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Crazed
Staff Notation • Secular, Art songs
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Crazed by Barbara Rosen — Lyrics
I've been lovin' you for oh, so long,
wantin' you for years and months and days that
my icy carapace of self control has begun to craze!
Crazed! like a pot that's been through the fire,
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About Crazed
Barbara Rosen's Crazed is a secular art song for SATB choir, written in English. The text expresses an overwhelming and long-suppressed desire, depicted through vivid imagery of intense heat and heat-induced fracturing. The singer describes their self-control melting away, leaving them 'scorched by the flames' and 'overcooked' by passion. The music aims to capture the emotional intensity and the feeling of being on the brink of breaking apart under the strain of such powerful feelings. This piece offers a dramatic and relatable exploration of desire and its potentially consuming nature.
