Crystal Dance

[billroper]

I wrote this last night while daisy_knotwise was putting Katie to bed and then was (again!) good enough to retreat off and read e-mail while I finished it. She rather likes it, although she did comment, "And you wrote this on the hottest day of the year so far?"

Well, yeah.

Lyrics and Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2007

Crystal Dance

In winter-white forest they’re dancing again.
They float and they leap in the arms of the wind
And in her cold breath see them starting to spin.
In bitter-cold winter watch magic begin.
The icicles ring with a crystalline tone
And a music that you’ve never known.
Deep in the forest, the ice fairies dance all alone.
All alone.

The sunlight in winter is bitter and cold
And the snow on the ground has the chance to grow old
And give birth to fairies who dance in the air.
Look sharp in the forest, you’ll see they are there.
They dance and they twirl round the trunks of the trees.
They stay deep in hiding so nobody sees
That fairies still dance in a world that mankind calls its own.
All alone.

They dance through the winter on ice-crystal wings,
Their magic preserving the promise of spring.

Walk soft through the forest some cold winter day
And be very still – you’ll catch fairies at play.
They dance to the music of crystalline sound
As the sunlight reflects off the snow-covered ground.
They’ll dance through the winter until the spring thaw,
But though they are gone, you’ll still know what you saw.
That magic survives, it’s alive, and it thrives on its own.
All alone.

All alone.

All alone.

Comments

[shannachie.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely lovely. I wish I could listen to it!

[billroper]

When we get the dodeka.com website up, there should be enough storage for me to post scratch MP3s. Soon, I hope...

[sraun]

Of course you wrote it on the hottest day of the year so far! It's an attempt to feel cooler!

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

Simon and I enjoyed reading this. What a lovely breath of cool air in the middle of summer! I look forward to hearing it. :-)


(Then we had a lively discussion of poetry afterwards, so thanks!)

[billroper]

And thank you! Glad that I tripped off a good discussion with your son.

[carolf.livejournal.com]

What's the melody like? Haunting, cheerful, medieval? The medieval 2-against-3 beat would be perfect, but I admit I have enough trouble singing it, let alone composing it.

Major or minor?

I mean, we can't hear it, yet -- but you can give us an idea!

Nice lyrics, by the way. I really like the scansion -- so many of us are sloppy with it. Here it's tight and consistent. Good job.

[billroper]

Well, it starts with Dsus2 and gets odder from there. :)

And thanks for the comments about the scansion -- I'd noticed that it was reading pretty well without the music which isn't always the case.

[capplor.livejournal.com]

I don't know what melody you gave it, but I started singing a tune impromptly. That bodes well in my experience.

[min0taur.livejournal.com]

You know, the way you write about winter may yet make me forget that it's trying to kill us.... ;-)

[billroper]

It did do a number on me this year, didn't it? :)