this song originally started out as a love song, but it ended up turning into a bit of a story...! i find that i love telling stories within my songs, and this was one of the first times i had truly explored that.
this song tells a story of healing. the "quiet nymph," fernine, recognizes that yes, she has found herself lost within this forest, but her recovery is not measured by the position she's in now– it is measured by all that she has overcome and been through. she made it through! she persevered even in the hurt, grief, and confusion of it all, and... she got to where she is now! even if the distance she has traveled seems to be unsubstantial, she knows the experiences and hurts she endured along the way are what make her journey incredible.
lyrics
a quiet nymph within the forest of your heart
i find your love tucked away in the Unearthen World
surrounded with and by gleams of light
i reach slowly, gently, softly inside
within the tree stump of my own love
there is this sense of delicate silence as i wait in its presence
a quiet i have never known before
i want to know where i am,
my eyes flash and i am stranded now
stranded now
i've lost my way, now
im stranded now
wandering, wondering
finding – making – my own path within
this brush,
this wood,
this lush verdure
i don't have to wonder where i am now
i just have to wonder where i've been
credits
from princesa mariposa,
released April 14, 2019
finished at 22:33, 4/12/14
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