A song for Quirrel at Blue Lake, because I'm still sad. Set to the tune and general structure of Talis Kimberly's 'Still Catch The Tide'.
If you want the tune, you can listen to this cover from Seanan Mcguire's Stars Fall Home! (Sadly, that album is long out of print... the cover is very pretty though.)
The fight was over, though I wasn't looking for you
Just saw you on the shore as I came by
I watched you kneeling there, all lost in contemplation
Of the rain, and how you'd wondered why
And in the sand beside you, you had planted
The blade you'd carried since you'd first come here
We were quiet, but you didn't need to tell me
Your intentions were already clear
I never thought that I would know you forever
Always knew deep down someday you'd be gone
And yet it aches, to know what's waiting to sever us
The moment that I move on
Won't you stay with me for just a while, oh,
Won't you stay with me here for just a while?
And I'm so sorry for what the world has done to you
You're not the only one, and I would know
I wish I had a way to say just one last thing to you
But all that I can do is stay or go
I want so badly to remember you kindly
But it seems so selfish, I can't understand
Maybe when I come back, you'll still be there to find me
Still lingering on the sand
I never thought that I would know you forever
Always knew deep down someday you'd be gone
And yet it aches, to know what's waiting to sever us
The moment that I move on
Won't you stay with me for just a while, though,
Won't you stay with me here for just a while?
Now and again I come back to this shoreline
It might be hopeless, but my heart still tries
Your blade still waits, abandoned right where you left it
A monument to where we said goodbye
You must have thought this was a fine and fitting ending
You had your story and it finished here
But all I see is giving up the ghost and fading
And I can't be the same-- I can't let myself join you here
I never thought that I would know you forever
Always knew deep down someday you'd be gone
And yet it aches, to know that soon I'll never
Get to see you once I move on
Won't you stay with me here just for a while, though?
Won't you stay here with me just for a while?
Always knew someday that I'd have to move on
I can't keep stalling on this shore here forever
But you'll never come back, once you're gone
Won't you stay with me here for just a while, oh,
Won't you stay with me here just for a while?