Not a Fairy Tale


v1
I am not the damsel in distress
Like in those fairy tales
I am the one who holds the sword
And fights the monsters every day

And I am tired of this battle
It has gone on all my life
And sometimes I think
I'll never make it past today or
through the night


CHORUS
But then you hold me
And you rock me in your arms
And you whisper words I have needed
To be hearing all my life
(sweet love)
And I start to cry,
And I know why I love you so much
When you say, Baby I am here,
Everything's gonna be alright

v2
You want to fight the dragons
You're the knight, your sword is strong
And your heart is bigger than your head
Sometimes (my love)

But I tell you it's my dragon
It's my battle, always has been
And you say, I'll be your second
We'll fight together from now on


CHORUS
And then you hold me
And you rock me in your arms
And you whisper words I need to hear
so, so much (my sweet love)
And I start to cry, because I know
Exactly why I love you
You say, Baby, I believe in you,
You're getting stronger every day

TANG/RIFT
Somebody loves me
Someone with some powerful magic
Some great and mysterious wizard
Must have seen this battle raging
on for years
(echo: must have seen your tears)


Someone must have sent down some stardust
and moonsong and gentle rain into my dark night
Then, a stranger was beside me and I saw
A gentle man with a giant heart,
my angel, my sweet knight
(echo: everything's gonna be alright)

v3
I am not the damsel in distress
Like in those fairy tales
I am the one who fights the monsters
Every single day

And I'm so weary of this battle
Until I see you fighting next to me
Like mine, your sword rings
in the night
Is bloodied from the fray

CHORUS
And then you hold me
And you rock me in your arms
And you whisper words that make me strong
That's just your way (my love)
And I start to cry,
And I know exactly why I love you
You say, baby I am here,
We're getting closer every day

Some day I will
lay down my sword
(echo: Some day you will
lay down your sword)

Some day we will go
dancing in the stardust
and in the moonlight
and through the ocean waves
and in the gentle rain
all through the night
(echo: all throught the night)

in each other's arms,
all through the night
some day we'll be home
(echo/fade: some day, my love
we'll be home)

Copyright © 2001.
Sara Michele O'Sullivan
All rights reserved.

"Merya," (top)
"The Embrace," (detail),
"Winged Ones" Gallery (2nd)
and two from "Works in Progress"
"Maiden and Her Knight," (bottom two)
Copyright Stephanie Pui-Mun Law,
2002. All rights reserved.
Used with permission. Thank you!

for my Angel,
my sweet knight
Michael David