Lily Rice

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 Lily Rice, she fell in the snow
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 Paralysed she called out for home
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 The blood ran and it stained all the powder
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 But alas, was too late when they found her
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 Lily Rice, so she died alone
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 Her mother cried because she didn't know
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 She was alive in a different way
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 Oh Lily Rice, something else she became
 
 
[Chorus 1]
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"Sweet darling child, open your eyes and see what you were meant to be
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Do you ever wonder why your mother gave that name to you?
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 Lily Rice, cold and sweet, just like the snow beneath your feet
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Don't you know, dear? You were destined to be sent here by the moon"
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
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 Lily Rice, oh when she awoke
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 Saw a face looking out of the snow
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 Frosted hair and eyelashes of ice
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 And they said "Welcome home, Lily Rice
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 From long ago, do you remember me?
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 As the voice from out the evergreen
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 In the woods in the depths of December
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 Seek your mind, child, and you'll remember
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 You had wanted to follow the voice but
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 It was not yet time for you to join us
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 But now, the time it is here
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 Take my hand and follow me, dear"
 
 
[Chorus 2]
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"Come, now my Queen, for so long we thought you had been lost
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 It was I, I was the voice from your childhood that came from the frost
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 It was foretold you'd returned to us out of the snow
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 Oh, Lily Rice, don't you know? You were sent here by the moon"
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
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 Lily Rice she took their cold hand
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 And they walked with the creatures who sang
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 Haunting songs that she did recall
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 From long ago, way before she was born
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 They arrived in the depths of the forest
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 And they crowned her in mistletoe and hollies
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 Lily Rice she climbed up to her throne
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 Made of tree roots, all covered in snow
 
 
[Chorus 3]
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"She has returned just as was said in that old prophecy
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 For one hundred years we did wonder if it was true
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Rejoice, rejoice! We look upon the fair face of our queen
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 Our majesty Lily Rice who was sent here by the moon"
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
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[Outro]
N.C.
"Sweet darling child, open your eyes and see what you were meant to be
N.C.
Do you ever wonder why your mother gave that name to you?
N.C.
Lily Rice, cold and sweet, just like the snow beneath your feet
N.C.
Don't you know, dear? You were destined to be sent here by the moon"