Who By Fire [Leonard Cohen Cover]

by The Mother Shipton Prophets' Guild

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Leonard Cohen is a very unconscious influence on my songwriting, but every once in a while, he comes out and I just gotta channel him 100%.
The last time that happened, I wrote "heat death," which I wasn't too happy with, so this time I decided to just go for it and cover one of my favourite songs of his.

This is also an experiment in producing acoustic music the same way I would produce electronic music: lots of layering and ambience, and weaving little parts around the main melody.

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And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?

And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
And who by avalanche, who by powder,
Who for his greed, who for his hunger,
And who shall I say is calling?

And who by brave assent, who by accident,
Who in solitude, who in this mirror,
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
Who in mortal chains, who in power,
And who shall I say is calling?

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released July 7, 2018
written by Leonard Cohen
arranged, performed, recorded, and mixed by Emma E Steen

<3 to ello and scott for listening to the drafts

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The Mother Shipton Prophets' Guild is a folk duo based in NY.

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