THE SMILE
There is a Smile of Love,
And there is a Smile of Deceit,
And there is a Smile of Smiles
In which these two Smiles meet.
And there is a Frown of Hate,
And there is a Frown of Disdain,
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain;
For it sticks in the Heart’s deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone,
And no Smile that ever was smil’d,
But only one Smile alone,
That betwixt the Cradle and Grave
It only once Smil’d can be;
But, when it once is Smil’d,
There’s an end to all Misery.
Words: William Blake
from "The Pickering Manuscript" (ca. 1803)
Music: Finn Coren (1996)
Strings by Baard Slagsvold
copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 1999 all rights reserved
Performers:
Finn Coren: vocals, choir
Helge Hovland: guitars
Kyrre Sætran: bass
Jon-Willy Rydningen: Mellotron, synth
Per Lindvall: drums, perc
Elisabeth Lie: violin
Victoria Johnson: violin
Lena Torgersen: violin
Paulin Skoglund Voss: cello
Recorded at Lydlab Studio
and Gjøkeredet Studio, Oslo 1998
Engineered by Ulf W.Ø. Holand, Jon-Marius Aareskjold
and Jon-Willy Rydningen
Mixed at Lydlab Studio, Oslo by Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Produced by Ulf W.Ø. Holand and Finn Coren
