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Ana​ï​s Bokanovsky - The Changeling

from The Speaking Strings by Anaïs Bokanovsky and Fay Roberts

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(CHANGELING)
From sunrise to sundown, I do my master's will
I wait upon his table and I keep his goblet filled
I scrub I scour and I scrape until my body aches
Though some folks in this place they pity and treat me kind
I am alone, I don't belong, I have no friend, there is no end.

I have seen you through the veil
I know your face from before
I know you so well.
I'm longing to meet you, this spell will be broken
Can you find me to take me back home?

(FAIRY GIRL)
I was raised in this world, a land so beautiful
Though only one moon and a sun, for my aching soul
I left my home one day, where I didn't belong
I packed my harp and my books and bade them farewell
My parents treat me kind, always feed me well
but I am not from here; I recall everything

You've seen me through the veil
You know my face from before
You know me so well
I'm longing to meet you, this spell will be broken
I swear I'll find you, and take you back home

So my feet walked the paths of the world
Travelled to the forests and the hills and the seas
Looking for a new land, begging my eyes to see
But I knew I was blinded by this human world
So I plucked the strings and learned the songs
Til a man, one night, he told me a tale,

Said ‘A human boy was once claimed by the Fairy King
who sent away his fairy girl, and raised that changeling’
(That night when all became clear, I cried all my tears)

I thought of you as I sat among the trees
I knew I was blind but I did hear your voice

(CHANGELING)
'If you want to find me you'll find your way
For now I'm in your dreams but I'll be real someday
Now that you know the truth, please
Come and save me
You don't need your eyes to see'

(FAIRY GIRL)
Wings grew from my shoulders behind
In the blink of an eye I was by your side
I saved you from this evil king
I took you under his eyes

I was meant to hate you for you took my place
But the look in your eyes told me I was blessed
To walk by your side and let you hold me
For a million years

He will walk with her, love
She'll tell him stories about a place
where music is heard
And people love him for who he is
People love them for who they are
People love you for who you are
They do

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from The Speaking Strings, released December 24, 2015
Anaïs Bokanovsky (lyrics, harp, vocals)

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