Beautiful Swan lyrics

The Moon hangs heavy, a silver, fractured eye Watching the willows as the soft winds sigh The air is cold and carries the scent of stone In this lonely hour, I feel profoundly known The reeds are silent sentinels that stand Guarding the shadows of this barren land My feathers are still gray, a color of the night Waiting for the promise of the coming light But the silence calls me to the water's edge Where sorrow makes its solitary pledge Though fear may clutch me with its icy hand Tonight, I choose a fate I understand I will be a beautiful swan Dancing on the dark lake I will be a beautiful swan For beauty's lonely sake Against the shadows where no sunlight breaks My transformation for the world awakens They say the darkness will forever stain my form That I am destined only for the storm They see the awkwardness, the wings that drag and fall They do not hear the future symphony that calls But in this deep reflection, clear and cold A different story waits to be untold The transformation is a pain I must embrace To find my truth in this isolated place And the silence calls me to the water's edge Where sorrow makes its solitary pledge Though fear may clutch me with its icy hand Tonight, I choose a fate I understand I will be a beautiful swan Dancing on the dark lake I will be a beautiful swan For beauty's lonely sake Against the shadows where no sunlight breaks My transformation for the world awakens Oh, the burden of the spirit, deep and true! To shed the old skin and emerge anew A creature of light born from the heart of night A final, perfect, agonizing flight! I will be a beautiful swan Dancing on the dark lake! I will be a beautiful swan For beauty's lonely sake! Against the shadows where no sunlight breaks My transformation for the world awakens