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the apex singers - the mermaid wife lyrics

[verse 1]
on the fair isle beach one short midsummer night
the merfolk played games beneath the moonlight
their seal+skins were laid out upon the shoreside
till a human was heard and they all had to hide

[verse 2]
the merfolk took back all their skins but for one
who stayed on the beach while her friends had all gone
then the islander saw her, seal+skin in his hand
the most beautiful creature hе capture on land

[verse 3]
from the dark, the man camе out and saw in the light
the mermaid, turned woman, she put up no fight
her seal+skin he hid in his bag at his side
there were cries heard for miles as he claimed her his bride

[chorus]
o take heed the wife that is trapped without love
o take heed the unhappy bride
o take heed the man who does not care for love but his pride

[verse 4]
on their wedding day all the folk came out to see
the bonniest bride all agreed she must be
as she walked down the aisle a tear fell from her face
her sadness and silence mistaken for grace
[verse 5]
still the unlikely couple were married for years
her skin hidden away despite all of her tears
they brought up six children, each birth a reprieve
but in spite of their love she remained full of grief

[verse 6]
the poor mermaid returned to the sea every day
where she dreamt of her life that was taken away
she was seen with a seal each time she would go
they would speak a strange language just they seemed to know

[chorus]
o take heed the wife that is trapped without love
o take heed the unhappy bride
o take heed the man who does not care for love but his pride

[verse 7]
her child played one day in the barn amongst the hay
where he found this strange skin under corn it did lay
how he ran to his mother to show her the gift
’twas the first time he’d seen that her spirit could lift

[verse 8]
she kissed both his cheeks and then said her goodbye
to her children, her prison, to the sun and the sky
oh, how she ran back to the shore and the sea
she returned to her love from the depths to be free
[chorus]
o take heed the wife that is trapped without love
o take heed the unhappy bride
o take heed the man who does not care for love but his pride

[outro]
on the fair isle beach, one short midsummer night
the merfolk played games beneath the moonlight
one mermaid glanced back with a sigh of relief
before dawn could break, they returned to the reef

- the apex singers lyrics

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