Blackbird Sonnets Lyrics - Singles - Emilie Autumn

Sonnet I 

How shall I fly when feathers be not mine 

Though all my wishes skyward do attend? 

How tie my wounded heartstrings safe to thine 

So thou to me, like sun to moon, descend? 

Or if thou wilt not bend thy starry frame 

Wishing to keep thy brow o'ercrowned with mist 

I'll rise so that thy place shall stay the same 

But will not then depart from heights unkiss'd 

For bargains may be struck and kept with pride 

When lovers from their just demands ne'er hide. 

Sonnet II 

My lover's eyes are darker than the moon 

Or are they brighter? I cannot decide 

His tender voice makes other's out of tune 

And shows me how I cannot them abide 

His movements are of more than feline grace 

His hands are soft and pale as ivory 

And though I've rarely seen a stranger face 

More perfect looks I should abhor to see 

For others may be pleasanter in part 

But all my love remains a work of art. 

Sonnet III 

How is it that I smile when I am sad? 

From what resource do I derive this strength? 

I've lost none but a thing I never had 

To keep it would I go to any length 

But distance is not measured in a heart 

So I could weep and say that I've been wronged 

And yet, as ever, be so far apart 

From him to whom I swore that I belonged 

Alas, I blame as though he were untrue 

I loved him but, poor fool, he never knew. 

Sonnet IV 

If all you love I am, as I am quite, 

Then why dost thou not love? Dost thou not see 

A plainly perfect match? If thou art bright, 

Then why, when thou dost love, love'st thou not me 

Instead preferring someone far removed 

From all you claim to most admire? I would 

Commit you as a lunatic if proved 

Thus mad you were my ward for your own good 

And yet I'm making light of my own pain 

Because I finally love, yet love in vain.