered my endearments
I tugged her velvet sleeve
On my knees I pleaded
Beseeched her for reprieve
With a sneer upon her lips
She caused my heart to grieve

SINCE THAT DAY I LANGUISH HERE
IN THIS DUNGEON OF DESPAIR
MY HEART IS FILLED WITH ANGUISH HERE
I WRING MY HANDS, I TEAR MY HAIR
BEYOND ALL MEASURE IS MY PAIN
AS TO MY HEART I PRESS HER GLOVE
THIS PERFUMED KEEPSAKE I RETAIN
IN MEMORY OF OUR RUINED LOVE

OH BLIND HANGMAN, HEAR MY PLEA
RELEASE ME FROM THIS MISERY
SURELY EVEN YOU CAN SEE
THERE’S NOTHING LEFT IN LIFE FOR ME
LET THEM KNOW THIS WAS MY CHOICE
AND LET THEIR TWO-BACKED BEAST REJOICE
JUST LEAD ME TO YOUR GALLOWS POLE
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL

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from Love Songs Dark and Bright, released June 15, 2022
(Millen-Readman)

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The Eventually Brothers Vancouver, British Columbia

The Eventually Brothers are songwriters Alan Millen (Zurich) and Tim Readman (Vancouver). Their eclectic approach to songwriting is rooted in an affinity for all forms of popular and contemporary music. They can go from a simple folk roots song to a big ballad with orchestral arrangement. Avoiding predictability is a hallmark of their work. This new album is a 25 song epic journey of the heart. ... more

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