Snow Queen-Ana Silvera

[ti:Snow Queen] [ar:Ana Silvera] [al:The Aviary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Snow Queen - Ana Silvera [00:19.53]I'll make you a corsage Of chantecaille lace [00:23.71] [00:24.46]Comfrey and eyebright [00:27.02]And reeds from the lake [00:28.52] [00:29.20]And tie it with cambric [00:31.64]Before you awake [00:33.82]Upon your heart sleeping [00:36.13]This precious keepsake [00:38.69] [00:41.25]From here the land's edge [00:43.87]Is a scrawl on the sea [00:46.05]It writes and unwrites itself [00:48.17]Tirelessly And I in the eaves [00:51.10]On my eiderdown seat [00:53.16] [00:53.73]See riddles and rhymes [00:57.60] [00:58.16]Where your words ought to be [01:00.28]And the green-fingered lady [01:02.22]Who longed longed me to stay [01:04.40] [01:05.65]Made all the roses wither away [01:09.08] [01:09.77]And smoke lilac footed [01:11.95]As I climbed climbed the gate [01:14.26] [01:15.01]And reams of clouds hid me [01:17.38]As I made my escape [01:19.44]It was autumn It was autumn [01:23.62] [01:24.35]How long did I sleep [01:27.78] [01:39.45]The moon-coloured waters [01:41.70]They whispered your name [01:43.45] [01:44.01]And said with her carriage [01:46.38]The deep snows came [01:47.94] [01:48.56]And she kissed you and bound you [01:51.25]With icicle chains [01:52.62] [01:53.49]Made winter your lodge [01:56.18]And gave frost to your veins [01:59.23] [02:00.79]From here the land lies [02:02.92]Like a mast on the sea [02:04.73] [02:05.54]It rises and banks [02:07.78]And it confuses me [02:09.47] [02:10.28]And I in the eaves [02:12.65]On my eiderdown seat [02:14.15] [02:14.90]See riddles and rhymes [02:17.58]Where your words ought to be [02:19.45] [02:20.14]The ice-shouldered Queen [02:22.07]Who vowed vowed you'd remain [02:24.63] [02:25.32]Made all the roses [02:26.94] [02:27.50]Wither in spring [02:28.87] [02:29.62]And from the snow palace [02:31.93]I'll steal you away [02:33.93] [02:34.86]And my tears will make [02:36.92]Your poor heart bloom again Like roses [02:40.54] [02:41.35]Like roses Like roses