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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Arioch Tales: Ode to Lorelai


By Dan “Baron Diamond” Diamond


G Em

The air is cool and night is coming. 

Am Dm

The calm sea courses its way.

G

The peak of the mountain dazzles With evening's final ray.

Em Am

The fairest of maidens is sitting Up there, a beauty so fair,

Dm

Her golden jewels are shining,

G

She's combing her golden hair.

Em

She holds a golden comb,

Am

Singing along, as well

Dm Em E

And enthralling us all with a spellbinding melody.



G Em Am

The boatman in his small skiff is seized by a turbulent love 

Dm

and no longer marks where the cliff is,  

G

He looks to the Mountain above. 

Em Am

I think the waves must fling him against the reefs nearby, 

Dm Em E

and that did with her singing the lovely Lorelai...



G Em

Does she think of the hearts left hurting 

Am Dm

and lives left in her wake

G Em

Does she cry for the ones left behind

Am Dm

or is she seeking more lives to take?

Em E Am

no one knows but Lorelai, Lorelai.


Author’s Note: the middle verse was a message left by Captain Orion in runes which I was able to decode at a Market Day in Fae. There I also saw Lorelai herself, and was inspired to put some guitar chords to what Orion had left. Later I did some reading and found Orion's message was an excerpt from a long-existing poem, so that became the first verse. Thinking of the presumed fate of the boatman, I added a third verse of my own.