Lyrics: She dances in the shadows Like a shadow, is her hair Her eyes hold midnight capture She is perilous fair A wood lark sing the measures That her flying feet betrays She dances in the shadows Like a dream of darkling gray He sings in summer's sunlight To the cloudless summer skies His head is crowned with sunlight And the heavens match his eyes A wild wood seems to listen To the singer's gladsome voice He sings in summer's sunlight And- all who hear rejoice She dances in the shadows For a doom upon her lies If the sunlight shines upon her The shadow dancer dies And on his line is this cursed Late that once that day is spared In sleep like death he lies 'till Once again the night has fled One evening in the twilight That is neither day nor night The time part bred of shadow And partly born of light A trembling shadow dancer Heard the voice of love and good That sang a song of sunlight Through the gathering evening mood A spell it cast upon her And she followed in its wake To where sun singer sang it All unheeding by her lake She saw the one that she must Love until the day she dies And bitter tears for bitter love The shadow dancer cries He saw her and he loved her And he knew his love was vague For he was born of sunlight And must be the shadow's bane So weather curse could claim him Then he shed one bitter tear To know his only love must Also be his greatest fear So now they meet at twilight Though they only meet to part Sad meetings, sadder partings And the breaking of each heart What blame then if they pray for Time or death to bring a cure For the sake of bitter loving None the less they will endure
A few minor discrepancies I found in your lyrics. Thanks for posting them! She dances in the shadows Like a shadow, is her hair. Her eyes hold midnight captured She is perilously fair. A wood lark sing the measures That her flying feet retrace. She dances in the shadows Like a dream of darkling gray. And on his line is this curse laid that once that day is spared In sleep like death he lies 'till Once again the night has fled. A trembling shadow dancer Heard the voice of love and good That sang a song of sunlight Through the gathering evening wood(?). He saw her and he loved her And he knew his love was vain For he was born of sunlight And must be the shadow's bane. So 'ere the curse could claim him Then he shed one bitter tear To know his only love must Also be his greatest fear. Again, thanks for going to the trouble of posting these lyrics!
I love picturing how Kris and Talia would each sing this song. Kris said that he liked to emphasize the hopeful resolution whereas Talia laments the two lovers curse
Lyrics:
She dances in the shadows
Like a shadow, is her hair
Her eyes hold midnight capture
She is perilous fair
A wood lark sing the measures
That her flying feet betrays
She dances in the shadows
Like a dream of darkling gray
He sings in summer's sunlight
To the cloudless summer skies
His head is crowned with sunlight
And the heavens match his eyes
A wild wood seems to listen
To the singer's gladsome voice
He sings in summer's sunlight
And- all who hear rejoice
She dances in the shadows
For a doom upon her lies
If the sunlight shines upon her
The shadow dancer dies
And on his line is this cursed
Late that once that day is spared
In sleep like death he lies 'till
Once again the night has fled
One evening in the twilight
That is neither day nor night
The time part bred of shadow
And partly born of light
A trembling shadow dancer
Heard the voice of love and good
That sang a song of sunlight
Through the gathering evening mood
A spell it cast upon her
And she followed in its wake
To where sun singer sang it
All unheeding by her lake
She saw the one that she must
Love until the day she dies
And bitter tears for bitter love
The shadow dancer cries
He saw her and he loved her
And he knew his love was vague
For he was born of sunlight
And must be the shadow's bane
So weather curse could claim him
Then he shed one bitter tear
To know his only love must
Also be his greatest fear
So now they meet at twilight
Though they only meet to part
Sad meetings, sadder partings
And the breaking of each heart
What blame then if they pray for
Time or death to bring a cure
For the sake of bitter loving
None the less they will endure
A few minor discrepancies I found in your lyrics. Thanks for posting them!
She dances in the shadows
Like a shadow, is her hair.
Her eyes hold midnight captured
She is perilously fair.
A wood lark sing the measures
That her flying feet retrace.
She dances in the shadows
Like a dream of darkling gray.
And on his line is this curse laid
that once that day is spared
In sleep like death he lies 'till
Once again the night has fled.
A trembling shadow dancer
Heard the voice of love and good
That sang a song of sunlight
Through the gathering evening wood(?).
He saw her and he loved her
And he knew his love was vain
For he was born of sunlight
And must be the shadow's bane.
So 'ere the curse could claim him
Then he shed one bitter tear
To know his only love must
Also be his greatest fear.
Again, thanks for going to the trouble of posting these lyrics!
His love was vain not vague
But it was not
This is my favorite love story! Kicks Twilights butt!!
This is my favorite song. ^_^ There's another version on the Sun and Shadow CD.
I love picturing how Kris and Talia would each sing this song. Kris said that he liked to emphasize the hopeful resolution whereas Talia laments the two lovers curse
Children! Have you forgotten? There are nights in the days and days in the night!
Thanks for postin this I love it
Navarre & Isabeau...