How Deep Is The Red?

Lind: Is this is not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle? A bow shoots arrows through the air A bow drags notes from a fiddle But who is the beau of poor girl’s dreams? That a king may send to battle Is this not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle? If red is the breast of soldier’s tunic hung with a silver medal And red is the thorn that protects the rose, a deeper red than the petal How deep is the red our redeemer bled, the debt of our sins to settle? How deep is the red? How deep is the red? How deep is the red our redeemer bled? How deep is the red?

How Deep Is The Red Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by T Bone Burnett Recorded March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville Released June 2, 2009 Albums Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, 2009 Background:  Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera The Secret Songs. First known performance:  October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark - sung by Gisela Stille  October 15, 2005, Indianapolis, IN - sung by Elvis Costello      (18 known performances)

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