# The Fairy in the Briarwood **[Intro — Whispered, music box, distant wings]** Don’t follow the lights. That’s what they tell children. Don’t answer the singing. Don’t step inside the fairy ring. But you did. And now... you’re mine. **[Verse 1]** Silver bells beneath the trees, blackened petals on the breeze, tiny footprints in the dew, all of them were leading you. Moonlight caught upon your face, wandering through my sacred place, one lost mortal, soft and bright... What a lovely thing to find at night. I watched you from behind the thorns. You never saw my wings. You never heard the forest whisper: **“The Fairy Queen has chosen.”** **[Pre-Chorus]** They told you fae don’t understand the way that mortals love. Oh, darling... we understand it perfectly. We simply love for much, much longer. **[Chorus]** COME DANCE WITH ME IN THE BRIARWOOD! STAY FOREVER LIKE YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD! I’LL CROWN YOU IN THORNS! I’LL DRESS YOU IN NIGHT! I’LL HIDE YOU AWAY FROM THE MORNING LIGHT! No road home! No breaking spell! No ringing church or wishing well! Let mortal kingdoms search in vain— YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE MY WOODS AGAIN! My wings are black! My magic wild! Come closer, darling mortal child! One kiss beneath the poisoned moon... and you’ll belong to me very soon. **[Verse 2]** I gave you berries red as wine, said, “Take one bite and you are mine.” You laughed. You thought I made a joke. Sweet little mortal. Then you ate. Now every path turns back to me. Every door becomes a tree. Every compass spins around. Every road ends at fairy ground. You tried to follow running water. It flowed backward. You tried to climb the northern hill. It moved. You tried to leave my forest. The forest... disagreed. **[Pre-Chorus]** You say you miss your old home. How strange. You have a better one now. Mushroom halls. Moonlit gardens. A bed beneath my wings. And me. Mostly me. **[Chorus]** COME DANCE WITH ME IN THE BRIARWOOD! STAY FOREVER LIKE YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD! I’LL CROWN YOU IN THORNS! I’LL DRESS YOU IN NIGHT! I’LL HIDE YOU AWAY FROM THE MORNING LIGHT! No road home! No breaking spell! No ringing church or wishing well! Let mortal kingdoms search in vain— YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE MY WOODS AGAIN! My wings are black! My magic wild! Come closer, darling mortal child! One kiss beneath the poisoned moon... and you’ll belong to me very soon. **[Bridge — Sweet voice, harp]** Why are you crying? Did the flowers frighten you? They only bite strangers. You’re not a stranger anymore. You’re my favourite thing in the entire forest. I told them that. So now... they only bite people who try to rescue you. **[Music darkens]** Someone came looking yesterday. A knight. Very brave. Very loud. Very shiny. He said your name. I didn’t like that. **[Whisper]** Nobody says your name like I do. **[Breakdown — Fairy choir / distorted whispers]** Mine in the meadow. Mine in the rain. Mine when the mushrooms sing your name. Mine through summer. Mine through snow. Mine when centuries come and go. Mine beneath the elder tree. Mine beyond eternity. Sweet little mortal, understand— YOU STEPPED INTO FAIRYLAND. **[Verse 3 — Faster, unstable]** I turned his armour into flowers! I turned his sword into a vine! I made his horse forget the road! I thought that punishment was fine! The other fairies call me jealous! The goblins think I’ve lost my head! The woodland spirits stopped inviting me to tea! Rude. I only cursed three villages! Maybe four. I stopped counting. But they kept sending people to take you away. What else was I meant to do? Talk to them? **[Giggle]** Mortals are hilarious. **[Final Chorus — Huge choir, strings, drums]** COME DANCE WITH ME IN THE BRIARWOOD! LOVE ME FOREVER LIKE A GOOD MORTAL SHOULD! I’LL DARKEN THE SUN! I’LL POISON THE DAY! I’LL MAKE EVERY EXIT WITHER AWAY! Let hunters come! Let witches try! I’LL STEAL THEIR NAMES AND CURSE THE SKY! Let iron burn! Let church bells ring! I’LL BREAK EVERY SPELL THEY BRING! MY WINGS ARE BLACK! MY HEART IS WILD! MY BEAUTIFUL LOST MORTAL CHILD! No passing year! No dying moon! Will ever take you from me soon! So take my hand. Step in the ring. Listen closely while the fairies sing. One little promise. One little rhyme. **YOU’RE MINE UNTIL THE END OF TIME.** **[Outro — Whispered]** The strange thing about fairyland... is that time moves differently here. One night for us might be a hundred years for everyone else. So even if you escaped... who would be waiting? **[Soft laugh]** Better stay. Better dance. Better love me. The lights are fading now. The circle is closing. And the forest... has forgotten you were ever human.
