The Magic Theatre

The Sampler

Album: The Long Way Home [2013]
Author: Dan Popplewell - Sophia Churney © Elefant Publishing

Through broke thread and pinpricks, I’ll finish my sampler

Deep in the dim nights with oil flickering low

All for a sampler so detailed and perfect that

When… my birthday comes people will want to step in

 

And I’ll be the belle of the ball

Bask in the envy of all

A princess in blue I’ll be called (all one breath)

In moonlight I’ll dance on the lawn 

 

I’ll prove them all wrong when I walk on my birthday

I… don’t need pity when I’ve got God right by my side

This is for him and he’s guiding the thread through

‘Cause God knows I’m losing the strength to do this alone

 

But I’ll be the belle of the ball

Bask in the envy of all

A princess in blue I’ll be called (all one breath)

In moonlight I’ll dance on the lawn

 

Hung in an auction house, come see my sampler

Made in a bad dream two hundred and twelve years ago

Don’t look too closely it’s not quite complete yet

It’s nearly my birthday so it... will be finished quite soon