FVNERAL of False Selves
The second ghost I buried was DEFLECTOR.
“I’m fine. How are you?” —The question that frees me.
“I’m fine” is a door I close before they can look.
A funeral for who I had to be.
Buried my ghosts so I could show up more real for the people I love. The gates are open.
(Scroll for the eulogies, the lyrics, and the rite.)
FVNERAL is a personal study of the Tarot's Major Arcana — reversed.
27 songs. 22 ghosts. 4 gates. 1 protection seal.
I wrote these songs to bury what no longer fit. Each ghost is a false self — a survival identity I built, then outgrew. The gates are the ritual spine. The seal closes the circle.
You don't need to know anything about tarot to listen. The cards were my scalpel, not the story. I used them to dissect myself — but the songs stand on their own. The tarot is just breadcrumbs for the curious crows who want to taste the magick underneath. Everyone else can just feel the funeral.
I'm not a teacher. I'm learning as I walk. Just leaving breadcrumbs.
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The full lyric blogs and song notes are still coming together. I'm writing them as I can, one ghost at a time. Some pages have lyrics only — for now. More will arrive over the next weeks. Thank you for your patience — and for witnessing the funeral.
— Loui Crow
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A Gentle Guide Through the Funeral
Tarot confused me at first. The 22 Major Arcana, plus I added the 4 gates, the seal — it's a lot to hold. So I made this simple tracklist to help you find your way.
The ghosts appear in order, with a gate every 4 songs.
Start at 0. Walk forward. The crow will keep watch.
0. THE HESITATOR (Fool)
1. DEFLECTOR (Magician)
2. ESCAPIST (High Priestess)
3. SMOTHERER (Empress)
Gate I — Smallest Word in God's Mouth (Yod)
4. COMMANDER (Emperor)
5. GATEKEEPER (Hierophant)
6. SPLIT (Lovers)
7. RIDER (Chariot)
8. BENDER (Adjustment)
9. WITHDRAWN (Hermit)
10. SPINNER (Wheel of Fortune)
11. INDULGER (Lust/Strength)
12. BRACER (Hanged Man)
13. EMBALMER (Death)
14. OVERMIXER (Art)
15. PACIFIER (Devil)
Gate IV — Daughter on Mother's Throne (Heh Final)
16. PATCHER (Tower)
17. HOARDER (Star)
18. NIGHTMARE (Moon)
19. PRETENDER (Sun)
20. SHOULD (Judgement)
21. MIMIC (World)
The Seal (LBRP in Hebrew & English)
That's the whole procession. If you get lost, come back here. The graves are marked. The crow is watching. 🐦⬛
