1. THE COURTSHIP

The towers rise up ahead, along the river Thames
A minstrel starts to sing.
The gentlemen bat their eyes and all the women sigh,
But I keep walking forwards and then with a grin on my face,
I'll return to you, Your Grace!

Our eyes entwined, a golden enchantment bestowed upon us,
Our hands slowly cemented our star-crossed love.

Oh from this day forward to thee I belong,
Oh, oh I belong.

No maiden nor concubine shall I become of thine,
No bastard to my name.
Oh my ruler I do implore forget, annul what was before!
And lead me, beguile me and make me whole.

Oh from this day forward to thee I belong,
Oh, oh I belong.

Henry, must we dwell on bygone days,
Must we act as in a bygone age,
While it is in your hands to separate!
Annul this marriage as head of state,
Break with Rome and break with fate.

My lips beckoning to kiss you, oh make me yours...
My hips beckoning to thrill you, oh make me yours...

And could thee comfort neither church nor the queen
My king, please be wise else my soul in prison lies.

Our eyes entwined, a golden enchantment bestowed upon us,
Our hands slowly cemented our star-crossed love.
Our lives entwined, the promise awaited now I am your bride.
Violently you commenced and shamed my pride.

Oh from this day forward I belong to thee,
Oh, oh I belong.

Lay with me, stay with me, for I to thee – belong, oh Lord!
Father in heaven please bless me with a son.


2. THE MISCARRIAGE

Oh the truth has arrived, it played out before my eyes,
Twas ever so divine.

Oh the son you could have been, salvation to a queen,
These hollow hopes of mine, wide-eyed lies.

My daughter, oh righteous English rose,
Your spirit brings comfort to my soul,
May you not be heiress to the throne and absolve me?

Why have you taken him from me?
Why has fate such ravenous teeth?
Oh through these weary bones, no life echoes.

I guess there is nowhere left to turn.
My tale has been written, past bridges burned,
Why am I forsaken to thee Lord? Oh, have remorse!

Why have you taken him from me?
Why has fate such ravenous teeth?
Oh through these weary bones, no life echoes.

Why have you taken him from me?
Why has fate such ravenous teeth?
Oh through these weary bones, no life echoes.

Oh you traitor! The angels have come to take you home.
You were my saviour, but now there's no future in our song!
You were my saviour, my labour... oh!
You were my saviour, my saviour!
And now salvation's gone.


3. THE BEHEADING

From all of the places where I have been,
The Tower of London is where my heart sings,
Where I found home,

our children would grow, and claim the Tudor throne.
From all the places where I have been...

Down on the streets the people await
My final ordeal, his final betrayal,
The place I called home,
repelled me and so will mark my grave as unknown.
Down on the streets the people await...

Here in this tower up high, all the memories collide
Our love is now deranged and will soon be erased.

I have become like her of Aragon.

May your devious lies, forever terrorize
The innocence you gave that condemned me to my grave.
Rebember who I've been, not my earthly sins,
'cause when the hour strikes you and I are alike.

The crowd's blackhearted and vile,
No one saw through his wiles,
Forcefully I stride, my head held up high.

I have become like her of Aragon.

May your devious lies, forever terrorize
The innocence you gave that condemned me to my grave.
Rebember who I've been, not my earthly sins,
'cause when the hour strikes you and I are alike.

The toxic feel of oppression,
Lifts me – hands and feet
Onto the chant the people are singing:
"We bask in your defeat!"
There! On the scaffold I see him!
The man called 'the Sword of Calais',
Now Father above, what's the use of praying
When a king is eager to slay!

Bare feet, bare skin, oh the end is near!
Henry? Why have you not come to wield the sword yourself?
Such a coward king!

May your devious lies, forever terrorize
The innocence you gave that condemned me to my grave.
Rebember who I've been, not my earthly sins,
Now the hour strikes you and I...

May your devious lies forever terrorize you!
Oh Lord lay your wrath upon him!
Recall who I've been: Anne Boleyn.