chemTrailActivist · @chemTrailActivi
4th Jan 2014 from TwitLonger
#decemberists #hazardsoflove
“The Wanting Comes In Waves”
[William begs the Forest Queen to allow him to be with Margaret, but the Queen accuses him of being ungrateful, pointing out that she rescued him from the human world when he was a baby and bestowed on him immortality.
Their exchange continues until the Queen resolves to allow William one night as a mortal man with Margaret, but afterwards reclaim him forever.]
William:
Mother I can hear your foot-fall now
Soft disturbance in the dead-fall how
It proceeds you like a black smoke pall
Still the wanting comes in waves
And you delivered me from danger then
Pulled my cradle from the reedy glen
Swore to save me from the world of men
Still the wanting comes in waves
In waves
And waves
And the wanting comes in waves
And the wanting comes in waves
And I want this night
And I want this night
Oh
Forest Queen:
How I made you
I wrought you, I pulled you
From war I labored you
From cancer I cradled you
And now
This is how I am repaid
This is how I am repaid
Remember when I found you
The miseries that hounded you
And I gave you motion
Anointed with lotions
And now
This is how I am repaid
This is how I am repaid
William:
Mother hear this proposition right
Grant me freedom to enjoy this night
And I’ll return to you at break of light
For the wanting comes in waves
And waves
And waves
Still the wanting comes in waves
Still the wanting comes in waves
Still the wanting comes in waves
And you owe me life
And you owe me life
Forest Queen:
And if I grant you this favor to hand you
Your life for the evening
I will retake by morning
And so
Consider it your debt repaid
Consider it your debt repaid
Repaid
Repaid
Listen:
“The Wanting Comes In Waves”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfKhydixkeA
#decemberists #hazardsoflove
[This rock opera was my introduction to the Decemberists, driving to Las Vegas w my husband. It was a gift from a friend. I said, "What is this, it's so dark and ... wonderful." I totally relate to the Forest Queen -- "I pulled you From war I labored you From cancer I cradled you" She can't fathom why her adopted son would want to be human, again.]
Lyrics:
http://www.decemberists.com/wp-content/uploads/Dcmbr_WebPDFBook.pdf
Listen to the whole thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEOhfiUZSYs