//------------------------------// // APPENDIX: "Something Unnatural", the complete lyrics // Story: The Mare in the High Castle // by ponichaeism //------------------------------// "SOMETHING UNNATURAL" A power ballad in the style of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" by Sir Elton John and "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles. [FAYTON] It's something unnatural, and it makes me shake Oh, I know it's wrong, and it makes me quake On the day I first took wing, I was told it was my duty To uphold the natural order, which has a kind of beauty The stars in the firmament, and the moon up in heaven The way things ought to be, in such pure perfection Now I don't know where to go, all I see is blue yonder Lost with no direction home, and so I'm left to ponder As the sun burns my feathers, the thoughts twist my mind It's all I can do to stay aloft, because I'm flying blind Why do I feel like the evenstar has been struck blind By the harsh, unwanted glare of sunlight? How will the stars guide my voyage across the firmament If the sun consumes and devours the night? Tell me how to go on, when I feel in my heart of hearts A sensation so heavy I can't take flight? And how can I fight these feelings dwelling inside me Feelings of such sweet, joyous delight? It's something unnatural, and it makes me sway Oh, I know it's wrong, but it won't let me get away Flying high, I head for the stars, wanting to break free But I'm trapped in the world, part of the cosmic orrery Reaching the limits of my flight, I fall to the ground The thoughts take control, and now I'm earthbound I just want to fly away and leave these thoughts behind Spread my wings and soar away from this life confined By thoughts that disgust me, thoughts that make me ill But they've taken hold so firm, of the reins of my will Why do I feel like the evenstar has been struck blind By the harsh, unwanted glare of sunlight? How will the stars guide my voyage across the firmament If the sun consumes and devours the night? Tell me how to go on, when I feel in my heart of hearts A sensation so heavy I can't take flight? And how can I fight these feelings dwelling inside me Feelings of such sweet, joyous delight? It's something unnatural, and it makes me shout Oh, I know it's wrong, but it won't let me out Earthbound, I raise my eyes to look for the evenstar It makes me sick to see that it's fixed above your door Is it the trade winds or destiny, or is it just my heart That binds me to the earth, so we will never be apart? To break gravity's pull, two wings must work in tandem Birds of a feather flock together, or misfortune strikes them Going off in all directions, like gears that cannot turn Nature made us separate for reasons we can't learn So why must I burn myself, and others with this desire? This blazing conflagration, a blemish like the fire Of the sun, the destroyer, that hangs in the sky above Why must I be the doomed one, doomed to feel this love? Why do I feel like the evenstar has been struck blind By the harsh, unwanted glare of sunlight? How will the stars guide my voyage across the firmament If the sun consumes and devours the night? Tell me how to go on, when I feel in my heart of hearts A sensation so heavy I can't take flight? And how can I fight these feelings dwelling inside me Feelings of such sweet, joyous delight? It's something unnatural, and it makes me shiver Oh, I know it's wrong.... Yes, yes, I know it's wrong! Oooh, I know it's wrong....but I'm in love with River She's something unnatural, and she makes me shiver And I know it's wrong....but I'm in love with River!