Heather Dale - The Lady of the Lake / with lyrics

Album: May Queen

Lyrics:
He was young and he rode along the river
Raven-haired
The fairest thing to grace those steady banks
In ages come and lost for-ever
And power laid upon him
Like a thousand secrets she would never know
And so she spoke

In the lapping of the land
Golden-tongued
Her whispers fickle jewels along the sand
Ephemeral and softly spoken
But he was wiser than his years
And shed his hooves to meet her there
Among the reeds where earth recedes
There he stood.

As the silt caressed the bottoms of his feet
Circles formed: growing outward, drawing inward
Gaining strength and going homeward
In the trumpeting of swans
In lilies laced upon a pond
She rose before him like the ice before the Spring
And was a queen

And their touch was like a lover's
Clear and sweet, drenching and unfolding
With no need for air or sunlight in the deep
And in the passions that they bared
In pledges won and secrets shared
They'd stand together in what destiny would bring
And crown a king

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[Ladynightstalker101]

@Morganaelhada I actually think this song is about Merlin and Nimueh/Vivian (depending on which version of arthurian legend you read, the Lady of the Lake's name changes).

[recklesstenacity]

It says on Heather Dale's website that the song is about Merlin, when he was young and fell in love with The Lady Of The Lake. It's one of my favorites of hers.

[AmethystGoddess23]

@yunaisdehgal rlly? I think the lady of the lake in Merlin is so perfect for the show!

[yunaisdehgal]

My favourite show is BBC merlin but personally i dont think that the lady of the lake in it suits well...

[Ookami1123]

@NightAceArcher -__-; If it clears anything up for you, Heather Dale has based quite a few songs on Arthurian legends...

[NightAceArcher]

O.o......WAIT A DAMN MINUTE. HAS EVERYONE ON HERE SEEN MERLIN? CAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT SHIT FOR A WHILE NOW AND I JUST FOUND HEATHER DALE! IS THERE SOME KIND OF FAN GROUP MEETINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT?? But seriously, a lot of the songs remind me of the show..

[WilloweWolf]

@CathryntheCeltic He wrote about Merlin's parents, who in his book, were the Lady of the Lake (an Atlantean princess) and a celti druid\king\minstral

[DarkPriestessLori]

awwwww, this is so sweet!

imagine Merlin the tv series!!!!!

[CathryntheCeltic]

@HopeforAllKind Wasn't that book written by Stephen Lawhead?

[Stellyon1]

'Another love story -- this time between Merlin and Nimue, a fiery young Welsh seer and the ageless Lady of the Lake.' This is written on Heather Dale's website :)

[aerrowxfinn]

this almost sounds like it would be about arthurs parents...

although, it could also be interpretted as merlin as a young man as the lady of the lake is the one who gave arthur his sword and merlin was his best friend...

i also havent studied arthurian legends for a really long time so this is all just opinion