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Name That Tune: Music From Gears Of War 3 Trailer
After posting the epic Gears of War 3 "Ashes to Ashes" trailer, readers commented on the visual presentation, the inclusion of a female COG, the massive tentacle monster, and a few asked a simple question: What is that song playing in the trailer? You're in luck as we have an answer for you.
The song in question is "Heron Blue" by folk group Sun Kil Moon led by Mark Kozelek, known for his previous work with Red House Painters. Other songs from the band have appeared in Elizabethtown, The Girl Next Door, Shopgirl, Friday Night Lights, Californication, Sons of Anarchy, and Brothers and Sisters. This very song, Heron Blue, has made another appearance in an episode of Crash. The song and lyrics are available below.
"Heron Blue"
Don't cry my love don't cry no more
A crashing sky a rolling screen
A city drowning Gods black tears
I cannot bear to see
She lay under the midnight moon
Her restless body stiring
Until the magic morning hour
Like poison it succumbs her
Her baby skin her old black dress
Her hair it twists round her necklace
Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines
To sleep she overtakes her?
Her room is painted Heron Blue
Lit by candlelight and chandelier
And from her headboard perched so high
A million dreams have passed her
Don't cry my love don't cry no more
It overwhelms my breaking heart
A minor swell of violins
I cannot bear to hear them
A mother shepherds her young birds
she fills their mouths and warms their souls
Til they are strong and good to fly
Away from her alone she'll die
Cradle on quiet old oak limbs
As heaven blue her light fails
A breath of soot into her lungs
A life, a journeys end in one
Don't sing that old sad hymn no more
It resonates inside my soul
It haunts me in my waking dream
I cannot bear to hear it
Don't play those violins no more
Their melancholic overtones
They echo off the floor and walls
I cannot bear to hear them
What do you think? Was this track a good fit for the trailer?
[YouTube via itdoesntmatter1969, lyrics via Lyrics Mania]
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