Fairytale Life (2020) - Hilary

Hilary · September 10, 2020, 01:26:01 AM

I think this is the 3rd go I've had at this idea, they are getting better (hopefully)
LITlr at 1am this morning - enjoy

Fairytale Life (2020)
I met my handsome Prince
A long time ago
And we lived our fairytale life
And then one day I woke up
And he ran off with a fair maiden
With long flowing flaxen hair
And I realised I'd been living a fairytale lie
I'd been living a fairytale lie
With you, with you, with you . . .

So I threw my golden ball
Up into the air
And a handsome young man caught it
Close to the ground
And he gently brushed away
The hair from my eyes
As he stood upon a tree trunk
That he'd found

And he took me by the hand
And led me to his cottage
And introduced me to his 6 friends
And their songbird
And I was happy, yes finally happy without you
With my handsome young man and his six friends
And every single one of them
Was better in bed
Than you

thetworegs · September 10, 2020, 02:53:45 AM

Poor princess..... revenge is best served cold..... a nice little twist at the end....well performed

IanR · September 10, 2020, 04:54:13 AM

The best revenge is to live a good life despite the setback.

Lovely song.

Ferryman_1957 · September 10, 2020, 12:26:51 PM

Great lyrics with a nice twist at the end. And a great LitLR performance as well, really enjoyed this.

Ray Brookes · September 10, 2020, 01:55:28 PM

You write nice songs, Hilary and this one is particularly sweet, especially the lyrics. Nothing better to shatter a man's ego than with those last few lines; serves him right.

Greeny · September 11, 2020, 03:20:57 AM

A lovely lyrical twisteroo at the end there. I love the contrast between the sweet delivery and the bitterness of the words. It actually makes a lot of sense when you look at how dark those Grimm 'fairytales' were. This really works - I hope you plan to play it live as it would go down great with an audience who don't know whats coming. Great songwriting and performance!