Tuesday, February 11, 2014

New Song! "The Ruins of the Bayon"

Larry and Mark have created another piece of music together. To hear the piece with a slideshow of the place that inspired it, check it out on our YouTube channel.
Here are the lyrics:

"The Ruins of the Bayon"
Music by Larry Benigno - Lyrics by Mark Ivan Cole

The gates have fallen, broken stones,
A skeleton of broken bones.
Silent statues watch and wait
For long lost footsteps at the gate.
Kept within these crumbling walls,
The towers rise above it all,
And faces I once knew as mine
Remind me of the deep divine.

The sun has set.
The day has ended.
I can't forget
What I have mended.
Another day is gone
In the ruins of the Bayon.

Stone by stone, we built the dream,
Every doorway, every beam.
Step by step, we climbed the stairs,
So beautiful, so unaware.
Now alone, I walk these halls
Amidst the carvings on the walls.
These thoughts of you, they haunt me still,
Like shadows on the windowsill.

The sun has set.
So little mended.
I can't forget
What I have ended.
Another day is gone
In the ruins of the Bayon.

The jungle carries on
In the ruins of the Bayon.
I still await the dawn
In the ruins
Of the Bayon.

(c) 2014 - Larry Benigno and Mark Ivan Cole