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MeganAllen — +The Lady of Shalott+

Published: 2010-12-02 22:53:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 369; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 11
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Description +The song is based on an old English poem called The Lady of Shalott. She's cursed to forever remain locked in a castle and is never able to look out the window directly or she'll die, but she does so in the pursuit of happiness because she's fallen in love with Lancelot through a mirror. Song by Emily Autumn [link]

She's locked up with a spinning wheel
She can't recall what it was like to feel
She says, "This room's gonna be my grave
And there's no one who can save me,"
She sits down to her colored thread
She knows lovers waking up in their beds
She says, "How long can I live this way
Is there someone I can pay to let me go
'Cause I'm half sick of shadows
I want to see the sky
Everyone else can watch as the sun goes down
So why can't I

Chorus:
And it's raining
And the stars are falling from the sky
And the wind
And the wind I know it's cold
I've been waiting
For the day I will surely die
And it's here
And it's here for I've been told
That I'll die before I'm old
And the wind I know it's cold..."

She looks up to the mirrored glass
She sees a horse and rider pass
She says, "This man's gonna be my death
'Cause he's all I ever wanted in my life
And I know he doesn't know my name
And that all the girls are all the same to him
But still I've got to get out of this place
'Cause I don't think I can face another night
Where I'm half sick of shadows
And I can't see the sky
Everyone else can watch as the tide comes in
So why can't I

Chorus

But there's willow trees
And little breezes, waves, and walls, and flowers
And there's moonlight every single night
As I'm locked in these towers
So I'll meet my death
But with my last breath I'll sing to him I love
And he'll see my face in another place,"
And with that the glass above

Her cracked into a million bits
And she cried out, "So the story fits
But then I could have guessed it all along
'Cause now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me,"
She went down to her little boat
And she broke the chains and began to float away
And as the blood froze in her veins she said,
"Well then that explains a thing or two
'Cause I know I'm the cursed one
I know I'm meant to die
Everyone else can watch as their dreams untie
So why can't I

Chorus x2+
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Comments: 4

xxIMPERFECTIONS [2010-12-31 01:10:35 +0000 UTC]

I love this, so clean and beautiful!

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MeganAllen In reply to xxIMPERFECTIONS [2010-12-31 01:12:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :3

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Atropaean [2010-12-03 05:35:52 +0000 UTC]

beautiful pic, and i have read all of tennysons works and seen waterhouse's shallot painting at the tate in london. that was a neat song you shared, but loreena mckennitt also has turned the poem proper into a song over irish harp that i highly recommend. nice lighting here

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MeganAllen In reply to Atropaean [2010-12-03 18:24:27 +0000 UTC]

I love the sound of irish harp I'll be sure to look it up. :3

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