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A Fae Story

from Incubi and Succubi by DOUG the Eagle

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'A Fae Story' is an interesting one, it started out as a take on fairy tales, but got sucked into the DMFA universe. The chorus was the first part to be written, and I had most of the music down pat, inspired partly by music from a 1980s computer game that shall remain nameless. However I was never really happy with the story after the first two verses. I think I rewrote it about a dozen times before coming up with something that didn't completely suck.

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A Fae Story

I was told a tale
About a princess from the Kingdom of Fail
She went to seek the Fae
A royal visit that went badly astray

Seduced by wolves, or eaten by witches
The Kingdom of Fail and the promise of riches
The sky will fall, the land will be broken
The wrath of the Fae is such a terrible token

There came a man in red
He had grey wings upon his back and his head
The stranger made it known
He was a hero who could help save the throne

The King said “This will never do,
We hate your kind, be off with you
We have no need for 'Cubi scum,
Our hero must be a mortal one!”

The hero's blood ran hot
“I'm going to help you if you like it or not”
He waved his mighty sword
And went to bring the Princess
Back to her lord

It took him just two days to find the Princess
But as they tried to leave,
The Fae Lord took him by the sleeve


“The King will try to have
The both of you killed.
If you can bide your time,
I'll make sure vengeance can be mine”

The hero and princess
Returned in triumph
and were under arrest
Before they could be hung
The Fae returned and killed
the King and his son

The Fae Lord led them out of jail
And named the princess King of Fail
The wedding was a royal one
And soon the new queen bore a son
(that's me)

There's one thing left to do
I have to tell you that this story was true
But heroes love to roam
And so my Dad left
And put me on the throne

The son of two, of princesses and kings
Beneficent ruler
With a new pair of head-wings
I'll use my brain, my eyes and my ears
Rule wisely and justly
For thousands of years

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from Incubi and Succubi, released March 30, 2013

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