Panacea // Live Performance of My Original Song Plus Digital Art Symbolism // Showcase Sunday

This is a live performance of one of my original songs, Panacea.
Panacea is about the loss of a loved one and the desire to do anything to bring them back again, even sacrificing my own soul.

I wrote it during an extremely dark period of my life. I was living in an old dilapidated house that had squirrels living inside the walls and was on the verge of being condemned.

In dreams, a house often represents the self.
You can attempt to make a house more attractive by painting the walls, but that does nothing to repair the actual structure that is broken.
Things are not always as they appear.
A​ pleasant exterior may just be a mask that is hiding a dark and shattered interior.

Last night I created some digital photo manipulation art that symbolizes what this song means to me.....

Panacea

Now that you’re gone
We still have to carry on
No, the world won’t wait
And nobody cares
So, I will make a pact with the one who is red
To sell my soul and raise up the dead
My panacea, a sacrifice so you can live another day
In memory of my love
This tragedy, I’ll reverse our lives
By taking mine, I will repay
In memory of my true love
Now that you’re gone we still have to carry on
Although my world has changed, the world remains the same
So, I will cast a spell and lay me to rest
And sell my soul to bring back the dead
My panacea, a sacrifice so you can live another day
In memory of my love
This tragedy, I’ll reverse our lives
By taking mine, I will repay
Antigone I will become

This post is part of @nonameslefttouse's showcase-sunday initiative. Sometimes we work so hard to create content for Steem only to receive a minimal amount of views and whatnot. This initiative is for posting that content again on Sundays! I think it's a great idea. I know as an artist I can spend weeks, months, or even years on a particular piece of art so sharing it only once is kind of silly.
You can check out @nonameslefttouse's post Here