Scarlet Tide

Title: The Scarlet Tile Artist: Allision Krauss Movie: The Cold Mountain

Well, I recall his parting words Must I accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice when he wants everything We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down through the mountain And separates the widow from the bride Man goes beyond his own decision Gets caught up in the mechanism Of swindlers who act like kings And brokers who break everything The dark of night was swiftly fading Close to the dawn of day Why would I want him just to lose him again We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down through the mountain And separates the widow from the bride

The Scarlet Tide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The Scarlet Tide" is a song from the 2003 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Cold Mountain, written by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello and performed by Alison Krauss. The song was nominated for the Academy Award and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. In 2004, a new version of the song performed by Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris appeared as the closing track on the Costello album The Delivery Man. Joan Baez included the song on her 2008 album Day After Tomorrow.