Written Lyrics

Here is a song I wrote a while back, and thought it could relate to Havisham's memory and feelings towards 'The Man,' and how he jilted her.

'Heartache is the only word I can think of right now.'

Verse 1.

Heartache,
It’s only heartache.
Surely it will disappear soon?

Deceit,
It’s only deceit
Surely it will go away soon?

Your lies,
It’s only another one of your big lies.
Another notch on your bed, another tell tale to go to your head.

Chorus.

Shield from my blows, I’ll only send you more,
As my heart decays, rusts and pours –
Pain from one valve and rage from another.
Take it out, watch it bleed.
And frame it on the wall so you’ll remember me.

Don’t ask me to forgive
You shudda done that sooner.

Verse 2.

Dying,
I’m only dying.
From the outside and forever in.

Sickness,
It’s just a silly phase.
Bringing me down further and further,

My pain,
Escalading pain.
Another tick towards my name, another thing to feel to the end.

Chorus.

Shield from my blows but I’ll send you more,
As my heart decays, rusts and pours –
Pain from one valve and rage from another.
Take it out, watch it bleed.
And frame it on the wall so you’ll remember me.
Don’t ask me to forget
It couldn’t happen any sooner.

Verse 3.

Heartache,
It’s only heartache.
I promise it will disappear soon.

Deceit,
It’s only deceit
I promise it will go away soon.

Your lies,
It’s only another one of your big lies.
Another notch on your bed, another tell tale that’s gone to your head.

'Cemetery Gates' Lyrcis

Here are some lyrics that made me think of Havisham, from a song named 'Cemetery Gates' by a band named Pantera:

"The reverend he turned to me
Without a tear in his eye
It's nothing new for him to see
I didn't ask him why
I will remember
The love our souls had Sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see Now is your face,

Well I guess You took my youth
I gave it all away
Like the birth of a New-found joy
This love would end in rage
And when she died
I couldn't cry
The pride within my soul
You left me incomplete
All alone as the Memories now unfold."

The lyrics could be related to Havisham looking at herself in the past as a completely different person outside of her own body.

HK sweeney

Hi all,

with regard aesthetic i've got friends in a HK production of sweeney todd, the pictures i thought below serve as a good inspiration for that dark, victorian gothic feel. x

The Rondo

Hi everyone,
Just thought id put this up so we can have a look at the stage also have a look at the listings, theres a piece called 'moonfleet' which could be interesting to see also 'Edgar Allen Poe is dead' as we used him as a reference would be good to see however its on the 17thg so obviously clashes with Medea but good to just start looking now.

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Image

Hey guys, heres the picture that Rosie and Dani have been using in our meetings! Just found it on the interent for us.

The 'Real' Miss Havisham

Eliza Emily Donnithorne

Eliza Emily Donnithorne may have been the inspiration for the character of Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, although no concrete link between the two has ever been proved. Eliza showed an unusual defiance for young ladies of her age by spurning all the men to whom her domineering father attempted to marry her, insisting she would only marry for love. She did fall in love, with a shipping company clerk, George Cuthbertson, and accepted his proposal. The wedding was to be at the Donnithorne fanily home, Camperdown Lodge, in the Sydney, Australia hamlet of Newton

But on the wedding day, George failed to appear. As her father announced that the wedding was postponed, Eliza descended the stairs in her wedding dress, and was horrified to see those guests who hadn't already left beginning to pick at the wedding feast. Eliza screamed at them to leave the feast alone so that it would be perfect when the groom arrived, then fainted and had to be carried to her room. She demanded that the wedding finery be left untouched; her father, fearing for her mental health, acquiesced and the doors to the dining room were locked, leaving the wedding feast to the cockroaches and mice.

Eliza never again left Camperdown Lodge. When she was 26, her father died, and she ordered all the windows to be closed with drapes drawn and shutters nailed shut, dismissed all but two servants (Sarah and Elizabeth Bailey) and abandoned most of the interior to fall to decay in total darkness while she waited patiently for George to return. Discharged servants remembered Eliza wandering the house clad in her wedding dress and allowing the wedding feast to rot on the table. Visiting ministers, who were the few people that the deeply religious Eliza would allow in, described furniture that fell apart at the touch, and swathes of dust and decay.

Unlike the bitter and twisted Miss Havisham, however, Eliza Donnithorne was a gentle soul who "possessed a truly kind heart, the great troubles which darkened her life and wrecked her hopes for happiness could not sour the natural sweetness of her disposition. She was long remembered by the people of Newtown for her many acts of kindness."

Mumford & Son's lyrics

Hello all,
Some of the lyrics in this song made me think of Havisham
"You must know life to see decay, but i wont rot, I wont rot, not this mind and not this heart"
But she is decaying and she is rotting.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCE9pTJeFzY