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A Fractured Fairytale

from A World of Dreams by Mourning Knight

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Originally composed and written in July 1995

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A Fractured Fairytale-

Night is here, a passionless moon is rising.
I sit here stunned and left for dead.
So many things remind me of your absence.
An empty pillow by my head.

The carnival noise surrounded us, but, the laughter inside was gone
and the dirge that serenaded then invaded took away your love.
I'm numb and I thought I might die without you.

Another day, at least the sun is shining, but, inside all is cold and dead.
You are gone, but, still your presence lingers.
Your laugh still echoes in my head.

A porcelain rose is shattered by the heartbreak inside our home
and it seems now nothing matters.
Pain is scattered by the hand of love that's stung
and a part of me dies without you.

I believed in love at first sight
but, now I'm not sure I'm right to think that way.
I tried so hard to make it nice with romance
and the ideal of love that burned inside me reaching for you.

The melodrama thickens as the walls are closing in
and the lunatic's fearful laugh escapes his lifeless grin.
The violins are singing and with each note
his heart breaks a little more,

I'm suffering in silence now that I'm away from you.
You once told me that you loved me, but, then you said we're through.
But, you wrote it down in a letter, things you couldn't say to my face.
After years of perfect passion how could it fade without a trace?
Something has come between us
and even though we might be through
a part of you stays inside me and a part of me stays in you.
Something has come between us
and even though you're glad we're through
a part of you lives inside me and a part of me dies in you.

Another day, at least the sun is shining, but, inside all is cold and dead.
You are gone, but, still your presence lingers.
Your laugh still echoes in my head.

A porcelain rose is shattered by the heartbreak inside our home
and it seems now nothing matters.
Pain is scattered by the hand of love that's stung.
Now the rest of me dies without you.

The fairytale has an ending, but, it's sad and without bliss.
The prince no longer has his princess.
He'll stay a frog without her kiss.
We're living in a make-believe world.
We live in once upon a time.

Copyright 2023 J. Brower

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from A World of Dreams, released July 7, 2023

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Mourning Knight Mount Kisco, New York

Hailing from Westchester County, NY, Mourning Knight is a project that goes back to the mid 90s and continues to this day. Heavily influenced by the atmospheres and musical soundscapes of the Progressive seventies, passion, drama and a sense of the cinematic are brought together with lyrics that convey the darker, melancholy side of life. ... more

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