{"id":2236,"date":"2022-11-03T21:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/?page_id=2236"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:21:49","slug":"kaleighs-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/kaleighs-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaleigh’s Song \/ Potes Dormire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Key 61<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/a> \/ Key<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

from Luz En Oscirudad<\/a> \/ Candor<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2007 \/ 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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This track was first available on the digital single for Luz En Oscuridad<\/a> by Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/a>. The term best used to describe this composition would be an elegy — music written to express loss or regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This song was written after my family suffered the loss of a child who, unfortunately, did not make it to her first birthday. I was so overcome with grief that I could not talk, write or do any kind of communication except for composing this piece. I was not able to listen to this track for many years because of the persistent rawness of the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a single session, and it was finished in just under 3 hours. It has obviously very sombre tonality and is very classically phrased — making it the perfect counterpoint to Luz En Oscuridad<\/strong>, which was also very classically inspired. But this was something I had never attempted before, this style of music. I realise elegies and requiems are religious in nature, but never having been that deeply involved in such things, this is just my interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, while searching for the best of my catalogue of original compositions, I felt this was appropriate, and was compelled to try to add to it using additional parts and vocals. So it serves as an interlude on the Candor<\/a> album, linking the first and last parts of the album. The vocal style was inspired by Andy Bell of Erasure. The lyrics were written in Latin, but since I do not speak it, it may not be fully accurate. The new title of the song translates as “you can sleep” and is meant to infer a lullaby as well as a piece of mourning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fob 24<\/div>\n
Lock 6401<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Kaleigh’s Song<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The original version.<\/p>\n\n\n