The Pegasus Awards

	Helva's Song Cecilia Eng

Pegasus Award
Award	Year	Category
	2022	Best Classic Filk Song

 

Helva's Song

Words and Music: Copyright ©1985 by Cecilia A. Eng
All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
based on Anne McCaffrey's "The Ship Who Sang"

My sister and my brother ships speak softly by my side,
But I only hear the emptiness of space
And the siren song which calls to me from a burning white-hot star,
Promising oblivion and peace.

Chorus
And the stars still dance the spiral dance
And the planets circle far
But the Ship Who Sang will sing no more
Between the distant stars --
I'll sing no more.

For my love lies dead within me, his voice forever still.
It seems as though my heart will never mend.
The music's died unfinished; his song is at an end.
We'll never sing again.

Chorus

Now, I could turn and fly away, a rogue without a home
And turn my back on all that we have known.
But a hundred years is far too long to live on nothing more
Than memories and heartache, all alone.

Chorus
While the stars still dance the spiral dance
And the planets circle far,
The Ship Who Sang will sing no more
Between the distant stars --
I'll sing no more.

So here upon this lonely field. I'll bid my love good-bye.
The honors at his graveside are the best.
And somehow I will find my voice and fill the silent plain,
Yes, I'll sing him to his rest.

Final Chorus
And the stars will dance the spiral dance and the planets circle far
And the Ship Who Sang will sing once more
Between the distant stars --
I'll sing once more.

And the Ship Who Sang will sing once more
Between the distant stars -- (pause)
I'll sing once more.

 

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