Tuesday, September 10, 2019

"Shadow of a Lonely Man"

I listened to Pyramid yester-day and noticed a small thing in "Shadow of a Lonely Man," specifically in the line "But I'll cling to a hope till I can't hold on anymore, anymore."  The "-more" of that second "anymore" is sung with a melisma (E D; the whole word is sung to the notes E F E D), so although it's negated, there's something of a sense of continuation.