The Flower of Dunmaire
The Bards
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I was just a weary traveler exhausted from the road Through muggy days and restless nights my breakneck pace had slowed Still, I struggled on across the hills beside the sea The alluring call of the city walls forever beckoning I arrived in a quaint village, all for to stay the night I ordered two pints of stout to drink my worries out of sight Then, from behind the bar I heard a harsh voice boom "Pray tell, how do you plan to pay for your board and room?" As I bowed my head and made to walk out the door A kindly man sat next to me and ordered me one more He said, "age has dulled my mind, my back ain't what it used to be Come tend my humble garden, and I will pay your fee" Should you come upon a tavern veiled by the ocean air And should you find yourself without a penny to spare Be wary of the offer to tend a garden oh so rare On the scent of desperation thrives the Flower of Dunmaire The first few nights were magic; the wind put me in a trance The exotic plants bowed and swayed in their clockwork dance Bursting with colors the likes of which I'd never seen Shimmering and radiant in a glowing moonlit sheen But soon the nights grew lonesome, isolation crept in fast And the fates decided they had yet another spell to cast As a lilting voice began to croon outside in the mist I thought, "what good is paradise if there's no one to share it with?" Should you find yourself in a garden far from ocean air And should the nights invite a temptress drawn to your despair Beware the silver in her tongue and the rose fixed in her hair Your fortress will soon be breached by the Flower of Dunmaire "So many gifts of earthly beauty locked away inside Why shield nature's splendor when it doesn't wish to hide? It takes two to grow a garden, so why would you keep your sanctum from me? Spurn your locks, be rid of your keys, and we will pollinate sheer beauty" As she slithered through the gate I came to understand An apple this sweet would not be in my reach again I felt ice shoot through my veins and I woke in a daze The beauty that had been my palace, now barren and gray Ruby, citrine, emerald, sapphire – shades of gold now lost Never had a moment of weakness come at such a cost As her eyes fanned flames of passion, I let a dragon through the door Too blind to see forbidden fruit is poison at its core In the throes of my misery, I had to run away Far from that woman and the man whom I'd betrayed Should you find yourself atop white cliffs, savaged by the cold Should the tears fall to the stones to reflect a man so gray and old When paradise is lost to temptation and despair You'll regret the day you sold your soul to the Flower of Dunmaire You'll regret the day you sold your soul to the Flower of Dunmaire
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Written by: Greg Mazur, John Bachkosky, Kevin Strasser
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