Take my gold and frisk my crown
Pull jewels from my neck and scrub the expensive oils from my skin
Burn the fine linens and strip me of my silks
I have no need for such trivialities.
Turn your face from me and harden your heart
Cast me out from my home, my sanctuary
I shall die in a shelter rather than a palace, but all the same,
I shall be just as dead here as there.
Lose me my birthright, my title and my throne
Change the name on the scroll of the fate I was born for
Sell your right-hand seat to the prettiest bidder
I will die knowing I would not sell out.
You, the one I held in my foolish heart so dear,
Can take away from me everything I gave you
But you cannot take the strength with which I was born, for
I represent the one virtue you cannot own.
Replace me if you must but know that I will lie in peace
Forget me if your heart allows it, but never forget
That I-- the woman who dares defy the king--
I hold more power in my will than you have in your court.
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018 at 2:18 PM UTC
Take my gold and frisk my crown
Pull jewels from my neck and scrub the expensive oils from my skin
Burn the fine linens and strip me of my silks
I have no need for such trivialities.
Turn your face from me and harden your heart
Cast me out from my home, my sanctuary
I shall die in a shelter rather than a palace, but all the same,
I shall be just as dead here as there.
Lose me my birthright, my title and my throne
Change the name on the scroll of the fate I was born for
Sell your right-hand seat to the prettiest bidder
I will die knowing I would not sell out.
You, the one I held in my foolish heart so dear,
Can take away from me everything I gave you
But you cannot take the strength with which I was born, for
I represent the one virtue you cannot own.
Replace me if you must but know that I will lie in peace
Forget me if your heart allows it, but never forget
That I-- the woman who dares defy the king--
I hold more power in my will than you have in your court.
