The Camerawalls - The Emperor, the Concubine & the Commoner lyrics

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The Camerawalls - The Emperor, the Concubine & the Commoner

Hundreds of years ago when emperors rule

The most beautiful girl was torn apart

An honour to her family but death to her heart

A mistress she will be, the emperor’s concubine.

I was a commoner, a slave to the rules

Inside the Forbidden City, I was rooted

With a glimpse of her peach blossom eyes

Caught, imprisoned and beaten

Oh, what a grave sin it is to stare at the emperor’s concubine

One gloomy night she came and brought some provisions

Completely forgetting the hunger and pain

As she parted her lips for a brief conversation

The visit has blossomed into romance

The beginning of a tragic affair with the emperor’s concubine

Upon release I go back to my woodcutting station

And under the new moon’s light to my lover’s temptation

Inside the forest, witnessed by the stars, we made love

Parting before the rituals begin in the palace of the emperor’s concubine

Fire in our eyes

Fire in our hearts

We have dared to defy imperial convention

Some good things never last, and for us it quickly came to pass

Like a Shakespearian sonnet, knocking at the doors of death

The emperor’s fury was conquered with love and mercy

To his concubine he said, “Remove the unwanted in your womb,

And your life will be spared.”

Fire in our eyes

Fire in our hearts

We have dared to defy imperial convention

Off with our heads

Off with our lives

We will wait till our next incarnation.