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The Mayfly

from The Greater Good by Rasmus Fynbo

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This song is old. 21 years old. I put it on my first demo album “Behind the Times”. I’ve wanted to make a full blown version of this song for a number of years, but only found it fitting for this project. It has some very clear references to Irish folk music and I have tried to move it into a more Gypsy-like feel.
It is the first song I have published that doesn’t feature a guitar! I write nearly all my songs on guitar so not having a guitar as a key element in a song is almost outlandish to me. There’s mandolin on it, but that’s not a guitar. It’s a mandolin.

The song is about the wife or lover of a fictional, and not very successful, freedom fighter from the renaissance era. The song follows the woman as she falls into despair in the wake of her lovers disappearance.

When I instructed Dima Faustov in what he should play for the ending of the song I sent him some pictures of Palio di Siena (Italy’s most iconic horse race, the one with the parades and the funny dresses) and told him “That’s what the ending should sound like!”.

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The starlings fly above the heather, the crashing of waves.
Please tell me that the storm will bring us news of your flight.
But the storm brings no hope to me, but quite some sand in my eyes.
Your freedom fight won't last forever, one day you'll be coming home.

Mayfly come and get me, don't fight any longer,
Darling don’t you leave me.

Mayfly! Your sacrifice is keeping me cold.
Once I promised that I would be slave for your will.
But here is no will present and nothing will grow on barren ground.
Forgive me for fading away, uncertainty is killing reason

Mayfly come and get me, don't fight any longer,
Mayfly don't deceive me.

The Mayfly, the Lady whisper, still bring us some hope.
They've seen him in the darkened alleys, he will come back.
But I know he's gone forever, I have seen the bloodstains on the wall.
In a frenzy I leap from my window, brick walls and wires pass me by.

Mayfly levitate me!
You said you would never leave me.
My wings won't carry me now that you have sealed my fate…
that you have sealed my fate... that you have sealed my fate...

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from The Greater Good, released March 13, 2020

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Rasmus Fynbo Copenhagen, Denmark

Rasmus Fynbo is a Danish singer and songwriter. His sound is a one-of-a-kind combination of Indie pop/ rock, as well as folk and Balcan music, with a pinch of cabaret. His remarkably diverse style paves the way to a very specials sound, that surprises listeners at every twist and turn. ... more

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