This song is about the fable of the mistletoe bride who disappears on her wedding night during a game of hide and seek, nly to be found hundreds of years later locked in a wooden chest in the attic still wrapped in her bridal gown and mistletoe wreath!
lyrics
The Mistletoe Bride
Winters falling eve
All the life that’s ever breathed
Comes to the fading hall
Wrapped in a bridal wreath
She sings with glee & mirth
Danced by the open hearth
Played out her final game
In a faded bridal wreath
Seek, seek, where can she hide?
Seek, seek, for the mistletoe bride
Weep, weep, where does she reside?
Weep, weep, for the mistletoe bride
For ages laid down
Fine lace to ashes
All alone, a casket home
In her faded bridal wreath
Moons passed so many times
A silent soul for century’s
Still clutching to her gown
In her faded bridal wreath
The sands of time have passed
Long shadows have been cast
Forgotten dreams
Of a faded bridal wreath
Then they opened an old box
Unpicked its rusty locks
Still inside clutching her gown
In a faded bridal wreath
Seek, seek, where can she hide?
Seek, seek, for the mistletoe bride
Weep, weep, where does she reside?
Weep, weep, for the mistletoe bride
Copyright Malkin Tower 2017
credits
from The Mistletoe Bride,
released March 20, 2019
Music and Lyrics Chris "Deko" Poore , Vocal melodies and harmonies by Maggie Beth Sand.
Performed by Malin Tower
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