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"The Song Of The Swans"

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Emma as Caer Ibormeith - Goddess of sleep and dreams

Killian as Aengus MacOg - God of love

In Irish mythology, Caer Ibormeith was Goddess of sleep and dreams. She often took the form of a swan who lived on a lake called Dragon's Mouth. Every alternate Samhain she would turn to human form for one celtic day, which begins at sunset, and after that, she would revert into being a swan, in which form she would remain for a year before becoming human again the following Samhain. She was loved by Aengus MacOg, God of love.

Aengus MacOg fell in love with a girl he had seen in his dream. In this dream, which lasted over a year, Caer Ibormeith stood beside his bed, though, when he reached out for her, she would disappear. When he awakened from the dream, he went in search at the lake of the Dragon's Mouth and found 150 girls chained in pairs, his girl Caer lbormeith, among them. Aengus was told he could marry Caer if he could identify her in her swan form. He chose correctly and with that Aengus turned himself into a swan and they flew away together, to the Brú na Bóinne /palace on the River Boyne near Slane/, where they sang so wonderfully that the whole of Ireland fell into a peaceful sleep for three days and three nights.

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CSSNS 2018 (1/?) - Vampire!Killian turns Emma

You’re the sweetest thing I’ve seen To think that you were meant for me And I got just one thing to say, With just a kiss on the neck (x)

Captain Swan Supernatural Summer

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"Song of the Waves"

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💖 (A classic fairy tale about Captain Killian Jones and Mermaid Emma) 💖

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Song of the Sea - Nolwenn Leroy

Hush now, my Storeen

Close your eyes and sleep

Waltzing the waves

Diving the deep

Stars are shining bright

The wind is on the rise

Whispering words of long lost lullabies

Oh, won't you come with me?

Where the moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh, won't you come with me?

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea

I had a dream last night

And heard the sweetest sound

I saw a great white light and dancers in the round

Castles in the sand

Cradles in the trees

Don't cry, I'll see you by and by

Oh, won't you come with me?

Where the moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh, won't you come with me?

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea...

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"The ghost by my side"

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Прощално 

(in Bulgarian)

/На жена ми/

Понякога ще идвам във съня ти

като нечакан и неискан гостенин.

Не ме оставяй ти отвън на пътя –

вратите не залоствай.

Ще влезна тихо. Кротко ще приседна,

ще вперя поглед в мрака да те видя.

Когато се наситя да те гледам –

ще те целуна и ще си отида.

Н. Вапцаров

On Parting (A Farewell)

(English translation)

/To My Wife/ 

Sometimes I'll come when you're asleep,

An unexpected visitor.

Don't leave me outside in the street.

Don't bar the door!

I'll enter quietly, softly sit.

And gaze upon you in the dark.

Then when my eyes have gazed their fill,

I'll kiss you and depart.

N. Vaptsarov

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Still Here - Digital Daggers

Musing through memories

Losing my grip in the grey

Numbing the senses

I feel you slipping away

Fighting to hold on

Clinging to just one more day

Love turns to ashes

With all that I wish I could say

I'd die to be where you are

I tried to be where you are

Every night, I dream you're still here

The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear

When I awake, you'll disappear

Back to the shadows

With all I hold dear

With all I hold dear

I dream you're still here

I dream you're still here

Hidden companion

Phantom be still in my heart

Make me a promise that

Time won't erase us

That we were not lost from the start

I'd die to be where you are

I tried to be where you are

Every night, I dream you're still here

The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear

When I awake, you'll disappear

Back to the shadows

With all I hold dear

With all I hold dear

I dream you're still here

I dream you're still here

Ever slightly out of reach

I dream you're still here

But it breaks so easily

I try to protect you

I can't let you fade

I feel you slipping

I feel you slipping away

Every night, I dream you're still here

The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear

When I awake, you'll disappear

Back to the shadows

With all I hold dear

With all I hold dear

I dream you're still here

I dream you're still here

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“Find Me By Moonlight”

(a story told with song quotes)

“I have no heart, just ice and stone Made up of nails and teeth and bone And I know exactly what I'm for To hurt and destroy and nothing more And if it's true that I was made I still don't know if I can change But something has stirred A beast has awakened Opened a door There's no mistaking Waging a war It's fighting inside of me So hear my battle cry I'm out for blood to claim what's mine Finally questioning If I am my own worst I am my own worst I am my own worst enemy...”

(Beth Crowley- Battle Cry) 

“I'm falling in the black

Slipping through the cracks Falling to the depths can I ever go back Dreaming of the way it used to be Can you hear me? Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Falling to the depths can I ever go back Falling inside the black Falling inside, falling inside the black...”  

(Skillet - Falling Inside The Black)

“I sleep all day, I prowl at night Do anything to feel alive I'm in the end just what you made me I look the same, but I'm not fine The Master of my own disguise If you knew the truth you'd probably hate me I need a fight, I've got you in my sights Only one of us will make it out alive I'm turning into a monster, you better run and hide I'm turning into a monster right before your eyes...”

(Beth Crowley- Monster)

“Lost one, tell me do you want to be found You caught me moments before I hit the ground And I hear voices screaming to run away Yet I see not black and white but silver and gray I don't trust you, but I want to Please don't let me fall...”

(Beth Crowley- The Dark)

“There’s a darkness that plays behind your wicked smile

Aching sadness as you cradle me like I’m a child This is madness, We’re descending into madness And it chills me to the bone Even when you’re gone I’m not alone, I’m never alone I’m searching, desperate for a fracture in your shell With every passing day it gets harder to tell Where the demon stops and where you begin But I promise you this isn’t how it ends...”

(Beth Crowley- How It Ends)

“You light, the skies up above me

A star, so bright you blind me Don't close your eyes Don't fade away, Don't fade away...”

(Take That - Rule The World)   

“I never thought that I could love Strangers at night were good enough But love's not a thing you get to choose Try to resist you'll always lose I made a deal to sell my soul But lately I have dared to hope...”

(Beth Crowley- Battle Cry)

“No one ever saw me like you do All the things that I could add up too I never knew just what a smile was worth But your eyes say everything Without a single word ‘Cause there's somethin' in the way you look at me It's as if my heart knows You're the missing piece You make me believe That there's nothing in this world I can't be I never know what you see But there's somethin' in the way you look at me...”

(Christian Bautista - The way you look at me)

“I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door I must have it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes...”

(The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black)

“My defenses are down I've lost all resistance And when you're not touching me I can feel your distance So if you're gonna leave Wherever you go please take me At your side is where I'll be Wherever you go please take me Wherever you go please take me Wherever you go please take me...”  

(Beth Crowley- Please Take Me)

“Will you love me till it hurts? 

Never leave me at my worst? Break this cycle, Break this curse Love me till it hurts We all get what we deserve Tell me do I have your word? Break this cycle, break this curse Love me till it hurts...”

(Papa Roach -Love Me Till It Hurts)   

“I am a wanderer, I never needed anyone But you've stopped me in my tracks And I like the way you scare me So let's leave the past behind The future's anybody's guess Just give me right now baby I don't want to keep my distance anymore Because I come alive In your arms, in your arms You touch me and I Fall apart, fall apart Let the world melt away Blur all the lines between love and the pain Cause tonight is when I come alive...”

(Beth Crowley- Come Alive)

“All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you, For you All the stars are coming out tonight They're lighting up the sky tonight For you, For you, Yeah you and me we can ride on a star

If you stay with me girl, we can rule the world Yeah you and me we can light up the sky If you stay by my side, we can rule the world...”

(Take That - Rule The World)

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Beth Crowley- Midnight

“I know I’m different Than what you expected But I’ve been playing a role It’s time that you know the truth You may not want me anymore I’m not what you’ve been looking for But under these pieces and parts Is a beautiful heart and it loves you So meet me at midnight Find me by moonlight I’ve been waiting for so long To feel like I’m whole More than what you see Please don’t define me This is bigger than you and I So give me a chance And meet me at midnight Always told what to believe Now nothing is quite what it seemed It’s a battle of head versus heart Can’t tell them apart like before But the truth is concealed in the lies I’ve decided I’m done trying to hide I won’t sit back and watch the world burn When I know it’s my turn to fight this war So meet me at midnight Find me by moonlight I’ve been waiting for so long To feel like I’m whole More than what you see Please don’t define me This is bigger than you and I So give me a chance And meet me at midnight Fog starts to lift, is my mind playing tricks? Cause you look like home Then I know this real, I trust what I feel That neither of us has to be alone You don’t have to be alone So meet me at midnight Find me by moonlight I’ve been waiting for so long To feel like I’m whole More than what you see Please don’t define me This is bigger than you and I So give me a chance And meet me at midnight”

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Artwork for "The Tale of the Twice-Cursed Pirate" (Part Three) - wonderful story by @thejollyroger-writer

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Artwork for "The Tale of the Twice-Cursed Pirate" (Part Two) by @thejollyroger-writer

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Artwork for "Something To Live For" - beautiful story by @rouhn

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