Sirens technically aren’t water dwelling creatures! In Greek mythology, they are women with the bodies of birds! I don’t know when sirens and mermaids got crossed over and became similar creatures, but I think I read somewhere that due to a translation error, people outside the Greek empire began to depict sirens as fish instead of birds
Originally in Greek mythology they had wings and human legs but they had some wierd singing battle with olympus's best singers or something like that but the best singers won and the plucked all of the sirens feathers and made them into crowns and the sirens were forced to live in the water and eventually grew tails and lured sailors to their deaths occasionally sparing one. EDIT: I could be wrong tho lmao idk research it if you're interested, Greek mythology is fucked up. For example medusa was actually athena most loyal follower and vowed never to lose her virginity and was her best friend and then stanky fishy Poseidon decided to rape her, and she went to athena but athena is a slimy wench and cursed her for breaking her promise. So ya shit in Greek mythology is fucked but interesting
imagine in like 80 years time this stairwells one of the most haunted places in the world people who go here just hear the faint voice of a young women singing
One year later and she has 26 million followers but instead of buying a house in Los Angeles, she buys this flat complex to hold on a wonderful music device.
I totally agree, but LA is a lost cause now, she would be better moving anywhere else, except NY, Cal and a few others. But bro her voice is so amazing!
@@LaurenPaley no u i love this song (the hunger games is my favorite book series, it inspired the way I write (first person, where there are little quips about events n stuff, and descriptive) lol) and it sounds amazing but also kinda ethereal because of the echo
@@LaurenPaley Props to you for replying and hearting comments a week or so after the video was posted- most UA-camrs don't do that lol 😂 (Your voice is beautiful btw- )
@@LaurenPaley OMG HI KWEEN!1!1!1!1! i'm so glad you did this, the hunger games is my favorite movie series everrr lol (especially catching fire, when we meet finnick teehee ;))! you should do goodnight 'n' go ariana grande version! your voice would be so pretty for that song!!
@@LaurenPaley -when the party's over (billie eilish) -reflection (christina aguilera) -selfish (madison beer) -when she loved me (sarah mclachlan) -someone you loved (lewis capaldi) -oceans where feet may fail(hillsong united) -goodnight 'n' go (ariana version) -deep in the meadow (j-law) -everything i wanted (billie eilish) -lover (taylor swift) -control (zoe wees) -rise up (andra day) -creep (radiohead) -ocean eyes (billie eilish) -part of your world (jodi benson) -fly me to the moon (frank sinatra) -i love you (billie eilish) -no time to die (billie eilish) -heather (conan gray) if you ever run out of ideas,,, i'm your girl lol! xx i love your voice sm!
Oh my god. U know edelweiss, the girl guiding song. With the hand movements? Me and my girlfriend used to sit it the playground and put this song to those movements. It terrified people
sound engineering was my hobby for a while and i have to say, there are a lot of great stairwells out there! Some big public buildings have staircases with acoustics small auditoriums and small churches would kill for. I once made a small choir train in a staircase and it sounded absolutely astonishing!
This is how Katniss was supposed to sing! With the whole “birds stop singing just to listen to her voice” described in the books. (Nothing against Jennifer, I think she did a pretty good job, since I think she’s not a singer).
I honestly preferred Jennifer's version for the movie. Even though this singer is clearly better, Jennifer's version sounded more sad and more realistic that she didn't have an exceptional voice. It made the movie feel more natural and not like a musical
@@areebahina2261 She wanted Lorde to do it, which I'm sure we all would have loved just as much too, but Jennifer did give it a nice "normal" bent to it that we can all relate to.
I wish Katniss sung more in the movies. Especially at the end of Mockingjay when she is imprisonned and uses singing as therapy. Sadly, we were robbed of that part of the book.
"I'll tell them how I survived it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years. But there are much worse games to play. "
This is how I wish it would have been like in the movies. Jennifer Lawrence is a fine singer, but the books described Katniss's voice as exceptional. It would have been cool if the film's singing part specifically was more impactful.
@Ada Franciszka Koperska-Belanger That's fair. I loved the scene and the way they destroyed the power dam in district five, I just pictured Katniss's voice differently.
As the walls shut their eyes and lose themselves, for all they've seen is returning and they gather round the woman, whom sings them a story..a story of yearning.. they are not alone.
Lyrics: 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…
Her voice is absolutely astonishing! So beautiful and heavenly. I seriously wish she would get more recognition for how incredible she is with her vocals. Would love to see her do instrumental trailer music
The original line was "necklace of rope" but Plutarch Heavensbee changed it to "necklace of hope" to rally up supporters. Don't mention it. I know I'm a HG nerd xD
@@sabrina-kk1mf singing 'necklace of ROPE' would be too much. I dread that part even after years of reading the books.. I dread it even now. And it would be a lot to handle for the kids watching the movie. They had to make it child friendly, if Hunger Games can EVER BE child friendly.
Lyrics : Are you, are you coming to the tree? Where 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 a dead man call 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.
Okay, not gonna lie, low-key if I heard this while walking around and getting ready to get on those stairs, I would completely do a 180 and run for life 😂😂 Great cover tho 😊👏
I actually created a couple verses 👉🏼👈🏼: Are you Are you Coming to the tree Where they ran from the capitol So they’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 Seek justice and hope On a journey with me Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met At midnight In the hanging tree
@@issa572It's been _months_ since I read the book but I'll try to explain what happened from memory: In The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes, Coriolanus (President Snow) and Lucy Gray were in district 12 when they witnessed a man being publicly hanged. Just as the song says, the man "called out for his love to flee" right before he was hanged. Towards the end of the book Lucy Gray and Coriolanus planned to meet up at the hanging tree and then escape from district 12. Lucy Gray and the people she lived with were really into music, and Lucy Gray was an excellent singer. *She* was actually the one who wrote "The Hanging Tree" about the man who she saw get hanged, and Coriolanus was there with her as she wrote the lyrics. I don't want to spoil the ending, but something significant happened between Coriolanus and Lucy Gray and they didn't stay together (he hated her by the end of the book). The irony is that Coriolanus was there when Lucy Gray wrote the song, and she ended up going against him, while the song ended up being passed down many years to Katniss, who Snow is _also_ against, and she sang the same song after all that time.
@@BlakeH..888_ "the dead man called out for his love to flee" was because of the fact the he yelled it before he died and the the jabber and mocking Jay's repeating the words/tune but good overall description
And as the spirits around her listen to her sing their song, they finally rejoice at last. They can at last be heard. Their story has been told once more. The siren reincarnate has helped some pass on yet again.
Recently reread them myself, actually, I have the original 3 and plan on buying a ballad of songbirds and snakes soon. It's so chilling because there are so many ways to interpret it too and some of them are like **shudders**
have yall read the ballad of songbirds and snakes? it’s a prequel to the hunger games and even explains the origin of this song. it’s an incredible book.
To all 3 of you who said to read it I WANT TO SOOO BAD i even have a indigo gift card but i haven't had a chance to go get it but trust me i will read it as soon as i can
Just imagine the scene of Katniss sleeping and dreaming as she walks down a long dark corridor that ends in light. This song is playing, and around Katniss, the corpses of her dead friends, comrades and relatives gradually begin to appear, and at the end of the corridor there is a throne on which the dead Katniss herself sits.
Here's the song's full lyrics: are you, are you, coming to the tree where they strung up a man, they say who'd 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 a 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 would 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 rope, side by side with me Strange things did happen here no stranger would it be if we met, at midnight, in the hanging tree Did you, did you go running to the tree Where they strung up a rebel, who went and killed three a strange thing did happen here a stranger it would be if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree Did you, did you go running to the tree Where a freed man yelled out, for his foe to leave a strange thing did happen here a stranger it would be if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree Did you, did you go running to the tree Where you told me to hide, so we would both be freed a strange thing did happen here a stranger it would be if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree Did you, did you go running to the tree Wear a bracelet of diamonds, far away from me a strange thing did happen here a stranger it would be if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree
@Samantha Bertrand And it also served as a signal for rebels to meet up there to try and escape district 12 and go off and live in one of the abandoned cities or towns way out past the border...
I love this song so much more now that I know the real origin of it from the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. You did an amazing job singing this and I admire you for having the confidence to sing in public like that because I know I never could.
It’s a lot better knowing the true origins of this song. Using it in hunger games downplays the evil of slavery that the song is really about. Your voice really brings it alive and the injustice of it all
If you read the new hunger games prequel the lyrics make so much more sense in the context of the series. They are about not only the evils of slavery but the severe punishment of the rebellion against it. I highly recommend the new book 😂😂😂
Wrong. It has nothing to do with slavery. The Hanging Tree" is a song by American composer James Newton Howard featuring vocals from American actress Jennifer Lawrence. It was written by Suzanne Collins and composed by Howard, Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz from the band the Lumineers. The song was released by Republic Records on 9 December 2014, as the second single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 . In other words the writer of Hunger Games wrote the song as in made it up. It had nothing to do with slavery. It is a modern song that is supposed to sound like an Appalachian folk song. If you had read the books and then the prequel you'd realize the song is about President Snow and his story
@@BizarreOnesStudio you should really learn your history. The hanging tree is based on a slave that was accused of murdering three ppl. He was also in love with another slave and was not allowed to marry her. They met in secret under the tree and he found a scarf that actually belonged to the murder victims. Not knowing this, he gave gave it to his love and she was caught with it. They were supposed to meet at the tree again, and the slave owners strung her up without out questioning her. She kept hoping that he would not appear as she died. That night, he cut her down and went into the river and drowned himself. There have been movies and books written of this horrible case in history. The song originated long before hunger games was invented.
@@amypoff8589 Source? Honestly curious and would like to learn. Common search results refute your story and I would really like to have the proper information as you understand it. No hate or ill will intended, just want to inform myself. Thanks!
This version of the song really makes you appreciate the lyrics “We met at midnight at the hanging tree” Idk it’s sounds chilling with the the echo and the voice Btw your voice is beautiful
I’m here, I’m here. At the hanging tree Is it true that They strung up a man who murdered three? Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be. Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’m here, I’m here At the hanging tree I hear a dead man calling For his love to flee Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’m here, I’m here I’ve come to the tree I tried to tell you to run So we'd both be free Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’m here, I’m here. I’ve come to the tree I’ve worn the necklace of hope That you’ve given me Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’m here, I’m here I’ve come to the tree Where You told me to run So we'd both be free Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’ve come, I’ve come, I’ve come to the tree? I saw the strung up a man who murdered three Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree I’ve come I’ve come Ive come to the tree? I heard a dead man call out for his love to flee Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
Imagine hearing this at the dead of night in your room after a losing the person you cared about the most, and could feel the hairs stand up on the back of your neck as you feel like your being watched by a divine presence.
Can you do "may it be" by enya from Lord of the Rings??? I feel like the song has that perfect haunting tone to it that sounds good with the reverb of the stairwell.
can you do "the lament for boromir" and/or "Far over the misty mountains cold" by clamavi de profundis? they have very beautiful music from Tolkien's poems in LOTR so worthy of check. ps. i keep finding good songs for you😅😅 but sleepsong form secret garden (clamavi de profundis has a cover of this aswell
When i was living in the dorms i literally used to hang out in the stairwell and sing this song. you can just loop it and i would go for as long as i could without someone walking in. i'm pretty sure i still have a voice memo recording of it saved somewhere
Stairwell siren, a happy spirit of a young maiden who sings beautifully, legend has it, when halloween rolls around the corner, this spirit will sing songs in honor of the spirits who come and watch her.
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This is a really good cover good job
The echoes are EVERYTHING
I subscribed
Can u PLS sing "lest go in the garden" from Adventure Time
You have a beautiful voice! I wish I could sing but unfortunately I sound like a a dying cat! 💕😄💕
Imagine being a bystander in this building, and you just go "oh, the ghosts are singing in the stairwell again".
Visitors: Is this normal?!
"Yeah, this happens a lot"
What if there's a shady tree nearby too
I was just thinking of something like this. I was were to view an apartment and not know the backstory. I would nope out of there
if i was the babysitter : damn they do have a good voice
lmao
I didn't know sirens could live above water
Sooooo true!
Sirens technically aren’t water dwelling creatures! In Greek mythology, they are women with the bodies of birds! I don’t know when sirens and mermaids got crossed over and became similar creatures, but I think I read somewhere that due to a translation error, people outside the Greek empire began to depict sirens as fish instead of birds
Originally in Greek mythology they had wings and human legs but they had some wierd singing battle with olympus's best singers or something like that but the best singers won and the plucked all of the sirens feathers and made them into crowns and the sirens were forced to live in the water and eventually grew tails and lured sailors to their deaths occasionally sparing one.
EDIT: I could be wrong tho lmao idk research it if you're interested, Greek mythology is fucked up. For example medusa was actually athena most loyal follower and vowed never to lose her virginity and was her best friend and then stanky fishy Poseidon decided to rape her, and she went to athena but athena is a slimy wench and cursed her for breaking her promise. So ya shit in Greek mythology is fucked but interesting
@@ya-no752 This is fucking cool I'm so mad
@@butyoudidnt4387 lmao ikr it's so intriguing but angering also and that's not even the most angering😂😭😭
imagine having the confidence to do this in a public stairwell
It’s scary haha but it’s also where I live so it makes me feel a little more comfortable
@@LaurenPaley The fact that it’s where I live would make me even more distraught though 😅
I mean my neighbors, man...
Can you imagine walking down there and hearing that
Omg, I used to do this in elevators and scare the crap out of people on the lower floors-
@@timothymacklwwaynw5103 oh my god. I would crap myself
imagine in like 80 years time this stairwells one of the most haunted places in the world people who go here just hear the faint voice of a young women singing
😬😬😬
WOW! YOU WENT THERE!!!!!!
Lauren’s ghost will go to the stairwell and sing her beautiful heart out.💕
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Won't that be a happy Halloween then :)
My parrot listened to this.
Now he's a Mockingjay.
Lmaoooo #underratedcomment
Lol
Oh noo...
Imagine hearing this at 3 am I could not handle that lol
BRUH DJDICB
This made me LOL so hard! 😂
She was a siren in her past life this is haunting
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One year later and she has 26 million followers but instead of buying a house in Los Angeles, she buys this flat complex to hold on a wonderful music device.
LOL I LOVE THIS
@@LaurenPaley I love you😁😁
I totally agree, but LA is a lost cause now, she would be better moving anywhere else, except NY, Cal and a few others. But bro her voice is so amazing!
She'd buy her own stairwell
Yes hahahaha
I WAS HOPING TO HEAR THIS SONG, YOUR VOICE IS NOT OF THIS WORLD
wow I adore you
@@LaurenPaley no u i love this song (the hunger games is my favorite book series, it inspired the way I write (first person, where there are little quips about events n stuff, and descriptive) lol) and it sounds amazing but also kinda ethereal because of the echo
@@kyoza5069 I'm writing a book as well..it's about Skyward Sword (guess who's presepctive its in)
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Title: "The CREEPIEST cover of ``The hanging tree`` from the Hunger Games"
Me: **Vibin' to this on repeat in the dark with my cat**
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@@LaurenPaley Props to you for replying and hearting comments a week or so after the video was posted- most UA-camrs don't do that lol 😂
(Your voice is beautiful btw- )
*black cat
@@ellieb4110 I mean... Your not wrong but he isn't all black U-U
This is what i do when I'm having a shower in the dark at nights... The vibes are totally other worldly 🤩
"this song scares me. so i feel like i'm gonna scare myself"
me but literally when looking in the mirror everyday lmao
HAHAHA
@@LaurenPaley OMG HI KWEEN!1!1!1!1! i'm so glad you did this, the hunger games is my favorite movie series everrr lol (especially catching fire, when we meet finnick teehee ;))! you should do goodnight 'n' go ariana grande version! your voice would be so pretty for that song!!
@@LaurenPaley
-when the party's over (billie eilish)
-reflection (christina aguilera)
-selfish (madison beer)
-when she loved me (sarah mclachlan)
-someone you loved (lewis capaldi)
-oceans where feet may fail(hillsong united)
-goodnight 'n' go (ariana version)
-deep in the meadow (j-law)
-everything i wanted (billie eilish)
-lover (taylor swift)
-control (zoe wees)
-rise up (andra day)
-creep (radiohead)
-ocean eyes (billie eilish)
-part of your world (jodi benson)
-fly me to the moon (frank sinatra)
-i love you (billie eilish)
-no time to die (billie eilish)
-heather (conan gray)
if you ever run out of ideas,,, i'm your girl lol! xx i love your voice sm!
Mirrors terrify me. I just keep thinking that one day I'm going to look in the mirror to find that I have black eyes.
@@amberandrews6692 HAHAHAHA i just am terrified what i see periodtl haha
The stairwell has better acoustics than my school auditorium. Your voice is gorgeous.
My school is like a giant cube and they built the gym this year so the choir would use the stairwell and it was so pretty just hearing them
Oh my god. U know edelweiss, the girl guiding song. With the hand movements?
Me and my girlfriend used to sit it the playground and put this song to those movements. It terrified people
sound engineering was my hobby for a while and i have to say, there are a lot of great stairwells out there! Some big public buildings have staircases with acoustics small auditoriums and small churches would kill for. I once made a small choir train in a staircase and it sounded absolutely astonishing!
Imagine if she added foot stomps for the drumming base. Omg that would be hauntingly powerful.
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This is how Katniss was supposed to sing! With the whole “birds stop singing just to listen to her voice” described in the books. (Nothing against Jennifer, I think she did a pretty good job, since I think she’s not a singer).
she isn't actually! lmao she said in an interview she hates singing and so that part was one of the hardest ones for her :)
@@areebahina2261 mad respect to her, she did quite well 🙂
I honestly preferred Jennifer's version for the movie. Even though this singer is clearly better, Jennifer's version sounded more sad and more realistic that she didn't have an exceptional voice. It made the movie feel more natural and not like a musical
@@areebahina2261 She wanted Lorde to do it, which I'm sure we all would have loved just as much too, but Jennifer did give it a nice "normal" bent to it that we can all relate to.
I wish Katniss sung more in the movies. Especially at the end of Mockingjay when she is imprisonned and uses singing as therapy. Sadly, we were robbed of that part of the book.
*katniss everdeen WOULD BE proud*
Totally agree
no lucy gray would be proud✨
@@pebbley8808 yessss
YES
@@pebbley8808 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT!!!
POV: Ur the kid on the floor below who can’t see her but hears just the voice 👁👄👁
adios 🏃♂️
Honestly I would just stop everything I was doing every time I heard her start singing and listen.
Holy Hades! I love horror, but I draw the line at that!
Why is she singing about me
@@thehangingtree6224 THE LEGEND IS HERE, EVERYONE! Gather 'round!
"I'll tell them how I survived it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
But there are much worse games to play. "
Gives me chills every damn time I read that quote!!
Gosh that comment gave me chills. Everytime I read the ending I get chills
❤️❤️
I cant Express how much I get goosebumps ever single time I read that
That line makes me cry every god damn time, it’s the perfect way to end a beautiful series
I hope one day we'll get "The SADDEST deep in the meadow cover" sequel with the final whistle of Katniss, awesome job here as always!
YES
love your profile pic, and ellie💞🌿
@@earthbbyy Thanks so much! I love my bby Ellie so much 💕
Nice pfp unlike many, I really enjoyed the game!
Yessssssss
Normal People just walking up/downstairs be like:
"..."
Hunger Games Fans:
💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺💃 🕺
Edit: Ayo who is liking my comment-
Hahahah yes! Why does this not have more likes?
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it would be cool if someone started singing along tho-
@@sage9216 omg yes
@@sage9216 that's fkin scary
Imagine if a random person had joined in and sang with her out of nowhere.
If I were her, I would have screamed!
They better be a good singer.
I'd love to join lol
Why would i do that lol i don't even know the lyrics 🙂
If I were there I so would
Please cover “hoist the colors” from Pirates of the Caribbean.
it's coming right up!
Lauren Paley For some reason, I thought you already did it.
Lauren Paley yes!! I love that song, glad youre doing it!
@@LaurenPaleysing jolly salior bold if you can as well. The mermaids sang that song in Pirates of Carribean Stranger Tides. 😊
@@LaurenPaley YES!!!
This song doesn't creep me out, for some reason it inspires me to keep moving forward. I have no clue why
@Belle glad im not the only one
Same it's almost calming to me
Me too, but the feeling other than inspiration is kinda unexplainable
YESSSS I've always said this. It's super motivating, like making me feel like I have to be strong
Good to know I'm not the only one
Can I request we get a cover of "hellfire" in the stairwell, it could be so beautifully haunting! Wonderful job as always, my queen siren!
That would beee cool
@@kanbedaisuke5959 I knowwww
OH YES
@@darkwater8620 YAAASSSS
i love this song so much (mostly because I find it hilarious)
This is how I wish it would have been like in the movies. Jennifer Lawrence is a fine singer, but the books described Katniss's voice as exceptional. It would have been cool if the film's singing part specifically was more impactful.
@Ada Franciszka Koperska-Belanger That's fair. I loved the scene and the way they destroyed the power dam in district five, I just pictured Katniss's voice differently.
@Ada Franciszka Koperska-Belanger Is that a CERMET PFP?
I remember she said that she didn’t have music in her life, how would she be such a great singer if she didn’t even practice?
@@anagabriela2307 Katniss or Jennifer Lawrence?
As the walls shut their eyes and lose themselves, for all they've seen is returning and they gather round the woman, whom sings them a story..a story of yearning.. they are not alone.
....wow
OH WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA
Beautiful writing
A yes, A fellow writer
woah
This hits differently after reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
i got that for my birthday and im so excited to read it
@@esteraster5261 i just bought it the other day and Its so pretty and I want to read it right now but its already midnight
Ik I love it so much! Lots of little details that just make you go 😱
@@esteraster5261 I couldn't put it down, I want more. I hope she writes more back story!!
For REAL
-walks up the staircase hears singing-
me: NOPE NOPE ABSOLUTELY NOT
Congratulations! You narrowly avoided becoming the protagonist of a horror movie!
I'm a mad lass. I would sing along.
Ikr 😂
Same I'd be looong gone like nope!
@@anirbasnoel649 harmonic or melodic tho? Cause hit the 5th an octave down would be 🔥 with this
Lyrics:
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…
It's necklace of rope....sorry
@@alyssawade3072 in the movie Plutarch said he changed rope to hope
@@0oga.b0gaaaa oh i totally forgot! i should watch the trilogy again then, thanks for the info.
The dislikes are obviously people from the Capitol.
Coin's Capitol, the Prez was alright 🤣
Obviously.
@@clairealgarin626 I pictured your reply with Professor Snapes voice hahahaha🤣
@@theshowmustgoon7468 XD
A hahahaha 😂😂
Love the books, movies do well also
I'm ashamed of myself for thinking that this wouldn't be the creepiest version
Your title said "creepiest" version of the Hanging Tree but your voice just made it hauntingly beautiful to me ❤️
Can you sing "leaves from a vine" from Avatar the last air bender?
Edit: omg 634 likes??!!
Matthew Miller-Moreno omg yes pleaseeee
@@finderinskaie I love Leaves from the vine its such a good/sad song
YES PLEASEE
Omg that would be amazing!
YES SO MUCH YES!!
Her voice is absolutely astonishing! So beautiful and heavenly. I seriously wish she would get more recognition for how incredible she is with her vocals. Would love to see her do instrumental trailer music
her voice is quite actually ethereal.
The stairwell autistics help a lot with that too.
The original line was "necklace of rope" but Plutarch Heavensbee changed it to "necklace of hope" to rally up supporters.
Don't mention it. I know I'm a HG nerd xD
anyone who's seen the movies knows that
@@anastasial2365 Yeah, I'm not exactly sure why they changed it from the books. I think it would have been perfectly fine without the change
@@sabrina-kk1mf That makes so much sense. I remember from the books that it's rope, but I hear a lot of people sing hope.
Same I had A obsession with by when I was younger
@@sabrina-kk1mf singing 'necklace of ROPE' would be too much. I dread that part even after years of reading the books.. I dread it even now.
And it would be a lot to handle for the kids watching the movie. They had to make it child friendly, if Hunger Games can EVER BE child friendly.
Lyrics :
Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Where 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 a dead man call 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.
For the movie/ propos its :necklace of HOPE " but the way Katniss / OG was sung its "necklace of ROPE "
@@jedimasterlawrence8962 Shame the Capitol changed it.
Thanks Mrs chanandler bong!
Lauren: "it's gonna be so creepy."
Chill male passersby: "Sounds good whatever it is."
.....This is why sirens go after men.
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@@madelinebogle7475 2:57
Okay, not gonna lie, low-key if I heard this while walking around and getting ready to get on those stairs, I would completely do a 180 and run for life 😂😂 Great cover tho 😊👏
Great job avoiding the horror movie! :D
I recently read Ballod of Songbirds and Snakes and holy shit this song gives me chills
Sameeeee. Lucy gray deserved better tho 😭
@@waniyaaeri8797 and Sejanus 😢😢
Ikr??
I’m on the first chapter! Where Snow is getting ready for the reaping:) I’m excited to read it all :)
@@waffleiron9261 The book goes from 0-100 real quick
I actually created a couple verses 👉🏼👈🏼:
Are you
Are you
Coming to the tree
Where they ran from the capitol
So they’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
Seek justice and hope
On a journey with me
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met
At midnight
In the hanging tree
i likie likie
@@beckybilol2944 ty 😊
Ok but what if you sang ring around the rosie or something like this 😮
Omg that would be terrifying 😂
Yeah! Like a bunch of nursery rhymes?
Yes!
@@LaurenPaley you should do it!
Wouldn’t it just be ironic to sing a nursery rhyme about the bubonic plaque in these times? 😆
I love how after reading A Ballad of Songbirds and snakes, now I know the meaning and origin of this song. Very very cool!
Yeah I know!
What is it? I didn’t read the book yet
@@issa572It's been _months_ since I read the book but I'll try to explain what happened from memory:
In The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes, Coriolanus (President Snow) and Lucy Gray were in district 12 when they witnessed a man being publicly hanged. Just as the song says, the man "called out for his love to flee" right before he was hanged. Towards the end of the book Lucy Gray and Coriolanus planned to meet up at the hanging tree and then escape from district 12. Lucy Gray and the people she lived with were really into music, and Lucy Gray was an excellent singer. *She* was actually the one who wrote "The Hanging Tree" about the man who she saw get hanged, and Coriolanus was there with her as she wrote the lyrics.
I don't want to spoil the ending, but something significant happened between Coriolanus and Lucy Gray and they didn't stay together (he hated her by the end of the book).
The irony is that Coriolanus was there when Lucy Gray wrote the song, and she ended up going against him, while the song ended up being passed down many years to Katniss, who Snow is _also_ against, and she sang the same song after all that time.
@@BlakeH..888_ "the dead man called out for his love to flee" was because of the fact the he yelled it before he died and the the jabber and mocking Jay's repeating the words/tune but good overall description
And as the spirits around her listen to her sing their song, they finally rejoice at last. They can at last be heard. Their story has been told once more. The siren reincarnate has helped some pass on yet again.
this song hits different after ballad of songbirds and snakes
right!!!!
Thank goodness someone else has read it
finished it yesterday and then this pops up in my recommended. coincidence?
tigris grew up to hate snow tho... its sad to see snow forget about tigris
is it good?
You should sing "poor wayfaring stranger". That would be so haunting!
oh my goodness yes. I watched 1917 a while back and one of the soldiers sings it right before battle. Chills. Her singing that would be incredible
@@generalkenobi3215 1917 OMG I LOVED THAT MOVIE AND I LOVE THAT SONG TOO NOW!!
YES
she could've played Katniss. Literally looks exactly as I imagined Katniss to be when I was reading the books
I recently finished reading the Hunger Games books and this song gave me THE chills, especially hearing it from your voice.
Recently reread them myself, actually, I have the original 3 and plan on buying a ballad of songbirds and snakes soon.
It's so chilling because there are so many ways to interpret it too and some of them are like **shudders**
"This song scares me"
Me: *listen to this song and starts to feel tired* "Well I guess I need scary songs to help me sleep.
Lol. I listen to this song to fall asleep sometimes.
Same
Plot twist: It was actually the souls from the other side calling you to endless sleep
@@Asteri0519 Hmmm, possibly... I have been battling spirits recently.
Honestly, if I heard this on some stairway, I wouldn't be scared, but I'd stay and listen.
You should sing "When you believe" from the prince of Egypt.
Yesss!!
YEEEEEESSSSSS
And the river lullaby scene when Moses' mother sent him away😭
@@zi-le6280 DUDE i'd love to hear that
I'd love to hear that as well! Come to think of it l, the song really matches her voice
ma’am if i were sleeping and heard that from the stairwell,,,,,,,, id wake up and raise my hand for the mockingjay 😩
have yall read the ballad of songbirds and snakes? it’s a prequel to the hunger games and even explains the origin of this song. it’s an incredible book.
Remember when Collins told us that this song was written by Snow's ex-girlfriend?
I DID NOT KNOW THAT
I also haven't gotten the prequel yet (which is sad) but that gives a whole new perspective 🤯
@@princessp9625 the prequel is honestly better than I was expecting, but definitely for an older age range than the others..
@@princessp9625 you should definitely read it.. It gives a whole new perspective on literally everything.. 👀🧐
@@princessp9625 definitely read it!! It was insane
To all 3 of you who said to read it I WANT TO SOOO BAD i even have a indigo gift card but i haven't had a chance to go get it but trust me i will read it as soon as i can
random paserby: *hears this*
still random innoccent paserby: *aggresively sweats fearfully*
Imagine you are the lucky guy who had the pleasure to listen to her by chance in a public stairwell
Walking alone in this staircase and hearing these lyrics is a whole different scary beautiful experience.
Just imagine the scene of Katniss sleeping and dreaming as she walks down a long dark corridor that ends in light. This song is playing, and around Katniss, the corpses of her dead friends, comrades and relatives gradually begin to appear, and at the end of the corridor there is a throne on which the dead Katniss herself sits.
I love this song and I am a big fan of the Hunger Games, and now I wanna listen to this on repeat
Here's the song's full lyrics:
are you, are you,
coming to the tree
where they strung up a man, they say who'd 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 a 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 would 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 rope, side by side with me
Strange things did happen here
no stranger would it be
if we met, at midnight, in the hanging tree
Did you, did you
go running to the tree
Where they strung up a rebel, who went and killed three
a strange thing did happen here
a stranger it would be
if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree
Did you, did you
go running to the tree
Where a freed man yelled out, for his foe to leave
a strange thing did happen here
a stranger it would be
if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree
Did you, did you
go running to the tree
Where you told me to hide, so we would both be freed
a strange thing did happen here
a stranger it would be
if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree
Did you, did you
go running to the tree
Wear a bracelet of diamonds, far away from me
a strange thing did happen here
a stranger it would be
if we ran, at dawn, from the hanging tree
the ending isnt even like-
near what the lyrics were. i suggest you edit it and fix that
@@edgarmurillo622 I listed the FULL scripted song, not what was in the video
@Samantha Bertrand no, its from the Hunger Games and its about when various people were executed for going against the Capitol
@Samantha Bertrand And it also served as a signal for rebels to meet up there to try and escape district 12 and go off and live in one of the abandoned cities or towns way out past the border...
imagine aliens took over and the only thing they had left of our race was this video starting at 0:08
Imagine if everyone that watched this video followed me on Instagram too 😱instagram.com/lauren_paley/?hl=en
Im a huge fan if i had Instagram and Twitter i would follow all i can do is support ur channel and i will😊
Please do river lullaby next
Esther Afriyie please do a cover of sapphires song from steven universe 🥺🥺
I have a recommendation could you sing London bridge is falling down as a creepy/intense version. Also I'm gonna follow u right now on insta.
Please sing “deliver us”(ofra hazar part) from the animated movie prince of egypt
This one is an automatic like, no need to listen before deciding ❤️
Sublimely beautiful! Anyone who doesn't feel this in the depth of their soul should check themselves for a pulse!
When any song is sang in a stairwell, or like, anywhere where sound bounces off the walls like this, make EVERY song sound so gorgeous and magical😍😍
PLEASE CAN YOU SING ISABELLA'S LULLABY FROM THE PROMISE NEVERLAND
It’s on my channel!
Stop giving me chills ma'am 🥺
I don't find this creepy at all. LOL If anything, the echos bombard my senses.
I love this song so much more now that I know the real origin of it from the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. You did an amazing job singing this and I admire you for having the confidence to sing in public like that because I know I never could.
Love it how the step up changed the acoustics ever so slightly, brilliant.
It’s a lot better knowing the true origins of this song. Using it in hunger games downplays the evil of slavery that the song is really about. Your voice really brings it alive and the injustice of it all
i heard hanging tree and free and immediately wondered if this was about slavery. sometimes things just give off them vibes
If you read the new hunger games prequel the lyrics make so much more sense in the context of the series. They are about not only the evils of slavery but the severe punishment of the rebellion against it. I highly recommend the new book 😂😂😂
Wrong. It has nothing to do with slavery. The Hanging Tree" is a song by American composer James Newton Howard featuring vocals from American actress Jennifer Lawrence. It was written by Suzanne Collins and composed by Howard, Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz from the band the Lumineers. The song was released by Republic Records on 9 December 2014, as the second single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 . In other words the writer of Hunger Games wrote the song as in made it up. It had nothing to do with slavery. It is a modern song that is supposed to sound like an Appalachian folk song. If you had read the books and then the prequel you'd realize the song is about President Snow and his story
@@BizarreOnesStudio you should really learn your history. The hanging tree is based on a slave that was accused of murdering three ppl. He was also in love with another slave and was not allowed to marry her. They met in secret under the tree and he found a scarf that actually belonged to the murder victims. Not knowing this, he gave gave it to his love and she was caught with it. They were supposed to meet at the tree again, and the slave owners strung her up without out questioning her. She kept hoping that he would not appear as she died. That night, he cut her down and went into the river and drowned himself. There have been movies and books written of this horrible case in history. The song originated long before hunger games was invented.
@@amypoff8589 Source?
Honestly curious and would like to learn. Common search results refute your story and I would really like to have the proper information as you understand it.
No hate or ill will intended, just want to inform myself. Thanks!
Anybody else like, obsessed with this song?? XD
Also your voice is incredible!!
Your videos inspired me to also sing in the stairwell of the building where I live! I love your voice so much
This version of the song really makes you appreciate the lyrics
“We met at midnight at the hanging tree”
Idk it’s sounds chilling with the the echo and the voice
Btw your voice is beautiful
I’m here, I’m here.
At the hanging tree
Is it true that They strung up a man
who murdered three?
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be.
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’m here, I’m here
At the hanging tree
I hear a dead man calling
For his love to flee
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’m here, I’m here
I’ve come to the tree
I tried to tell you to run
So we'd both be free
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’m here, I’m here.
I’ve come to the tree
I’ve worn the necklace of hope
That you’ve given me
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’m here, I’m here
I’ve come to the tree
Where You told me to run
So we'd both be free
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’ve come, I’ve come,
I’ve come to the tree?
I saw the strung up a man
who murdered three
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
I’ve come I’ve come
Ive come to the tree?
I heard a dead man call out for his love to flee
Strange things did happen here, no stranger could it be
Now we’ve met at midnight in the hanging tree
IM SOOOOO GLAD THAT PEOPLE STILL REMBER THE HUNGER GAMES MOViES totally my fav movie series I really want to read the books lol
I'm just waiting for someone to randomly start singing with her
because I would
Me too lol. That would be so cool!
imagine just comin home from work, hearing a strange sound from the hallway and just hearing that
That is one of the best versions of this song. It's haunting and you feel that hanging.
Please sing the “The Willow Maid”.
yess
OMG YESSSS
Oh my gosh YES!
OH. MY. GODS. YYYEEESSSS, I'd probably cry at that honestly
yes puh-LEASE
Imagine hearing this at the dead of night in your room after a losing the person you cared about the most, and could feel the hairs stand up on the back of your neck as you feel like your being watched by a divine presence.
I got full body chills as u sang then started to sing along
i was just listening to your tangled incantations wondering is this had been uploaded yet😂😊 great job too!
I'm obsessed with this lady since she started posting
Your voice is just lovely. I could sleep too you singing, like i actually could
Can you do "may it be" by enya from Lord of the Rings??? I feel like the song has that perfect haunting tone to it that sounds good with the reverb of the stairwell.
can you do "the lament for boromir" and/or "Far over the misty mountains cold" by clamavi de profundis? they have very beautiful music from Tolkien's poems in LOTR so worthy of check.
ps. i keep finding good songs for you😅😅
but sleepsong form secret garden (clamavi de profundis has a cover of this aswell
I want to hear hear do it too. LOTR/Hobbit Forever!
You give me goosebumps woman!!! 😍
ANY FEEL LIKE THEY"RE WALKING DOWN A HAUNTED AVENUE
imagine hearing this while going to work and thinking FUCK FUCK ITS STARTING
This is amazing! I can imagine this as background music to an epic trailer! 💜🤍
Yo me pregunto:
Porqué esta chica no es famosa????
Su voz es angelical
I wonder:
Why this girl is not famous???
Her voice is angelic
even tho the song is scary she makes it sound so calming
I literally had goose bumps, awesome cover
When i was living in the dorms i literally used to hang out in the stairwell and sing this song. you can just loop it and i would go for as long as i could without someone walking in. i'm pretty sure i still have a voice memo recording of it saved somewhere
Ooh I'd love to hear the voice recording ^^
Stairwell siren, a happy spirit of a young maiden who sings beautifully, legend has it, when halloween rolls around the corner, this spirit will sing songs in honor of the spirits who come and watch her.
This song is a great round song!! It would be cool to see a STAIRWAY COLLAB
Imagine waking up from a fever dream in the middle of the night and hearing this in the distance.
I think she would sound really great singing “The Wolf Song” from Ronja the Robber’s daughter (it’s just a suggestion) :D
I like your pfp
I love that song! And you sing it amazing ❤️
I HAVE A REQUEST AN YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE THIS BUT PLEASE SING "God Save The Outcasts" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ooh "Hellfire" would be fantastic