Karliene - Burn the Red - The Handmaid's Tale Fan Song

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Burn the Red
Written by Karliene Reynolds (2018)
Inspired by 'The Handmaid's Tale"

-- | LYRICS |--

We wear red
Symbols of fertility
White bonnet
Stripped of our identity

Red
Like blood
Like a sinner
Like smoke
From an unseen fire

Under his eye
We are all but vessels
We don’t cry
Held down by human shackles

It’s red
Like a scream
Like anger
Like smoke
From an unseen fire

But I have another name
That doesn’t come from him
That doesn’t colour me red,
Red, red, red

I hold my other name
Like an amulet
One day I’ll wear it again

We didn’t see the flames
Till the forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

Once we were a flame
Now we’re a forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red
Burn it all

Praise be
We thank this blessed day
Unseen
Beaten, branded, raped

I’m red
Like anger
Like a warning
Like smoke
From an unseen fire

We have another name
That doesn’t come from him
That doesn’t colour us red
Red, red, red

And we whisper our names
Like thunder rising
Until it’s deafening

You didn’t see the flames
Till the forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

Once we were a flame
Now we’re a forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

You didn’t see the flames
Till the forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

Once we were a flame
Now we’re a forest fire
(Burn the red dress )

Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red dress yeah
Burn the red
Burn the red
Burn it all

[onceuponabook]

They should use your song for the season finale.

[nothingnothing]

Well, I guess I've got a song that stuck in my head for the next half a year before Karliene puts out a new one)))

[agnieszkaengler]

OKAY IT'S TIME TO CONFESS WHO THE HELL GAVE A DISLIKE?

[leenhellemans]

This song is so amazing.... your voice fits it perfectly and I can't stop listening to it <3

[allisonthorson]

My god, you're a goddess <3 First you sing Outlander now the Handmaid's Tale <3

[misslazypanda]

Omg I read the book and now I’m going to watch the show!! The book was SOOOO good I hope the show is too! I love your voice

[taylagudnason]

I absolutely adore the way all of your songs capture the themes of their inspiration. This one is so dark and beaten down, but still expresses the rage and desire to fight back that I admired while reading theHandmaiden’s Tale. You always do an amazing job with these songs and do such justice to the source material!

[shadowseer]

This is so gorgeous and brought me to tears. THT is such a frighteningly realistic, yet hopeful series. This really got to the core of what a Handmaid is, and your Kate Bush/Tori Amos sound is so appropriate. Margaret Atwood would approve.👏 How are you liking season 2?

[mythandhistory]

Haunting and passionate... The song is stunning. Well done as always.

[TimeandMonotony]

I don't watch this show, but this is beautiful, like everything you do! :D

[rangerslayer]

I love finding artists on YouTube. They seem so much better than what's out there in the mainstream market.

[charlottelouise]

The legend says that 21 people who disliked this are no longer among us. They burned in the red.

[rebeccacollins]

Please do a new song for the 100, perhaps a lament for the dead with the sky people's prayer in it?

[paulmccormick]

This is incredibly beautiful in every way!! Your original songs are the very best songs you, or anyone, sings!

[EternityinInsanity]

Over 6 years and 100k increase of followers and still you morph and add to the universe of music in so many fantastic and amazing ways that I cant fully comprehend. You bring ever shade of spectrum of emotions and weave them into music and create the awe inspired beauty that you always do . Keep it up and thank you so much for adding to this world . #wolfpackforlife

[baci]

If you could make song about Milady de Winter from the BBC´s Musketeers, that would be awesome.

[empressofkingfishers]

The book is honestly so depressing and everything feels grey, despite being so colorful and descriptive

[amitkaushal]

It will be apt to say that you "lit" my headphones up 😍

[artimiss]

I've read the first book and I can tell where you got most of the lyrics and boy does that make it hit harder

[alicedubois]

This is probably the 10th time listening to this song. I really love it! You can hear the passion and fury in the song. It is so well made and made with such awesome skill. You are one of my favorite bards on youtube along with Miracle of Sound and Peter Hollens. Thank you so much!