“Falling“ (So many Curse of Strahd Spoilers)

It’s got a chunk of Strahd’s backstory! You should be able to download it here, not sure why I didn’t think of it before: trigger warning: suicide, fratricide, incel vampire I’ve been sitting on this for like a month because I wanted to re-record the melody when I’m not tired. Turns out, that was pointless because I’m always tired! HERE! Special thanks to my husband for getting me Ableton last Christmas. Look! I’m using it! For the art, I traced the official Ravenloft picture in Aseprite... while I watched the second half of the Jenny Nicholson Evermore video. I didn’t know I wanted a four hour video about a theme park in Utah, but it turns out, I did want that. Am G F Am Once there was a nobleman who ruled his land alone Am G Dm Am He stood upon a tower in a castle made of stone Am G E F His brother was the only one whose love he’d ever known Am D Dm Am The man grew old and solitary to the very bone Am G F Am Up until the fateful day his path would intersect Am G Dm Am With the red-haired daughter of the local architect Am G E F She had beauty, wit and fire, all to great effect Am D Dm Am The nobleman, filled with desire, was desperate to connect Am F He was falling falling falling, fall G Am In love, a newfound thrill Am Dm Just falling falling falling G C Em But he couldn’t get his fill Am F E F Because she didn’t feel the same, and prob’ly never will Am F G F… Am He was falling falling falling… all while she was standing still 6 Verse Am G F Am She saw his younger brother, not a gray hair on his head Am G Dm Am The looks they gave each other filled the older man with dread Am G E F He would not see his fire-haired girl with someone else instead Am D Dm Am But before he intervened, the pair had plans to wed Am F G Am They were falling falling falling falling, perfectly aligned Am Dm G C Em They were falling falling falling as their fates were intertwined Am F E F Truth be told, they thought the older brother wouldn’t mind Am F G F But when he saw the happy pair, he started to unwind Am G F Am Just before the wedding day, his feelings all were told Am G Dm Am The girl said that she loved him, as an uncle, kind and old Am G E F At wit’s end, he traveled to a temple colored gold Am D Dm Am In return for eternal youth, his immortal soul he sold. Am F G Am He was falling falling falling into madness and despair Am Dm G C Em He gave up his humanity within that evil lair Am F E F He simply had to have that girl, with the blood-red hair Am F G F… Am He was falling falling falling and he didn’t even care Am G F Am The man, turned monster, found them both beneath their wedding bower Am G Dm Am The only two who loved him would both die within the hour Am G E F First he struck his brother dead not knowing his own power Am D Dm Am Second, seeing what he was, the girl leapt from the tower Am F G Am She was falling falling falling falling from the windowsill Am Dm G C Em She was falling from the creature and the brother that he’d killed Am F E F Because she didn’t feel the same, and now she never will Am F G F She was falling falling falling, all while he was standing still G Am And he is standing still