Song: "Castle on a Cloud" from Les Misérables, composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil.
This takes place before the Pilot episode.
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
On damp mornings, a mist, characteristic of coastal New England mornings, surrounded the base of the play structure. Henry liked to imagine that it was in the clouds, like the giant's castle in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (he liked that title better than "Jack the Giant Killer," because it wasn't like killing giants was Jack's occupation).
Henry liked to read about (his grandparents) Snow White and Prince Charming's castle, situated on a cliffside peninsula. This playground was the closest he could get, he thought ruefully. But he hoped that one day he would set foot in the castle whose picture he studied in his book.
There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls,
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
There were plenty of fairy tales about children who had wicked stepmothers or were separated from their parents. Both happened to Rapunzel. Her isolated tower was so tall, it was practically in the clouds.
The stories claimed Rapunzel's mother was under a kind of spell when she agreed to give up her child in exchange for the plant she craved. She really seemed to believe that the witch would take good care of her child – offer her a better life than what her parents could give her. She wanted to give her child a better chance.
It was unclear what became of Rapunzel's parents. Henry thought they must have missed Rapunzel, maybe even regretted the bargain, once it was too late. Some versions of the story said the family was reunited after the prince – Bastion, or perhaps Stephen – rescued her. Henry liked this ending best; it made him hopeful that he would meet his parents, or at least his mother, and that Emma would meet her parents, Snow White and Prince Charming.
There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby,
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
She says "Henry, I love you very much."
Archie had asked him to explain why it was so important that the Curse was real. But Henry wondered, what was there to explain?
For one thing, the curse had everything to do with Henry's birth mother, and with Emma's parents, whom she had sought all her life. For another, it dealt with the truth; and everyone wants to know the truth, no matter how painful it may be.
I know a place where no one's lost,
I know a place where no one cries,
Crying at all is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud