(9) Dragon of the Moonlight

Verse 1

Silver scales on a moonlit hill

I walked the ridge when the world stood still

A whisper rolled like a silver bell

The dragon turned and I knew her well

Her eyes were lanterns of pale design

She breathed the frost and she drank the shine

She curled the clouds with a gentle claw

And every shadow bowed with awe

Pre-Chorus

Moonlight made her crown

Moonlight pulled me down

Chorus

Oh the dragon of the moonlight flies

Over rivers and the sleeping skies

Carrying the dusk upon her wing

Hear the wild and ancient wedding sing

Oh the dragon of the moonlight stays

Burning soft through all our quiet days

Verse 2

I followed tracks of silver dew

Where the birch trees bent in two

She sang a song with no refrain

And the mountains answered back again

Her tail swept arcs of frosted air

She gathered starlight in her care

I knelt upon the glowing stone

And felt I was no longer alone

Pre-Chorus

Moonlight made her crown

Moonlight pulled me down

Chorus

Oh the dragon of the moonlight flies

Over rivers and the sleeping skies

Carrying the dusk upon her wing

Hear the wild and ancient wedding sing

Oh the dragon of the moonlight stays

Burning soft through all our quiet days

Bridge

When the morning cracks the blue

She slips away from mortal view

But I will keep the silver spark

A little light inside the dark

Chorus

Oh the dragon of the moonlight flies

Over rivers and the sleeping skies

Carrying the dusk upon her wing

Hear the wild and ancient wedding sing

Oh the dragon of the moonlight stays

Burning soft through all our quiet days