Fate has been cruel and order unkind How can I have sent you away? The blame was my own; the punishment, yours The harmony’s silent today
But into the stillness I’ll send you a song And I will your company keep Till your tired eyes and my lullabies Have carried you softly to sleep
Once did a stallion who shone like the sun Look out on his kingdom with pride He smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony So valiant and so well admired as I"”
So great was his reign and so brilliant his glory That long was the shadow he cast Which fell dark upon the young brother he loved And grew only darker as days and nights passed
Soon did that stallion take notice that others Did not give his brother his due And neither had he loved his as he deserved But stood by as his brother's jealousy grew
But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly Takes hold of the mind of its host And that foolish stallion did nothing to stop The destruction of one who had needed him most
Sleep prince of darkness, goodnight brother, mine And rest now in moonlight's embrace Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Carry the peace and the coolness of night And carry my sorrow in kind, Osiris, you're loved so much more than you know May troubles be far from your mind And forgive me for being so blind
The years now before us Fearful and unknown I'd never imagined I'd face them on my own
May these thousand winters Swiftly pass, I pray I love you; I miss you All these miles away