Songs

The Nurse's Song ... Nothing We Did ... Embers ... Evenings ... Eryn's Song

The Nurse's Song

Follows 'Bitter Kingdom'

Always sing a lullaby
That the little one not cry
Why let her know of suffering
Or the pain that life will bring

The little one so pure and true
Smiles at me - what can I do
But wrap her up in cotton wool
So much more than dutiful

But when she calls and when she cries
Her tears fall from my own eyes
When e'er she bids me quick I go
Because I love her so

And always sing a lullaby
That my darling girl not cry
Let her not know of suffering
Nor the pain that life will bring


Nothing We Did 

Follows 'Encounter' 


Boy - Gazing around the forge that he no longer knows, as the Bruin looks on without understanding

Know you that I love you well
Smithy, forge and flame and all
Know you that I love you well
Majestic pines standing tall

Know you that I love you well
When hammers ring and hammers fall
Yet on my heart a hammer fell
Now I know you not at all


No one ever stepped within
And sat with me as she did

Girl - Seated on the edge of her bed in the castle, looking into the eyes of her aged nurse

No one ever took my hand
And looked at me as he did

Both-

Now something new begins within
I fear it cannot be hid
Who can know how it will grow
It was nothing we did

Girl-

Know you that I cannot tell
What happened to my heart tonight

Boy-

Know you that I love you well
But see a new star shining bright

Girl-

Know you that I cannot tell
How long I may stay with you

Boy-

Know you that I love you well
But there is more that I must do

Boy-

No one ever stepped within
And sat with me as she did

Girl -

No one ever took my hand
And looked at me as he did

Both-

Now something new begins within
I fear it cannot be hid
Who can know how it will grow
It was nothing we did

Now something new begins within
I fear it cannot be hid
Who can know how it will grow
It was nothing we did


Embers

Follows 'Rapture'

Watch it all burn
Watch it burn down
The line that leads to the crown

Burning our names - let them die
Then like the Phoenix we fly
Embers adrift in the sky

Watching it burn
Watching it fall
Burn down the throne - crown and all

Prince and Princess you and I
Away to the forest we fly
Free as the birds in the sky

See the sky
How it glows
Smell the smoke
On our clothes


Evenings
Follows 'Gardening'

When will she open her heart to me
Trust me with her mystery
My hands are a safe place for her heart to be
When will she open her heart to me

If I should open my heart to you
I just can't know what you will do
Will tragedy start when I open my heart
If I should open my heart to you

When I see her tomorrow what will she say
When I see him tomorrow will it all go away
Will she part with the smallest part of her heart
If I give it to him will he tear me apart
Ah that is another day

My heart is no mystery to you
The glance of a moment can cut me in two
Oh give me the smallest part of your heart
My heart is no mystery to you

All of my life and there was none
How can I know if you are the one
The smallest of slips and I am undone
For all of my life there was none

When I see him tomorrow please let him stay
When I see her tomorrow I'll not go my way
Until she will part with a part of her heart
Each night it gets harder to be torn apart
And wait for another day

Will I see you tomorrow - please say
That I'll see you tomorrow - let it be the day
When each of us part with the cares of our heart
And give to each other the power to start
And welcome another day


Eryn's Song
Follows 'Eryn'


Pass the years - pass the years
Spring to fall and back again
Fall my tears - fall my tears
That the memory may dim
Without hope I cried and ran
Now she that ran is lost and gone
And Eryn in her caravan
Tells her tale to no-one

Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am
I wake then sleep - I wake then sleep
I am content with the plan
Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am

But see the boy - oh the boy
The image of the one that fell
And here - his guardian in my care
That has loved and raised him well
I thought not to love again
Bereft of love I fled away
Hid within a caravan
Until this moment hour and day

Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am
But see my boy returns to me
Become a man - how now the plan?
Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am

If I should fall - if I should fall
No-one can go back again
In spite of all - in spite of all
Perhaps I may begin again
If Eloise may be saved
And my boy does love her so
Then perhaps may love be braved
And once again love I may know

Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am
My heartbeat may not let me sleep
And love may force a change of plan
But Eryn in her caravan
This is what I am