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MerahPutih.com - MerahPutih.com - Lagu balada bernuansa gelap bertajuk "The Hanging Tree" pertama kali mengguncang dunia pada November 2014 sebagai bagian utama dari album original soundtrack (OST) film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.
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Pesan Tersembunyi Terpidana Mati
Lagu karya komposer ternama James Newton Howard bersama timnya ini menyimpan kisah eksekusi mati yang sangat mencekam dari wilayah kumuh District 12.
Di balik melodinya yang terdengar sendu sekaligus menghadirkan nuansa mencekam, The Hanging menggambarkan kisah kelam eksekusi mati semena-mena pria bernama Arlo Chance di District 12
Liriknya merupakan pesan terselubung bagi sang kekasih untuk melarikan diri dan bertemu di pohon gantungan saat tengah malam tiba.
Lagu Melawan Ketidakadilan Bersama Simbol Salut 3 Jari
Lagu itu diwariskan secara turun-temurun di District 12 yang kemudian dipopulerkan karakter utama novel, Katniss Everdeen, untuk membakar semangat perlawanan seluruh distrik melawan ketidakadilan Presiden Snow.
Dalam novel, rakyat yang melawan ketidakadilan Presiden Snow menyanyikan lagu itu sambil mengacungkan simbol salut tiga jari.
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Lirik The Hanging Tree - OST The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
They strung up a man, they say who murdered three
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where dead man called out for his love to flee
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of hope, side by side with me
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run so we'd both be free
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
They strung up a man, they say who murdered three
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where dead man called out for his love to flee
Strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree.
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