In Thanks to a King.
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Adrift so long you came and turned the tide,
Showed me how to live again in life and not in dreams,
Alone I was and stifled from the world.
Lost without a hope that I could flee from others schemes.
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Unwanted touch and words that made skin crawl,
Were all I had until you came and showed the glint of light.
No fathers love nor mothers warm embrace.
Alone, none left to lead me, guide me, teach me how to fight.
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You shone a light where there was none before,
A beacon to my lost and fragile heart it drew me nigh.
I felt my spirit soar and call your name
Freed once more from golden cage to live and love and fly.
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But in my heart I think I always knew,
That you were far to lofty for such earthly love as mine.
And when at last I had to let you go,
The parting was so hard I felt the world stop for all time.
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So, Riding into battle seemed so be
the only thing left to me in this land of broken dreams.
If not my heart, my life I would you gift,
To help you in your fight against the dark lords cunning schemes.
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Yet even then you saved me from myself.
As I lay dying shorn of hope you called me back from 'mares
Of cloying shadows bearing down my soul.
Your voice rang through the darkness like an answer to my prayers,
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And in my healing you showed me the way.
To find that life is more than just renown for glorys sake
In love could I be strong and whole once more
A shadow and a dream no longer now I am awake