Lyrics for The Song Of Purple Summer as interpreted by manprettys_panties

The Song Of Purple Summer Lyrics
[ILSE]
And all shall fade
The flowers of spring
The world and all the sorrow
At the heart of everything

But still it stays
The butterfly sings
And opens purple summer
With a flutter of its wings

[ALL]
The earth will wave with corn
The gray-fly choir will mourn
And mares will neigh
With stallions that they mate
Foals they've borne
And all shall know the wonder
Of purple summer

And yet, I wait
The swallow brings
A song to hard to follow
That no one else can sing

The fences sway
The porches swing
The clouds begin to thunder
Crickets wander, murmuring

The earth will wave with corn
The gray-fly choir will mourn
And mares will neigh
With stallions that they mate
Foals they've borne

And all shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer

And all shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer

All shall know the wonder of purple summer


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SamR
10-24-2008

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I saw the musical with a class, so I got to attend a Talk-back, and one of the actors said that they found out that Purple summer is a flower purported to grow in graveyards. Fitting since two characters die and the musical ends in a graveyard.

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washcfl
07-28-2008

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The "Mares will niegh/with stallions that they mate" refers to a line earlier in the play where one of the characters talks about how mares and stallions aren't ashamed of their sexuality.

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cid_wenson
07-14-2008

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This song is completely about bridging the gap between adolescence and adulthood, and good job on catching the season metaphor. But the lyrics are not just some random stew of vegetables. The idea of corn is that no matter what happens corn will stay standing, even if it is dead and there are no ears in it, creating an adamant figure in the subtext. And as you know, vegetables go in and out of season, just as everything else. And yes the Purple Summer is a flower that blooms in summer instead of spring. The main meaning behind this song is that although there are trials and tribulations throughout life, things will become good again, no matter how sad.

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heeheeasquirrel
11-04-2007

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I can back up what Kajosa said, it's on some official website. Adolescent-adult=spring-summer and purple summer is a flower. All of that's referenced through the play a ton (flowers & seasons).

Some parts of this song I hate, but everytime they go into the harmony on "stallions" I ignore the random reference of corn because it's so beautiful.

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kajosa
09-25-2007

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somewhere, i read an interview with steven sater, the show's lyricist, in which he said that this song is about the transformation from being a teenager (represented by spring) to becoming an adult (summer). i also heard somewhere that "purple summer" is a type of flower that opens up after harsh circumstances. i'm not sure how credible or true that is, though, so don't quote me on that part.

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rmjoh992
08-20-2007

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we sang this song for graduation! aw! it's soooo beautiful!!

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LilyBear
08-11-2007

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I've never seen this musical but my aunt has and she has the CD so I've heard the songs. I'm guessing this song is about their "spring awakening" but all I know is it's really pretty!!!

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