Song commissioned by Crayvay, inspired by their original fairytale "The Lady with the Star in her Eye." It was a beautiful story and I loved turning it into a song.

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Lady with black hair and strong shoulder bone
beloved by the place that you call home
square your shoulders strong, defend the weak
listen to your heart before you speak
pluck a white stone from the dirt-stamped mud
this is more than the stars, it was written in blood
so look down on the girl that you swept up in your arms…

Maiden with green eyes, not of this place
freckles like brown sugar ‘cross your face
cover starlight up with flesh of white
leave behind your kingdom of the night
drop a white stone in the dirt at her feet
wait for your star-crossed eyes to meet
and look up at the girl who will keep you safe from harm

and hold her tight, and sleep by her side night after night
for this strange love – one girl from below, the other, above –
is the reason why you no longer weep and you no longer cry
and your tears feel so long ago.

Maiden with a secret home in the sky
leave a note and fly, don’t wish, don’t cry
Lady with a broken heart in her chest
mourn the loss of one that you love best
Sleep away days and live in the night air
point your eyes at the sky ‘cause she’s up there somewhere
she’s a light in the dark, but a light you’ll never find.

Lady with a single star in her eye, 
climb a mountain top to reach the sky
Maiden with her eyes trained on the ground
wait a while and surely you’ll be found
your tongue is so silver, the words so sweet
when you see your strong Lady you met on the street
who you guided up with the bit you left behind

So she held her tight: the strong and the weak, the dark and the light
and this strange love lived on underneath the world up above
and the reason why we now talk of love and of stars in our eyes
is a story from the long-ago.

Searching For Answers (Pathfinder)

Colin Crompton

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