The Hanging Tree of Mockingjay

"The Hanging Tree" words by Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run so we’d both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.

"The Hanging Tree" is a song mentioned in  Suzanne Collins' 'Mockingjay' book 3 of  The Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss sings it to an Avox in the Capitol in one of their 'We remember District 13' propo campaigns with Gale in Chapter 9.

The song is mentioned the second time in Chapter 15 where Haymitch tells Katniss that the captured and the tortured Peeta recognizes the song when he hears the propo where Katniss was singing the song, and he remembers ever hearing her father sing the song in the bakery where his parents work.

For the third time, it is mentioned in chapter 21 where Katniss upon the thought of the tortured Peeta reminds her of the last stanza of the song where "The one where the man wants his lover dead rather than have her face the evil that awaits her in the world." (Katniss).

Here are several versions of the song. I hope you like any of them because I actually like all of them. There's a version that is gloomy while there are versions that are lively and less dismal.













And here below is a piano version and the other is an orchestra version of The Hanging Tree by Sam Cushion

today's last song syndrome

via youtube.com

Yes, I cannot stop singing the song. I honestly love the lyrics and this video too.

Within Temptation - Utopia (feat. Chris Jones)

It shines in the dark
And it grows within me

You’re holding my hand but you dont understand

So where I am going, you wont be in the end

I’m dreaming in colors

Of getting the chance

Of dreaming of trying the perfect romance

The search of the door, to open your mind
In search of the cure of mankind
Help us were drowning
So close up inside
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia?
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia?
How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?
Im searching for Answers
your hurting inside, is there life within me?

You’re holding my hand but you don’t understand
So you’re taking the road all alone in the end
Im dreaming in colors, no boundaries are there

Im dreaming the dream, and Ill sing to share
In search of the door, to open your mind
In search of the cure of mankind
Help us were drowning
So close up inside
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain, down on utopia?
And when the lights die down, telling us who we are

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
And when the lights die down, telling us who we are
Why does it rain?

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Rihanna's Private Nude Moments Captured?

I was intrigued with Barbados Free Press' post on Rihanna's nude pictures that were leaked all over the internet, and was even intrigued when I saw the photos themselves at The Bajan Reporter.

Rihanna had been nude in a German FHM, which was contrary to her previous declaration that her mom is the hindrance to her doing nude on the media. What's even intriguing is that her tattoos where anything but nowhere to be found. Where are her tattoos?

Photoshoped! says everybody.

And where are Rihanna's tattoos in her private nude moments if this really was Rihanna?

Gloomy Sunday

A friend of mine introduced me to this very mysterious name in Hungary, born on 1932, Reszo Seress dreamed of becoming a popular song writer, and at the same time writing songs was his only form of living. Unfortunately, he failed to empress the public. His fiancee, on the other hand forced him to get a full time job, but he was uncompromising and continued his passion in writing songs, which ended their relationship.

Depressed and sad of what happened, he sat on his piano in his apartment and played a very mysterious piece of which he titled "GLOOMY SUNDAY" it was a sunday evening, playing the song while the rain was falling heavily. thirty minutes later, he finshed the song and sent it to publishers and was rejected until it was finally acceted by another publisher. He was overwhelmed with happeness then.

After the song was published and exposed in the public, many strange occurencess occured. A boy in Berlin requested for the song to be played, and after listening to the song, he went home and shot himself dead. The relatives complained that the boy became depressed since he listened to the song. After a week, in the same city, a saleswoman was found hanging herself with a rope and found a copy of the song. Two days after a young secretary in New York killed herself  and found her suicide note requesting that the songs should be played during her funeral. Weeks later another New yorker jumped from his window of his seven-story apartment after playing the song. Another teenager in Rome also jumped of a bridge after the first time she heard the song. A woman overdosed herself with barbiturates, while the song was still palying.

Because of the deaths, the song was banned from being played in the public.What's even shocking was that after Seress wrote to his fiancee a letter of reconcillation, she poisoned herself and by her side was a copy of the song "Gloomy Sunday."

His song, however, was forgotten during Hitler's time.

After a long period time of oblivion, many versions of the song suddenly burst out to the public, such as Billy Holiday's version. Sarah Brigthman also sang the song, and another version of the song is included in the original sound track of the movie Blair Witch.

Personally, when i heard Billy Holiday's version, I can say that it is really sad beacuse of its lyrics, but it is also a very beautiful song. Reports say that the original version was way too sad, melancholy, death-wish-driven song, and extremely different to the several versions that burst today.

Lyrics:

Gloomy Sunday

by: Reszo Serres

"Sunday is gloomy

My hours are slumberless

Dearest the shadows I live with

Are numberless

Little white flower

Will never awaken you

Not where the black coach

Or sorrow has taken you

Angels have no thought

Of ever returning you

Would they be angry

If I thought of joining you

Gloomy Sunday

Sunday is gloomy

With shadows I spend it all

My heart and I have decided

To end it all

Soon there'll be flowers and prayers

That are said I know

But let them not weep

Let them know

That I'm glad to go

Death is no dream

For death I'm caressing you

With the last breath of my soul

I'll be blessing you

Gloomy Sunday!"

My purpose of posting this paranormal phenomenon is not to scare the readers but only to expose such forgotten story of the man that sould have been part of history. This man is a legend to me even though he lived a simple life, armed with the desire to stand up for his passion and pursue his dreams.

Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday version