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Locked-in syndrome, or LIS for short, is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes.
I wrote a song that aimed to capture the feelings and one-directional conversation between a couple, one of whom was locked in. The composition also drew on harmony of Thelonious Monk's "Crepuscule with Nellie” for inspiration.
For voice, accordion, electric bass, trumpet, and bass trombone.

lyrics

A1
Betwixt and between (5)
You lie there awake (5)
Yet dead (2)
A blinking corpse, they call you. (7)

A2
Yet I am immune (5)
To your de-efferented state (8) [or: To your de-eff'rented state (7)]
Your love (2)
Still effervescently flows out from you. (10)

B1
You always loved the twilight (7)
That time between night and day (oh) (7 or 8)
You always loved twilight (7)
In liminal spaces we like to play. (My love.) (10)

A3
(Are you) Locked-out or locked-in? (7)
I can't remember (5)
The word (2) [or: The term (2)]
Or label for your syndrome. (7)

A4
A white-breasted dove (5)
Resembles your state (5)
Your peace (2)
Your love and tranquility (7)

B2
You always loved the twilight (7)
That time between night and day (7)
You always loved twilight (7)
In liminal spaces we like to play. (10)
And Crepuscule with Nellie is your fav'rite Monk tune. (13)

A5
Make one blink for "yes" (5)
Or two blinks for "no" (5)
Tell me (2)
Shall I stay here beside you? (7)

A6
(My love) "Prepare for the worst" (7)
The doctors all say (5)
You blinked! (2)
Was that six times or seven?! (7)
Transition
What's the meaning of eleven?! (8)
Don't make hell of this heaven! (7)

B3
You always loved the twilight
That time between night and day
You always loved twilight
In liminal spaces we liked to play.

B4
You always loved the twilight
That time between night and day
You always loved twilight
In liminal spaces we liked to play.

credits

from Birder: Exploration of intercultural influences in contemporary composition, track released February 1, 2019
Aurora Darby - voice
Anthony Schulz - accordion
Jonathan Dimond - electric bass
Eugene Ball - trumpet
Adrian Sherriff - bass trombone

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Jonathan Dimond Melbourne, Australia

Jonathan Dimond is a multi-instrumentalist composer/performer, who brings together the worlds of Western classical, jazz and intercultural musics.
Since undertaking formal studies in North Indian classical music in 1993, Dimond’s compositions have been influenced by raga, and the rhythmic cycles and devices associated with both North and South Indian classical music.
He performs with Tripataka.
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