Sing It Again

Discord's Apprentice, the second instalment of the Exiles of Ondd, raced on this week until one of the characters decided to be difficult and got herself stuck in a very tricky situation without giving any clue how to get her out. Working on the principle that if I think about something else, inspiration might strike, I've been trying to decide whether to write another series of Iyessi songs to go with each chapter of the new novel. On the whole, I think I will. After writing a long book, writing lyrics needs a different sort of discipline and is a refreshing challenge.

Here's the next Iyessi song for Discord's Child:

Once there were meadows.
Flowers fringed the stream,
The land swelled gently.
Then there were woods.
Marshes hummed with wings,
The slope stepped to the summit.
Which is best?
What once was, or what is?
Who can say?