Η κυρά της λίμνης

There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground
Makin' it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin' out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands

When a movement behind hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault and I started to faulter
Fibres of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn now the water should churn
And push it way from the core
And a lady in white will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground
Makin' it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin' out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a slivery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

Straight down I'm swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

↠ Το θέμα: Η Κυρά της Λίμνης, εκ των βασικότερων χαρακτήρων στον Αρθουριανό μυθολογικό κύκλο. Αυτή έδωσε το σπαθί Excalibur (Caledfwlch στην Ουαλική γλώσσα) στον βασιλιά Αρθούρο και τον μετέφερε στο Avalon μετά την μάχη του Camlann (που έπεσαν Αρθούρος και Μέντραουτ)...

↠ Οι εικόνες: Illustration από το "Le Morte d'Arthur" του Aubrey Beardsley. Η εικονογραφημένη έκδοση του έργου (ουσιαστικά πρόκειται για συλλογή μύθων) που επιμελήθηκε ο Thomas Malory κι αφορά τον μυθολογικό κύκλο του Βασιλιά Αρθούρου και των ιπποτών της στρογγυλής τραπέζης.

↠ Ο ζωγράφος: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 - 1898), Άγγλος ζωγράφος και συγγραφέας. Ένα σύντομο βιογραφικό από την wikipedia: 

«Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 - 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. 

He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant, despite the brevity of his career before his early death from tuberculosis.»

↠ Το τραγούδι: "Lady Of The Lake". Σύνθεση των Blackmore - Dio από τον δίσκο "Long live Rock 'n Roll" των Rainbow, ο οποίος ηχογραφήθηκε το 1977 στο Παρίσι και κυκλοφόρησε στις 9 Απριλίου 1978 μέσω της Polydor. 3ος και τελευταίος δίσκος των Rainbow με τον Ronnie James Dio στα φωνητικά...