The Heart of a Star
Words by Joe Ficklin and Dawnya N. Thill © 2010, music by Dawnya Thill

Yvaine:
Oh, I did not ask for this stone
I never cared to leave my home
They say it was worn by a queen
This gem with chain of gold
Now to this earth I am cast down
And lying cold on mortal ground
Bereft of hopes and dreams I'll try
To flee to the stars in the sky.

	Many are those who would kill for pow'r
	For greed or for lust would the whole world devour
	Where is that soul, unblemished by scar
	Who is pure and would die for the heart of a star?

Tristan:
To answer an unknowing call
I cross through a break in the wall
And find a token of my love:
A jewel more rare than gold.
Victoria waiting at her home
Until I come back with the stone.
To destiny I must be bound
To bring her the star that fell down.

	Many are those who would kill for pow'r
	For greed or for lust would the whole world devour
	Where is that soul, unblemished by scar
	Who is pure and would die for the heart of a star?

Yvaine:
I need to flee, but find instead
I'm captured by a silver thread
He has no thoughts within his head
This grinning, oafish boy.
Tristan:
The journey will be long I know
Until we get where we must go
And others searching toward us ride
To capture the star at my side.

	INSTRUMENTAL

(B) The music plays and we must dance
(Y) To learn to trust, (T) to take a chance
(B) With wonder and amazement find
    A love more pure than gold
(Y) Betrayed and caught within a snare
(T) And locked within the witches' lair
(Y) Below the sacrificial knife
(T) Protecting my star with my life.

	Many are those who would kill for pow'r
	For greed or for lust would the whole world devour
	Where is that soul, unblemished by scar
	Who is pure and would die for the heart of a star?

(B) At journey's end, and now we see
(Y) A crown revealed; (T) a bird set free
(B) A treasure found and carried home
    More rare than jewels or gold
(Y) A secret known to stars above
(T) To live and laugh (Y) and always love
(T) To hold her heart and never die
(B) And reach for the stars in the sky.

	Many are those who would kill for pow'r
	For greed or for lust would the whole world devour
	Where is that soul, unblemished by scar
	Who is pure and would live for the heart of a star?
	(…Who is pure and would live for the heart of a star?)