The sister of eleven brothers-turned-swans takes a vow of silence while she works to free them from their stepmother’s curse. Enduring the sting of nettles, the accusation of witchcraft, and the sentence of execution, she risks her life and love to save them.
Story’s country of origin – Denmark
Based on the tale “The Wild Swans,” by Hans Christian Andersen.
lyrics
Verse 1
To be born into light
To be raised for a fight
To be stained like a blight
On a rose
To be out in the wood
To pretend that I could
To believe that I should
Follow this road
Lift
Oh, please, are you hearing my pleas?
Help me, please
Chorus
Brothers, I am coming
Will you call me on?
What are you becoming every dawn?
Mother, you have cursed them
Eleven feathered sons
Beneath the shadow of their wingspans
I will run
Verse 2
To be found on the sand
To be given a plan
To be crushed in my hands
As they burn
To be silent and strong
To be jeered by the throng
To be caged for my song
Like a bird
Lift
Oh, please, are you hearing my pleas?
Help me, please
Chorus
Brothers, I am coming
Will you call me on?
What are you becoming every dawn?
Mother, you have cursed them
Eleven feathered sons
Beneath the shadow of their wingspans
I will run
Bridge
Witch, they cry, my work lament
Now my strength is all but spent
Tens of limbs with one wing bent
Save me, I am innocent
Lift (x2)
Oh, please, are you hearing my pleas?
Help me, please
Oh, please, are you hearing my pleas?
Help me, please
Chorus
Brothers, I am coming
Will you call me on?
What are you becoming every dawn?
Mother, you have cursed them
Eleven feathered sons
Beneath the shadow of their wingspans
I will run, I will run
Outro
I will run
I will run, oh
Mother, you have cursed them
Eleven feathered sons
But the shadow of their wingspans
Came undone
Leslie Hudson is a Canadian singer songwriter and pianist. Their albums range from storytelling styles to bluesy bar rock to
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