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For the Fairest

by Paris by Sea

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1.
Flowers 05:03
Scold me with your silence Scold me with your fears Scold me with the violence and bitter tears Flowers say everything Flowers say it's still spring Flowers say everything she needs to hear You told me what is danger You told me what is love You told me with anger it's not enough Flowers say everything Flowers are words on wing Flowers say everything she needs to hear I rolled you in the grass You rolled me in the garden They rolled me in the cruiser without a pardon Flowers say everything Flowers have stems that sting Flowers say everything she needs to hear
2.
You live alone across the sea Where every mistake is opportunity Seas are always shifting, but you can't see The waters surrounding you, they are your miseries You live alone in the city The asphalt surrounds you, it's a mystery Streets are always shifting, but you can't see When you're alone, you're alone with me Take the waters to the shoreline Drag your miseries to the grave Drop your robes of stones to pave the moonlight Take your pleasures from the maze Drop your robes of stones to pave the moonlight Take your pleasures from the maze
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You walk on eggshells That's how it goes What happens next Nobody knows You trip on words So easy to do You say, "What's the point of trying with you?" From my perspective I try to be fair Sometimes this seems To be going nowhere Wish I could help To figure this out The things you say Make me want to shout Make your way You make your own way Make your way
4.
Too much thinking leaves me with a sinking feeling My mind creates illusions, what I fear of losing I want to slip into this prism of thoughts And leave them all behind to a new state of mind There's no comfort to pretend There's no answer in the end Let's go out tonight Take the time to do it right Let's go out tonight Take the time, enjoy the night From a dream I'm waking, lost in a dream of making It clouds your life with thunder, can't you see the wonder See beyond your thoughts and feelings, don't think Just leave it all behind, it's all in your mind There's no comfort to pretend There's no answer in the end Let's go out tonight Take the time to do it right Let's go out tonight Take the time, enjoy the night
5.
Nothing says control Like your handcuffs on my wrists Skin is your console Torture or be kissed No one gets parole Love's a bleeding wrist The kids are on patrol Fortress will be missed In your charms there is an island In the car there's an alarm In your arms there is a silence In the bars bottles and bombs Magic measured moments Flying in the cards Plastic precious romance Crying in the dark It's not enough to be handcuffed Build your home on an island Fight the true within me Distant like the sun Kite in the blue above me Further when you run In your charms there is an island In the car there's an alarm In your arms there is a silence In the bars bottles and bombs
6.
Can you see the candlelight flickers in the wind? Can you hear the traffic beyond the trees, beyond the trees? The crickets are calling And they keep calling for you And the night waits for you It waits for you All around you is quiet Everyone's waiting for you Time doesn't exist in your mind Time, time is a stone for you I see a candlelight glowing in the night I see the night It waits for me It waits for me The crickets are calling And they keep calling for you And the night waits for you It waits for you, for you It waits for you

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“For the Fairest” is a reference to the story of the Judgement of Paris, one of the events from Greek Mythology that lead to the Trojan War. One brief summary would be to say that it is a story of man kind suffering due to the vanity of a God, or Goddesses, but this leaves out subtlety and much prose. The story goes that Zeus held a banquet to celebrate the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles). Eris, the goddess of discord (Chaos) was not invited. Eris went anyway, though in secret, to avenge herself for the exclusion and she threw a golden apple into the celebration. On the golden apple was the inscription καλλίστῃ (kallistēi, "for the fairest one"). Goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all claimed the apple as theirs. They asked Zeus to judge which of them was the fairest. Wise not to become too involved, he abdicated the burden of judgement to Paris, a mortal renowned for his fair judgement. Various versions exist, but all agree the judgement of Paris was for Aphrodite. Whether as a reward or as a bride to him it is unclear, but Aphrodite had Helen (“the most beautiful mortal woman”) fall in love with Paris, which she did despite being married to the King of Sparta. They sailed away together across the Aegean Sea to Troy, and in doing so unwittingly began a ten year war, the Trojan war. The story is detailed in the Iliad. So the reference “For the Fairest” is about many things; petty revenge of the Gods, desire, vanity, and perhaps a lesson for mortals meddling in the affairs of higher powers, but I think it points to ideas and lessons beyond that. I would venture that one truth from this tale would be that there is strength or goodness in not judging.

MBWenham

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released January 12, 2013

Recorded at Uneven Studios, Denver, Colorado

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Paris by Sea is Lori Trautwein on lead vocals and keyboards, Michael B. Wenham on guitar and vocals, Ben Kessel on bass and Danny Shuford on drums

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