What Of The Rose?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nightingale the Rose"><U><B><IMG SRC="0abad700.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="368" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nightingale the Rose"><U><B><IMG SRC="1122f300.png" border=0 width="47" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>OME</B></FONT><B>   </B>|   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Songs"><U><B>Back to Songs</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just A Simple Rose"><U>Just A Simple Rose</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dream Away"><U>Dream Away</U></A>  |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Do They Know?"><U>What Do They Know?</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pick Mine!"><U>Pick Mine!</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Long to Be the Song"><U>I Long to Be the Song</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fly Away"><U>Fly Away</U></A>  |  <B>What Of The Rose?</B>  |  <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Search for Answers"><U>A Search for Answers</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>What Of The Rose?</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <embed src="HTMLobj-179/What_Of_The_Rose.mp3" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="#about_the_recording" TITLE="What Of The Rose?"><U><I>About the Recording</I></U></A></div> <div> <U><IMG SRC="0f2fa4d0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="333" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> I AM OLD, I AM WISE,</div> <div> I AM PAST ALL SURPRISE.</div> <div> THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S NEW TO ME,</div> <div> THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS TRUE TO ME,</div> <div> NOTHING BUT THIS GARDEN AND THE SKIES.</div> <bR> <div> I AM OLD, I AM WISE,</div> <div> I AM PAST ALL SURPRISE.</div> <div> THEN WHY DOES LOVE STILL GNAW AT ME,</div> <div> THEN WHY DOES LOVE STILL CLAW AT ME,</div> <div> EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S MERELY LIES?  </div> <bR> <div> I KNOW, I KNOW</div> <div> THAT PASSION CANNOT KEEP</div> <div> BUT EVERY TIME I SEE IT DIE,</div> <div> I WEEP, MY CHILD, I WEEP.</div> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> I GROW WEAK.</div> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> DON'T SPEAK.  DON'T SPEAK.</div> <bR> <div> LET ME HOLD YOU SAFE IN MY ARMS</div> <div> AND ENFOLD YOU SAFE IN MY ARMS</div> <div> AGAINST THE CLOSING NIGHT,</div> <div> AGAINST THE FAILING LIGHT.</div> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> I LOVED MY SONG</div> <div> BUT NOW I LOVE HIM MORE.</div> <div> HE MOVED MY SOUL</div> <div> DOWN TO ITS VERY CORE.</div> <bR> <div> WILL HIS LOVE LAST?</div> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> NO ONE KNOWS.</div> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> WILL HE BE TRUE?</div> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> NO ONE KNOWS.</div> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> BUT WHAT OF THE ROSE?</div> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> IT GROWS.  IT GROWS.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="411" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 ><NOBR><div> I AM OLD, I AM WISE,</div> <div> I AM PAST ALL SURPRISE.</div> <div> THEN WHY DOES GRIEF</div> <div> STILL CLING TO ME,</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> AH!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> THEN WHY DOES GRIEF STILL BRING TO ME</div> <div> ANGUISH WHEN A LOVING CREATURE DIES?</div> <bR> <div> I KNOW, I KNOW</div> <div> THAT EVERY LOVE MUST DIE</div> <div> BUT EVERY TIME I SEE IT,</div> <div> I CRY, MY CHILD, I CRY.</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> I FEEL CHILL</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> BE STILL.  BE STILL.</div> <bR> <div> LET ME PRESS YOU NEAR IN MY ARMS</div> <div> AND CARESS YOU HERE IN MY ARMS</div> <div> UNTIL YOUR TRIAL IS PAST, </div> <div> YOUR SOUL SET FREE AT LAST.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="453" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 ><NOBR><div> LET ME HOLD YOU</div> <div> SAFE IN MY ARMS</div> <div> AND ENFOLD YOU</div> <div> SAFE IN MY ARMS.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> I LOVED MY SONG</div> <div> BUT NOW I LOVE HIM MORE.</div> <div> HE MOVED MY SOUL</div> <div> DOWN TO ITS VERY CORE.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> NO ONE KNOWS</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE NIGHTINGALE</U></div> <div> WHERE WILL I GO?</div> <bR> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> NO ONE KNOWS</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Nightingale is too weak to ask a question.  The accompaniment plays what she is unable to sing: "But what of the rose?"</I></div> <div> <U>THE RED ROSE TREE</U></div> <div> IT GROWS.  IT GROWS.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Nightingale dies in the Red Rose Tree's embrace.  As he lowers her to the ground, we see that he has grown a red rose.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Music ©2007 Aaron Alon (ASCAP).  All rights reserved.</div> <div> Lyrics ©2007 Joe Barnes.  All rights reserved.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="about_the_recording"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B><B><U>About the Recording</U></B></div> <div> This is a demonstration recording with Jamie Geiger singing the Red Rose Tree, Angela Mortellaro singing the Nightingale, and the composer at the piano.  Read more about the studio recording <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Studio Recording"><U>here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>About the Photograph</U></B></div> <div> This is a photograph of Aimee Beyers and Jeff Stallings, who played the parts of The Nightingale and the Red Rose Tree in the original Black Box production.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>