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I trespass in the kingdom of the black doll

from The Jester's Quest in the City of Glass by Lyrian

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lyrics

Fit the Ninth: I Trespass in the Kingdom of the Black Doll

Jester: I walk on through the shining streets
Where smiling tinmen stand
Not knowing I have slain their god
And have his heart in hand
And I wonder could I use this heart
To fill my hollow skin?
So I open up my empty breast
And push the black box in
But no, it will not fit
The void is much too wide
Or is the box too small?
I cast its useless shell aside
Soon I come to the end
Of this suburb of smiling machines
It is marked by a great wall of white
And an arch carved with curious scenes
For a moment I pause
Then proceed through the arch in the wall
And am outside the City of Glass
In a landscape of trees, green and tall

Narrator: Between the trees Sir Jester catches a glimpse of the sea, and begins to walk towards it down a gently sloping path. Soon he emerges from the wood and can see a wide bay before him. He concludes that the City of Glass must be upon an island, or at least a promontory, with sea on both sides. Soon he comes to a marble slab beside the path and stops to look at it. It bears the word CESCESUIT. Mystified, he walks on and passes further slabs each bearing a single word in an unknown tongue, the words ECTAPVOE, MOFE, COVOUTE, QUEMAPIT and HUCCIT. A little further on he finds two of the fair, tall women of the City of Glass digging a grave beside the path. He wonders if this is the earth he is seeking. But the white-clad women shake their heads and one of them says ‘This is not your earth. Keep searching.’

Jester: Before me lies the sparkling bay
And out to sea a ship
With many sails and many masts
Where pennants nod and dip

Upon the shore a skiff is beached
I see as I descend
A man in red waits in the prow
He waves and calls me as a friend

I recognise him soon enough
His bells, his horns, his laughing eye
`Hail Scarlet Jester’ are my words
`Hail Green Knight’ is his reply

`I am the captain of that ship’
The Scarlet Jester cries
`Come join me on my ship of mirth
I sail the seas and skies

Though you are clad in iron robes
You will not drown at sea
For with no heart you cannot die
Come sail the seas with me’

Narrator: They climb into the small boat and the Scarlet Jester rows them out towards the ship. As they pass under the stern, Sir Jester notices the name of the vessel. It is SOLUM SOLUM.

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from The Jester's Quest in the City of Glass, released April 1, 2016

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Lyrian Moreton In Marsh, UK

John Blake: guitars, singing
Alison Felstead: bass, singing
Paul W. Nash: keyboards, guitars, woodwinds, singing
Edgar Wilde: drums, percussion

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