China Doll #13
A pistol shot at 5 o’clock
The bells of heaven ring
“Tell me what you done it for”
“No I won’t tell you a thing
“Yesterday I begged you
before I hit the ground -
all I leave behind me
is only what I found
“If you can abide it
let the hurdy-gurdy play -
Stranger ones have come by here
before they flew away
“I will not condemn you
nor yet would I deny”
“I would ask the same of you
but failing will not die
“Take up your china doll
it’s only fractured -
and just a little nervous
from the fall”
This is my take on China Doll, by the Grateful Dead. It’s definitely one of my favorite Grateful Dead songs. Some have said it’s a song about suicide, others a Biblical referenced song. That’s the great thing about music – everyone can find their own meaning. The same goes with art.
Photo credits:
Doll – Uli Bartels
Doll - John Marcotte
Figures – FOTOCROMO
Clock – Jana Kollárová
Texture – Kriss Szkurlatowski
