Paliah (a song of Kahverengi's Dilemma)

Excerpt from my upcoming book, Tigress in the Sand, Book 3 of the Kahverengi's Dilemma series. Audio generated by Suno AI. Images generated by Flux AI.

Lyrics:

I remember the days
When it was Highwater
When smiles were wide
And troubles were small

I remember the days
When I’d travel the sands
And see the green trees
Sloped above me

I would knock on the wood
And visit the spring
And Paliah would look up
In bright greeting

Paliah
Paliah
Watering girl
Beauty of the lands of Fractora
Eyes like the sky
Skin like the night
Heart like feathers and daylight

I remember the days
When it was Highwater
When smiles were wide
And troubles were small

I heard the men say
The kingdom is broken
Swords are bared
Beyond the mountain

The king is deposed
Violence unfolds
Brother kills brother
Mothers weep

But Highwater’s safe
Knowing no blade no spear
We’ve no part
In Fractora’s squabbles

I would visit the spring
See my Paliah
Speak
Laugh
And sing

We’d talk of our plan
The wonderful day
Soon it would come
When we’d wed

I remember the days
When it was Highwater
When smiles were wide
And troubles were small

The king has now fled
The ground is stained red
An army wanders the Pass

Banners fly high
Their supplies run dry
Merchants can’t keep them alive

No sign of pursuit
But no way to go home
The king sets his eyes on the trees

This will be mine
My conquest
My right
My vassals are thirsty
We fight

I kicked up the sands
And ran for Highwater
To come for my love
Paliah

Lo, the houses were torn
The villagers scattered
The fields trampled
Men killed

What of Paliah
Watering girl
Beauty of the lands of Fractora
Eyes like the sky
Skin like the night
Heart like feathers and daylight?

Split on the ground
Eyes left unseeing
Beauty now tarnished
Heart cold

I remember the days
When it was Highwater
When smiles were wide
And troubles were small

Lyrics by Zephyr Axiom
Copyright Zephyr Axiom