DESCRIPTION:
The Barn Owl racconta di un barbagianni che ama moltissimo, più di ogni altra cosa, il cinema espressionista tedesco. / The Barn Owl tells the story of a barn owl with a passion for german expressionism.

From "Songs of Mountain Stream" (Brumaio Sounds, 2014)

Carlot-ta: vocals, piano, synths
Rob Ellis: programming, percussions
Giorgio Casati: cello
Francesca Piccioni: viola

Produced by Rob Ellis



THE BARN OWL

My real name is Barn Owl
but they use to call me Ghost owl
‘cause I walk out in the night.
I walk out in the night.

They sometimes name me Rat owl
or they also cry: “A Demon owl!”
but I go on with my owl affairs and
when they wear their PJs, when they’re sleeping, I start
singing, singing down the road.

Because
I don’t have the great smile of an actor of the silent era,
I can’t do the tap dance in a vaudeville show,
but I don’t need your stupid mask to tell you what I think about your shoes, about your hair, about your bad habit to leave me
always on my own
oh poor little owl
always on my own, again
oh poor little owl.

Cave owl it’s too introspective,
Church owl makes me laugh and makes me
think about my graveyard old sweet home.

Stone owl is my battle name
Death owl is my darker face
Tell me, why are you so afraid?

I can be as pale as Nosferatu or Bela Lugosi,
I could be the assistant in a Caligari show.
And I don’t need your stupid mask to tell you what I think about your shoes, about your hair, about your bad habit to leave me
always on my own
oh poor little owl
always on my own again
oh poor little owl.

My real name is Barn Owl
also Hissing owl, White-breasted owl
Barnyard owl, Hobgoblin owl
Golden owl, Monkey-faced owl.

Call me with the name you want,
but please don’t leave me all day alone.
Please don’t leave me on my own.
Please don’t leave me so.