We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) is the song featured in The Dark Pictures Anthology's first installment, Man of Medan. It is a rendition of the American swing ballad by the same name. The original song was written by Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels and Dick Robertson in 1939. It has been performed by various artists, the most popular being The Ink Spot and Frank Sinatra, both of whom released versions in 1940. Man of Medan features a version performed by vocal pop group The Ink Spot in the blues genre.
This melancholy song follows a man as he laments his loneliness. He reflects on the times when he will meet his beloved, but now he is forced to be only with his shadow and echo.
Lyrics[]
We three, we're all alone
Living in a memory
My echo, my shadow, and me
We three, we're not a crowd
We're not even company
My echo, my shadow, and me
What good is the moonlight
The silvery moonlight that shines above
I walk with my shadow, I talk with my echo
But where is the one I love?
We three, we'll wait for you
Even 'til eternity
My echo, my shadow, and me
We three, we're all alone
Seem like we're living in a memory
That's my echo, my shadow, and me
We three, we ain't no crowd
Fact is, we ain't even company
That's my echo, my shadow, and me
You know I've been wondering, "what good is the moonlight?"
That silvery moonlight, that shines way, way up above
Yeah, I've been walking with my shadow
Talking with my echo
But, where's that girl that I love?
We three, we'll wait for you
Even 'til eternity
My echo, my shadow, and me
Trivia[]
- The song is heard twice in the game:
- In Chinese Market it plays through the speaker as military personnel load Manchurian Gold onto a ship.
- In Glamor Girl, Conrad hears the jamming song in the distance as he wanders through officers' quarters.
- Jazz gained popularity in the 1940s-1950s and was especially trendy in the post-war era, making We Three fit perfectly into the 1947 setting of the game.
- The lyrics ironically reference Conrad's situation in the game as he wanders alone on the ship while being terrorized by Sailor Girl.
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||