read to the melody of Chained 'n Silver by Random Goldfish (mod 26 by me)
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0:00 (chiming of the silver chains...)
0:08 (strings)
(incantation)
Hear me,
God of Fire…

0:17 (strings)
bring me…
the silver chains.
0:26 (strings, flute)
bind me this princess, free…

0:33 (harp)
Pretty please…?
0:37 (quick strings)
In a land of magic
there exist immortal blacksmiths
forging silver chains;
there forever ever
are they smithing the enchanted,
beautiful unbroken chains…

0:46 (to flute)
Chains,
oh, unbroken silver-fashioned chains…
ever, ever will you bind your prey…
0:55 (quick strings and harp)
Stone-red burning fires
of immortal blacksmiths
where they forge their silver chains;
wield the diamond hammers that resist the fires
where the blacksmiths pound their silver chains…

1:04 (to flute, harp)
Chains,
oh, unbroken silver-clad chains…
ever, ever will you hold your prey…
come, unbroken chains…
1:15 (to flute, harp)
Silver chains,
these unbroken silver-made chains…
ever, ever will they hold and bind their mortal prey…
Her!
1:26 (harp)
Captured, bound unto the silver chains…

1:32(strings)
so bound, two kingdoms become engaged in total war…
1:38 (harp)
total war…
(harp run)
(harp)
fell spells have been cast,
total war;
deadly embrace,
vast hordes and armies…

1:50 (harp, flute, and orchestra)
…Clash, in fray,
blood, souls spilling;
fear, regret have seized her-
pain, doubt,
death…
she's set free
from the chains…

2:09 (flutes)
Kingdoms ever change their rule
kings and princes fight for truth,
silver chains tainting their world, once pure;
sorrow, loneliness they endure…

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(after some generations,
a child plays amid the ruins and discovers a shiny gleam
amid the dew-laden leaves...)
2:32 (harp, harp/flute)
summer day, flowered field
leave-shrouded secrets;
innocence breaks a curse-
lifts an ancient silver chain.









8 old applause
