The Sorrows of a Yllish Man

Devastating and heart-wrenching, in gentle keys and piano tells the swindle of a seven foot tall Yllish man who was disgraced and disowned by his family for being addled and slow minded. Taking place in the flower fields of Yll, in the village the rest of the giants mistreat the big man because he cannot read story knots, dress properly, or craft stones. As he has no friends, the only thing that accepts his faults are animals, birds, dogs, and horses. After becoming a stablehand, one of the only professions he could acquire, he thought no one could love him. But he eventually meets a young Yllish woman who adores him and cares for him, nor does not judge him for his dullard tendencies. They marry, and spend many sweet years together, while his wife weaves knots and stones and sings by the river, and the Yllish man tends to the grazing animals. When someone harms the man, much like a wounded fearing child, he sprints to his wife to stitch him back up. But tragically, after some time, one of the other Yllish of the village who hates the man for his slow mind, stabs him with a sword. While he lays dying, his wife crying over him, he explains this is the first time since he met his wife, he has felt happy, in all his life.

From Album: Tales of a Time Before Volume II

Type: Single Song

Instrument: Piano

Length: 5 min

Genre: Fantasy\Sad\Peaceful

File Type: MP4 

Composer and Lyricist: Jack Buie