Song Of The Month: "Happy There Were Horses" New Demo

Excited to share a re-imagining of this song I originally wrote for the "March of Crows" project.  It's quite different from the original demo.  I'm not certain when/how it will be officially produced or released, but I think ya'll will love this version of it.   Fun fact: the new string arrangement during the bridge briefly references the legendary "Dies Irae" which translates to "Day of Wrath."   Enjoy!

I fell in love at  parade
On the day of devastation
With a gal who said I’d answer
For my choices
When she was a little girl
Her father read her Revelations
And she told him she was happy
There'd be horses

Red was for the flowers she received
White was for the dress she’d never buy
Black was for the lies that she believed
And grey was how she liked her evening sky

The pavement cracked and all around us
People screamed and buildings crumbled
We saw airplanes and birds
Come tumbling from above
I could hear my heartbeat loud
Above the sirens and the thunder
And she said
“Isn’t this the perfect day for love?”

Red was for the flowers she received
White was for the dress she’d never buy
Black was for the lies that she believed
And grey was how she liked her evening sky
She was happy there'd be horses
She was happy there'd be horses
She was happy there'd be horses

We drew each other chalk outlines
She believed and I pretended
That seven mighty horns would
echo through the air
We fell asleep beside a statue
Of the world before it ended
And I woke beside the smile
Of her despair

Red was for the flowers she received  
White was for the dress she’d never buy  
Black was for the lies that she believed  
And grey was how she liked her evening sky
She was happy there'd be horses  
She was happy there'd be horses
She was happy there'd be horses
She was happy there were horses