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William:
And here I am, softer than a shower
And here I am, to garland you with flowers
To lay you down in a clover bed
The stars a roof above our heads
And all my life I've never felt the tremor
And all my life, that now disturbs my fingers
I'll lay you down in a clover bed
The stars, a roof above our heads
And we'll lie until the Corn Crake crows
Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes
And I'd wager all
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
And take my hand and cradle it in your hand
And take my hand, feel the pull, the quicksand
I'll lay you down in a clover bed
The stars, a roof above our heads
And we'll lie until the Corn Crake crows
Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes
And I'd wager all
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
And here I am, softer than a shower
And here I am, to garland you with flowers
To lay you down in a clover bed
The stars a roof above our heads
And all my life I've never felt the tremor
And all my life, that now disturbs my fingers
I'll lay you down in a clover bed
The stars, a roof above our heads
And we'll lie until the Corn Crake crows
Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes
And I'd wager all
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
And take my hand and cradle it in your hand
And take my hand, feel the pull, the quicksand
I'll lay you down in a clover bed
The stars, a roof above our heads
And we'll lie until the Corn Crake crows
Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes
And I'd wager all
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
The hazards of love
Lyrics submitted by MarcelLionheart
Track duration: 04:25
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Up to this point in the album, everything's rather fuzzy. It makes sense, but there are still some minor holes that I can't seem to figure out. Whatever. On with the show.
And all my life/ I've never felt the tremors/ And all my life/ That now disturb my fingers
At least as I saw it, he was feeling the baby kick in Margarets tummy.
The second clue to the setting would be the reference to the crossing of the Annan River ("Annan Water")which lies in the south of Scotland. William seeks to cross the Annan on his own and out of Scotland in order to rescue his love after The Queen has flown Margaret and her captor, The Rake, to the other side back toward Wales (see below). But William makes a bargain with the river in order to get across that later turns fatal to both him and his love when they try to return north across it. ("The Drowned")
Although Great Britain would no longer be considered part of the Taiga due to its extensive deforestation, during the time period in which this tale is ostensibly set (probably mid-12th to late 15th century from Meloy's Middle-English references) relatively large expanses of boreal forest still existed, particularly in northern Scotland.
From all this I am inclined to think that our heroine, Margaret, hails from Wales and William from the Highlands of Scotland. The Rake, is most probably also from Wales given the name of his ill-fated last daughter, Myfanwy, which is Welsh for "my woman."
A further hint that this story does not take place in Scandinavia is the reference to the mistle thrush which, although common in Great Britain and most of the rest of Europe, is not native to the Scandinavian countries. On the other hand, the corncrake, once common in the UK and much of northern and central Europe to Siberia including southern Scandinavia, is now restricted in range in Great Britain to the northern and western islands of Scotland. (note Meloy's earlier reference to corncrakes in "The Bachelor and The Bride" from "Her Majesty")
One question that remains in my mind, though, is whether the lyric is meant to be "fawn" as in young deer or "faun" as in the half-man, half-goat mythical creature? The latter would seem more likely in light of the line "Bereft of the weight of our summer clothes" and the fact that the faun was sometimes depicted wearing a loin cloth or little vest.
Also, the lyrics in HoL 1 say "right [his] hind leg", and only a fawn has four legs :)
And I'd wager all
The hazards of love
nice clean images
And it's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
BTWz, the story's set roughly in the Scotland area.