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lyrics

NIOBE
(Lia Hide)
There once lived a man on a bar stool
He spend there his weekdays till dawn
He liked tumbleweed and cold vodka
Old Tullamore Dew and aged rum
He used to be father and brother
He had seven children and wife
One night they were murdered and vanished
All good people sorrowed and cries
Sip to sip, time flies, tick-tack-toe he sighs
His wife was named Heather and Catherine
She used to be Queen of the Fair
Her skin smelled like Christmas and make-up
But pregnancies didn't play fair
The good people know she grew older
The good people noticed the cracks
On walls, on her skin and complexion
Her daughters and sons made her fat
Babies come, babies cry, tick-tack-toe, oh, oh my!
Imagine – she thought -if- she vanished
All gone when she still had her looks
Then she would be remembered pretty
Her beauty would go down in books
She drank and she wept and she kissed them
And killed them all seven, alone
And make sure to hide them forever
Then she slit her beautiful throat
Mommy don't! mommy why? tick-tack-toe, they die!
You must not blame Heather or Catherine
But if you must, take note of this
Is beauty and vanity blameful?
Or are the good people in bliss?
For somewhere in Hell she's there, watching
She knows all good people will die
Her children are safe in some heaven
And wait for their dad to arrive
Dust to dust, ashes fly, tick-tack-toe! Shhh! Goodbye!

credits

from The Missing Fourth Guest, track released April 4, 2022
CREDITS
Lyrics by Lia Hide
Music by Lia Hide, Aki'Base, George Rados
Arranged by Lia Hide, Aki'Base, George Rados
Produced by Lia Hide
Mixed by Ian Shaw at Warmfuzz Productions (Key West, Florida, USA)
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering (Isle of Skye. UK)
Recorded at DontHideMe (Kypseli, Athens, GR) during the Covid-19 lockdowns (2020-2021)
Additional recordings by Giotis Paraskevaides at Studio Aux. (Exarhia, Athens, GR)
All songs written during the Covid-19 pandemic
*Niobe was written in 2015 (Corsham,Wiltshire, UK)
Vocals: Lia Hide
Bass, d.Bass: Aki'Base
Drums: George Rados
Keys, Programming: Lia Hide
Trumpet: (2,3,4,7) Stelios Chatzikaleas
Guitars: (3,5,6,8) Dennis Morfis, (6) Panos Angelothanasis
Album cover photo by George Geranios

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Lia HIde Athens, Greece

Lia Hide is a Greek singer/songwriter/composer (dance+theatre plays) pianist and music educator.
Her music is dark/art-pop (sounds like Tori Amos, Nick Cave, Portishead, Kate Bush, Bjork).

Performing tirelessly, she has shared the stage with Tricky, Kovacs, Kadebostany, Keep Shelly in Athens, Anneke (Gathering) Joseph Van Wissem, KBHTA and more.

Lia Hide is now working on the new upcoming album
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