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.