Fionavar

Apologies and acknowledgement to Guy Gavriel Kay

 

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Bright-Woven Prince  

When I think of him, I think of laughter
Insouciant and wild
A thoughtless daring, care-for-nothing
Fearless as a child
When I think of him, I think of a garden
The heavy scent in the glade
The touch of his lips and the hard hands that held me
The tune that our bodies played

Chorus
And, oh, he was golden, my bright-woven prince
Courageous and witty and strong
And where heroes are numbered his name will be sung
And his deeds will live on in the song

When I think of him, I think of passion
Of midsummer, of a knife
Of blood in a bowl, unseasonal snow
The world come back to life
When I think of him, I think of a moment
My delight, and my surprise
Of the way I felt at his declaration
That the sun rose in my eyes

Chorus

When I think of him, I think of courage
Of a fate of ages, set aside
Taking the Warrior's place for himself
Full of confidence, bravado, pride
When I think of him, I see his brother
There at the last, to help him die
When I think of him, I remember love now
When I think of him, I have to cry. Chorus  

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Song of the Balraeth  

I come from worlds and worlds away
You do not know my name
You call me "Seer" for my task
You answer to my flame

Chorus
And I will call you as I need
By the wand'ring fire I hold
To war, to fight, to die, to bleed
My heart, be hard and cold

I call Fionavar to arms
No mercy can I show
All must serve together
Or together darkness know

Chorus

I call the Warrior from his grave
To serve and serve again
For while the need for him endures
I dare not heed his pain

Chorus

And from the mists of memory I call
A creature fleet and fair
Her destiny to kill and die
Again, I dare not care

Chorus

I rip the giants from their peace
And teach them hate and fear
Rob their gentle souls of grace
Their pleas I dare not hear

Chorus

A child is stolen from his home
To lead the hunt on high
And though his mother wildly weeps
Yet still I dare not cry

Chorus

If in the end we conquer here
And light again holds sway
Maybe I can cry sufficient tears
To wash my guilt away

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Darien's Song

The loneliest creature on all of the earth
Cursed by his power, cursed by his birth
Who knows his destiny, who knows his worth?
Balanced between Light and Dark

Born to be random, a thread floating wild
By his mother unclaimed, by his father reviled
By the deities considered corrupt and defiled
His path was a hard road to walk

And he came, seeking guidance
Seeking closeness, seeking home
Seeking only to be chosen
Seeking not to be alone
Seeking love and protection
Seeking comfort in the night
Finding only rejection
And the dying of the light

What love he encountered was gone all too soon
A thread shuttled away by the hands at the loom
A brother stolen by prophecy into the gloom
To lead the wild hunt through the void

And child though he was, no-one held out their arms
To offer him friendship, or shelter from harm
He came to his mother, and a cold and distant calm
Met him there and all hope was destroyed

So he went, hard and bitter
To seek out a different life
Offering alliance
With a bonding gift, a knife
To the brooding god who sired him
This darkest road would lead
And perhaps, at last, a welcome
Would meet his aching need

Come swift to maturity, swifter to power
His the strength and the choice to set free or devour
Unaided, alone, at the war's final hour
He came to the edge of the night

He saw hatred and death in the Unraveller's eyes
Knew the depths of despair, but denied him the prize
Offered his haunted life up as a last sacrifice
Saved his soul, and the world, for the Light

Darien, child of corruption and pain
Though unvalued in life, through his death found acclaim
And as long as the tapestry woven remains
This random thread will shine most bright

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Defiance

You hold me in the darkness
And bind me to your will
You torture me completely
Is my agony a thrill?
You look into my centre
And befoul all you find
You sear my soul and body
And tear into my mind

You can take and take from me
You can rend my self apart
You can tarnish everything
That I hold dearest in my heart
You can hurt me, and god knows
I've never hurt so much
But still there's part of me inside
That even you can't touch.

In this endless blackness
You come to me again
To feed on my debasement
And revel in my pain
Every time you touch me
I sink deeper in the mire
Until I'm lost inside me
Consumed within your fire

Though you take and take from me
Every memory I hold
Turn my comfort into
Something hard, and sharp and cold
And as I build defences up
Every single wall you breach
But part of me is still denied
A part you'll never reach

You crush me till I'm broken
With power I can't deny
You can make me scream and
Laugh at every cry
You can watch me dying
Make sure my death is slow
But sometime in the future
You *will* pay what you owe

And still you take and take from me
More than I ever had to give
And all you leave is an aching hate
To make me want to live
But even lost within my fear
I know this much is true
There's still a sliver of my pride
I won't give up to you!

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