Nightingale's Lament-Persephone

[ti:Nightingale's Lament] [ar:Persephone] [al:Mera Sangeet Kho Gaya] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nightingale's Lament - Persephone [00:36.34]Long long time ago I knew a kingdom [00:42.21] [00:43.31]Where everything was made of glass [00:46.56] [00:48.04]The palace their dreams their hearts [00:52.87] [00:54.21]But the most amazing thing was a nightingale [00:59.05]Small and unimposing [01:01.57] [01:04.07]She lived down by the river [01:06.11] [01:07.03]Her voice was beguiling [01:09.63] [01:12.59]The king heard of her wonderful voice [01:15.87] [01:17.20]And invited the nightingale to sing in the palace [01:21.24] [01:23.60]She sang the king was moved to tears [01:29.05] [01:31.10]So he wanted her to stay [01:33.97]And built a splendid cage for her [01:36.58] [01:37.94]The cage was made of glass [01:41.35] [01:45.21]The little bird sang and sang [01:48.68]But humans couldn't get enough [01:51.00] [01:52.66]Her voice got weaker with each day [01:56.34] [01:58.15]Sad were her songs [02:00.16] [02:01.65]They reminded her of freedom [02:04.02] [02:05.38]And the wind she felt through her wings [02:08.80] [02:11.30]In her dreams she was down by the river [02:15.35] [02:17.77]In her dreams she was free [02:21.80] [02:24.40]Her songs laments of a better life [02:30.72] [02:41.24]In time humans grew weary of her [02:46.00] [02:47.29]She was forsaken [02:49.01] [02:51.07]A relic of past times [02:53.81] [02:55.00]Awaiting the last breath [02:57.83] [02:59.49]When dreams were made of glass [03:03.37] [03:13.56]One day a child was standing in front of the cage [03:18.54] [03:19.66]And touched her gently [03:21.61] [03:24.39]The girl was pale [03:26.00] [03:26.90]And never before spoke a word [03:29.74] [03:32.35]The girl opened the cage [03:34.98] [03:36.03]But the nightingale was to weak to move her wings [03:39.87] [03:41.46]The child gentle took the bird [03:44.74] [03:45.48]And brought her to the river [03:47.67] [03:50.63]For one last time the nightingale saw the sun again [03:57.94] [03:59.50]Then she closed her eyes [04:03.21] [04:08.16]But when she died a part became one with this child [04:14.70] [04:15.60]The girl broke her silence [04:18.13] [04:18.72]And sang beautiful songs [04:21.28] [04:22.85]It seemed that the nightingale [04:25.89]Was singing through the child [04:28.00] [04:30.25]From then on the child also knew of pain and sorrow [04:36.71] [04:38.56]And sometimes her small heart [04:43.82]Which was made of glass [04:45.74] [04:47.31]Was aching [04:48.99] [04:58.67]Years later the girl became a woman [05:02.41] [05:04.12]She fell in love and sang of joy and happiness [05:08.53] [05:10.58]But one day their love ended and her heart [05:17.59] [05:18.56]Which was made of glass [05:23.89]Broke