I’ve written and recorded a musical setting of Yeats’ “The Second Coming.” It’s one of the most ambitious compositions I’ve done, and it pushes my vocal abilities, but I think you’ll find it listenable. If you caught it when I first uploaded it, you might want to go back. Last week I remixed it to strengthen the vocal line a little and fix a bad note.

Yeats uses the word “gyre” in a personally specific way. It’s only loosely like Lewis Carroll’s “gyre and gimble.”

About a year ago, I posted some thoughts on the poem. I still stand by them.