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I think this track is my personal favourite on the whole EP. The lyrics to this song were actually written in 1586 by a man called Chidiock Tichborne who was sadly executed after being involved in a plot to put Mary Queen of Scotts on the English throne in place of Elizabeth I. He was incredibly young and only in his early 20’s when he was imprisoned in the tower of London where he was then put to death. However this poem was discovered in his cell which he wrote as his Elegy. The words are so moving and echo the sorrow and missed opportunity of a life cut short and I immediately fell in love with the poem and couldn’t help myself by setting it to music.

lyrics

Now I live and now my life is done
Now I live and now my life is done

My prime of youth is but a frost of cares
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain
My crop of corn is but a field or tares
And all my good is but vain hope of gain
My life is fled and yet I saw no sun
Now I live and now my life is done
Now I live and now my life is done

The spring is past and yet it hath not sprung
The fruit is dead and yet the leaves are green
My youth is gone and yet I am but young
I saw the world and yet I was not seen
My thread is cut and yet it is not spun
Now I live and now my life is done
Now I live and now my life is done

I sought my death and found it in my womb
I looked for life and saw it was a shade
I trod the earth and knew it was my tomb
And now I die, now I die
And now I am but made
My glass is full and now my glass is run
Now I live and now my life is done
Now I live and now my life is done

credits

from Painting a Picture, track released November 3, 2022
Rosina Bullen – Voice
Povel Widestrand – Piano
Chris Montague – Electric Guitar
Tom Herbert – Upright Bass

Strings
John Mills - Violin I
Jeremy Isaac - Violin II
Clio Gould - Violin III
Jon Morton - Violin IV
Lydia Lowndes Northcott - Viola I
Nick Barr - Viola II
Bozidar Vukotic - Cello I
Ian Burdge - Cello II
Laurence Ungless - Bass

David Swan - Orchestration, Arrangement & Production
Chris Hyson - Production
Theo Bleckmann - Musical Mentor

Andrew Sunnucks - Orchestral Producer
Stefano Civetta- Recording & Mixing Engineer
Christopher Brooke - Mastering

Recorded at School Farm Studios
Music and Lyrics by Rosina Bullen

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Rosina Bullen is a singer and songwriter from the UK based in New York City. Her debut EP 'Painting a Picture' draws upon her own experiences as a woman and is inspired by various personal events in her life.

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