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Beatrice's Mural
03:40
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So many tales are painted on this wall
They say she keeps on painting to this day
One day I think that she will paint them all.
The building of the tower and the call
To those who came to visit or to stay
So many tales are painted on this wall
The Cedar King, his queen, their rise and fall
The bird reborn to build anew, Jingwei
One day I think that she will paint them all
The Insect King who climbed the tree so tall
When brought to war, his friends he would not slay
So many tales are painted on this wall
The ones who cut the bridge to make it fall
The ones who left, the ones who chose to stay
One day I think that she will paint them all
The triumphs and disasters big and small
A noble deed, an ordinary day
So many tales are painted on this wall
One day I think that she will paint them all
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2. |
The Insect King
01:31
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Who shall I kill today?
Who do I see arrayed
on the battlefield before me?
I see my own true friend.
I have rattled my saber
I have bared my teeth
Now shall I kill my own true friend?
I will throw down my weapon
I will fight no more
Let the enemy overtake me
Let them slay me where I stand
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3. |
The Fall of the Giants
01:28
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We once stood tall
then we did fall
and then we saw
what we had lost
and so some left
and so some stayed
and in between
we built a bridge
and on that bridge
we crossed our way
until once more
we had our fall
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Father sea and mother sky
They had three children, their names were
Garos the waves
and Fodos the currents
and Mirabella the still waters
Now Mirabella was the most beautiful of the three
And her brothers loved her so
But they grew jealous and they began to fight each other
And they heaved up mountains and they carved out valleys
And they toppled mountains and they filled in valleys
And Mirabella, she was afraid and she hid
And their father said stop your fighting
The one you claim to be fighting for
you have frightened away
And even to this day
anywhere you see the waves
anywhere you see the currents
you will not see the still waters
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And then the band began to play
And the Cedar King sat down beside the Ashen Queen
And he began to sing her this song:
I've got a lot to worry about
but I'm not gonna worry right now
What can you do but laugh
when there's nothing else left to do
Do you want to walk with me?
In this garden
In the shade
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6. |
Perpetual Dawn
03:15
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One day this sea of sadness will become
A garden, like the one that was before
One day all of these things will be undone
A bird will carry pebbles to the shore
and throw them one by one into the sea
and turn and fly away to gather more
Each story's end begins another one
As mountains are eroded to restore
More ancient hills, where ancient rivers run
Past eaves and apple trees that line the banks
Of holy river Alph, where cormorants
Bring fish to fishermen, who give their thanks
And on the shore, children reach out their hands
And stretch their arms, and legs, and necks as if
In imitation of the cormorants
And on the other shore, arrayed in ranks
An army fit to fight, their idle hands
Have turned to pageantry and shooting blanks
No stone will stand atop another one
The depths will swallow all that came before
Beneath the sea, where deeper currents run
A girl, Jingwei, will fall with many more
And tumble and be swallowed by the sea
And be reborn: that bird upon the shore
A loss like this can never be undone
The very thing that she seeks to restore
Keeps Jingwei blind to what it will become
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7. |
Is It Love
02:15
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Is it love? Oh tell me, is it love?
I have seen you before
and I knew I would see you again
It is more than love this I know
It is more than love I am sure
Is it too soon to say
That I want to spend my life with you?
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8. |
The Bird of Fire
02:32
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I see a bird
Oh God I see a bird
A bird made of fire
Oh God I see a bird
It draws near
Oh God it draws near
The fire burns me
Oh God it draws near
I'm not fine
Oh God I'm not fine
Sophia help me
Oh God I'm not fine
Your touch hurts
Oh God your touch hurts
Colder than ice
Oh God your touch hurts
Get away from me
Oh God get away
I can't stand it
Oh God get away
I'm alone now
Oh God I'm alone
It's gone at last
Oh God I'm alone
Are you next?
Oh God are you next?
My dear Sophia
Oh God are you next?
Do it to me
Oh God do it to me
I will take this burden
Oh God do it to me
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First Hymn of Mirabella
01:13
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Please stand if you are able
And join us in singing Hymn number 1
She has given me this task
She has given me this task
To watch the world
And I shall keep in mind
All of these things
That I have seen
And I shall write anew
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10. |
Walk With You
02:44
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I wanna walk with you
I wanna talk with you
I wanna rock with you
Just like we used to do
I wanna see the stars
I wanna look for Mars
Far from the streets and cars
I wanna see the stars
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11. |
Dante's Transformation
02:24
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All my life
I have waited
With trepidation
For this situation
Alone I stand
Before my god
Alone I stand
Beside myself
All my life
I have wondered
With fascination
About transformation
Alone I stand
Before my god
Alone I stand
Beside myself
Whom I must answer to
I have always been Dante
They will call me Beatrice
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12. |
The Road Builder's Song
03:15
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I pound the stones and I think about home
My body hurts more but the memories less
I am a wandering stone
I am a wandering stone
I can not leave it all behind me
I can make it just a little bit easier
I cannot make it go away
I cannot make it go away
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13. |
Beatrice's Rose
06:46
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When Beatrice's work was done
There was a creeping briar there
So green beneath the morning sun
She followed it all down the stair
Away across the sea of stones
There was a creeping briar there
It led her to her lover's bones
Where sweet Sophia had been laid
Away across the sea of stones
"How long have I my love betrayed
That there has grown such thicket here
Where sweet Sophia had been laid?"
"How long since I last held her dear
Could she have missed and longed for me
That there has grown such thicket here?"
"I do not know how that could be
But the dead do not dream, so how
Could she have missed and longed for me?"
"If I could, then I'd go right now
I'd once more be again with her.
But the dead do not dream, so how?"
"I pray my bones here to inter
That future storytellers say
I'd once more be again with her"
"The dead know not of night or day
Our love will be but one of those
That future storytellers say"
"And from my grave will grow a rose
Like rose and briar stories past
Our love will be but one of those"
And all this happened, to the last
And the rose grew round the briar
Like rose and briar stories past
Grew till they could grow no higher
All green beneath the morning sun
And the rose grew round the briar
When Beatrice's work was done
There was a creeping briar there
All green beneath the morning sun
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SpriteGuard Seattle, Washington
Story teller, Twitch streamer, game developer, and now apparently a musician, or something.
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