Light Red Bandana Lyrics

Here you’ll find the lyrics for an upcoming song. It’s worth mentioning that this is a new version of an old song written by Tyler Evans and David Gravely. The original song, Red Light Bandana, was written around 2006. The new cut will feature a more electronic arrangement and new lyrics. These new lyrics attempt to conjure the image of a woman and relate this image to the narrator’s anima.

The image attached to this post is a painting of Saint Anna. According to Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anna was the maternal grandmother of Jesus. The lyrics compare the bandana worn by the woman in the song to the crown adorning Saint Anna’s head.

A light red bandana

like the crown of Saint Anna

rests on braided gold

Condor agate

burns on each side

forming a gate

around a prana-filled keyhole

in a warm tournesol

What I’m seeking while I’m sleeping

shifts when I get near it

It only shows me I never know you

I’ve just got sketches of your spirit

Is it Astraea’s daughter

or the dancing water

muddying my mind?

The wind blows through me

threatening my psyche

reminding me it’s seldom kind

I’m falling apart

and I know that’s a

terrible start

But there’s hot tea to soothe

my normally temperate heart

Color and symmetry

of petals plaited skillfully

behind the burning gate there lies

a field of honey-colored leaves

What I’m seeking while I’m sleeping

shifts when I get near it

It only shows me I never know you

I’ve just got sketches of your spirit

Is it Astraea’s daughter

or the dancing water

muddying my mind?

Past tongues of fire

and bright sapphires

I’m approaching what I

hope to find

the tournesol

Beaming near the water

Behind the gate of fire

Singing in the morning

Bathing in the light

(Check out Irving Layton’s “Song for Naomi” if you enjoyed these lyrics.)

- T. Evans