Elizabeth Hopkinson's Songs

Wrong Land

Who haven't kissed the printless snow,
Who cannot see, they'll never know
Why you are beautiful to me,
Just like the boy you'll never be.
My paper prince, my mirror friend,
If I should reach my journey's end,
You'd only slip away again,
But I need that pain.

'Cause I'm walking in the wrong land.
My generation doesn't understand.
They want to reach the high
But I would die
If I could only touch your hand.
Tell me why we cannot be
With those we close our eyes to see,
Or would the bubble burst if we should touch?
I thought as much.

And when the veil begins to fall,
Guard my desire, I can't have all.
The cherry won't come round again,
Too late when boys turn into men.
Companion love; the peaceful life.
If I could live as someone's wife,
And keep them dreaming length away...
No one lives that way.

'Cause I'm walking in the wrong land etc.

Elizabeth Hopkinson

If I Could (Hotohori's Song for Miaka)

Mist on my mirror
Clouds at the last
All I was hoping to see.
I had a vision -
Shades of the past -
That she would come here to me.

You were my sunshine,
You were my prayer,
I forgot everything when you were there.
Burdens of empire,
Silence and pain.
Just let me hold you again.

No more lying.
I never wanted you at my command.
I would not stop trying.
Could you see
The true me,
You'd understand.

Birds in the springtime
Soar in the blue.

You made me feel I could fly.
I would have given
My life for you.
Now I can't bear to ask why.

Don't go kneeling.
Don't say you're sorry,
I don't want to hear.
I would die believing
Something,
Anything,
Would keep you here.

If I could just make you see
What sort of man I could be.

Elizabeth Hopkinson

Lovers' Bridge

Moonlight flowing gently under willow's kiss
Red is the river
Silent are the stars
Fireflies light the way to cross the lovers' bridge
Cowherd and weaver girl
Fly to each others' arms
Oh, my silver one
Spirit from the sky
When will I find the words
Flowing like the moon?

Elizabeth Hopkinson