Mureilla, High in the Halls

Lute finger-style plucking along the wan strings, a princess dances forlorn and alone in an ancient abandoned castle, that once held three powerful old Kings. From shattered stone and broken walls, cream-white snow rains down in the high ballroom hall, a woman gives her final dance, remembering the lords ghosts that once were. Though it is unknown how long the princess has been in the ruined castle, with each twirl, step, and leap, her glossy blue dress flapping out before her with a bent crown, recalls the fleeting and faint memories of each king, each with a different set of eyes: gold, silver, and emerald. A Poet King who was hung for preaching true word against the terrible law, a midnight king who commanded blood spells and fell to his own demise and disease, and a honest family man, who failed to win a war, and resorted to ending his own life. But to her, they are not just flickering dreams. There ghosts live on in the high halls, all treasured by her heart, as they had each cared for her in her youth in varying loving ways.

From Album: Tales of a Time Before Volume II

Type: Single Song

Instrument: Lute

Length: 5 min

Genre: Fantasy\Ethereal\Dream-Like

File Type: MP4 

Composer and Lyricist: Jack Buie