"More than the Swamp - Lyrics

“We turn our attention now to Dyelle, princess of the Swampfolk.”

Sequestered in her lavish room in Gallow Grove, she overlooks the night time marsh.

As she watches the crickets and the toads her mind wanders elsewhere.

She’s engaged to be married to the Duke of Grimcrest as per her Father’s request.

Dyelle however has other ambitions and…well, I’ll let her tell you the rest”

“There has to be more than the swamp

Has to be more than these trees

Has to be more than the moss and the lichen and me

There has to be more than these frogs

Has to be more than these logs

Has to be more than these bogs and these puddles and streams

And maybe I’m delusional and I’m where I’m meant to be

But how am I to know if I’m not free?

I hear adventure calling me

And I’m listening

I hear adventure calling me

I hear it, I hear it, I hear it

I don’t know where I’d go

But I’d love to see

And even though my Father says I’m wrong

There has to be more than the swamp

I’ll take my Grandmother’s bow

And wait for my Father to sleep

I’ll leave my crown on my pillow and leave here discreet

There has to be more for my life

My Father would give me as wife

But I am not just a possession to give or to keep

And maybe I’ll regret this but the choice is up to me

Be pampered and be captured or be free

I hear adventure calling me

And I’m listening

I hear adventure calling me

I hear it, I hear it, I hear it

I don’t know where I’d go

But I’d love to see

And even though my Father says I’m wrong

There has to be more than the swamp

Theres a little more light through the canopy

I can see, as I move on

There’s a little more breeze at the top of the trees

And a lot less fog

No butler’s gonna bring me dinner so I gotta use my bow to get a bird out of a tree (yeah)

And the travel is rough but I’m toughening up it seems (yeah)

I can feel it, subtle changes

I can do this, I can make it

(I hear, I hear, I hear)

I hear adventure calling me

And I’m listening

I hear adventure calling me

I hear it, I hear it, I hear it

I don’t know where I’d go

But I’d love to see

And even though my Father says I’m wrong

There has to be more than the swamp"