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Listen to this song at: http:\/\/www.mbouchard.com\/misc\/leaves-red-as-love.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

There was once upon a time
\nI felt I was your princess.
\nYou’d have charged through a battlefield
\nfor a touch of my hand.<\/p>\n

It was back when the trees were green
\nand the flowers were blooming wild,
\nand the smell of white roses
\nfloated over the land.<\/p>\n

True you never made promises
\nthat the sea would not call you,
\nand you never swore to me
\nthat you’d stay by my side.<\/p>\n

But the way that you walked with me
\nunder trees in the moonlight,
\nI was sure that where my heart was
\nyours would ever reside.<\/p>\n

But the trees have turned red as my love<\/em>
\nAnd the stars slumber over the clouds<\/em>
\nI have waited for you to return to me<\/em>
\nBut I can’t find your face in the crowds\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

I know the king is not hiring
\nsince the war is now over long.
\nI have watched every ship come in
\nstill with no word of you.<\/p>\n

The cabin boys shake their heads
\nwhen I show them your portrait
\nas I stand with the salt wind in my hair
\nwondering what to do.<\/p>\n

For the leaves have turned red as my love<\/em>
\nAnd the stars slumber over the clouds<\/em>
\nI have waited for you to return to me<\/em>
\nBut I can’t find your face in the crowds\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

I am sure you’re no silkie rare
\nnow returned to the ocean deep.
\nYou’ve not turned to a raven black,
\nor suffered any such fate.<\/p>\n

No, I think you’re just a man
\nwho has left me here longing.
\nThis princess will rescue herself
\nI suppose, rather than wait.<\/p>\n

For the leaves have turned red as my love<\/em>
\nAnd the stars slumber over the clouds<\/em>
\nI have waited for you to return to me<\/em>
\nBut I can’t find your face in the crowds\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

There was once upon a time
\nI felt I was your princess
\nYou’d have charged through the battlefield
\nfor a touch of my hand.<\/p>\n

It was back when the trees were green
\nand the flowers were blooming wild
\nand the smell of white roses
\nfloated over the land.<\/p>\n

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Today was such a grey, rainy day that the leaves looked red, but nearly brokenhearted. The rain wasn’t hard enough to actually matter, just enough to make you feel like you were waiting for nothing in particular to happen. And it also made me think of staring out of a window, watching for someone. Usually that ends in my head with someone coming home, but today, nobody came. Well, that’s not entirely true. This song came, and I’m glad I let the little melancholic, heartbroken thing in out of the rain.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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