(From Enya's album "A Day Without Rain")
Lovers in the long grass
Look above them
Only they can see where the clouds are going
Only to discover
Dust and sunlight
Ever make the sky so blue
Afternoon is hazy
River flowing
All around the sounds moving closer to them
Telling them the story
Told by Flora
Dreams they never knew
Silver willows
Tears from Persia
Those who come from a far-off island
Winter Chanterelle lies
Under cover
Glory-of-the-sun in blue
Some they know as passion
Some as freedom
Some they know as love and the way it leaves them
Summer snowflake
For a season
When the sky above is blue
When the sky above is blue
Lying in the long grass
Close beside her
Giving her the name of the one the moon loves
This will be the day she
Will remember
When she knew his heart was --
Loving in the long grass
Close beside her
Whispering of love and the way it leaves them
Lying in the long grass
In the sunlight
They believe it's true love --
And from all around them
Flora's secret
Telling them of love and the way it breathes and
Looking up from eyes of
Amaranthine
They can see the sky is blue
Knowing that their love is true
Dreams they never knew
And the sky above is blue
NOTES:
Flora is a goddess/elemental/fairy/princess of flowers/plants depending
on your view of things.
The following refer to various flowers/plants one might find in a meadow:
Silver Willow (a type of willow tree)
Tears from Persia (can't find a picture)
Winter Chanterlle (actually a mushroom-type fungus,
but close enough)
Glory of the Sun (purple flowers with red centers)
Summer Snowflake (white, bell-like flowers)
Amaranthine -- from Greek: "unfading"; In Greek mythology, the amaranth
was a purple flower that never faded.
In this case, "Eyes of amaranthine" refers to purple
flowers of some type, though in the context of the story
it could refer to another set of purple eyes...