Golden Eyes (Magic, Moondust, & Melancholy)
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- Song - Golden Eyes (Mercedes Lackey/Leslie Fish/Heather Alexander)
Album - Magic, Moondust, & Melancholy
Year - 1989
Notes - Became the short story Were-Hunter in Tales from the Witch World vol. 1.
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Lyrics
A shadow in the bright bazaar
A glimpse of eyes where none should shine
A glimpse of eyes translucent gold
And silted against the sun
This the clue, and this the sign
That sets him on his quarry's line
But she had seen him in a dream
And now she's on the run
Faster than a thought she flees
And seeks the jungle's sheltering trees
But he is steady on her track
And half a breath behind
She tastes his scent upon the breeze
And looking past her shoulder sees
He treads upon her shadow
She fears the hunters mind
So now she summons all her wit
And every trick she knows to hide
To make him loose the twisting track
To throw him off her trail
In woman form in leopard hide
Folding leaping side to side
She doubles back along her track
And sees her efforts fail
He stands before her, dark and grim
Her terror now she can't suppress
He blocks the only pathway out
And will not let her by
Her gold flanks heaving in distress
Half woman and half leopardess
To either side, no where to hide
It's time to fight or die
But what is this, to her amaze
The man has thrown his gun away
And quietly draws near her now
A smile upon his face
Before she thinks to run or stay
His body blurs like softned clay
Before her eyes to her surprise
A leopard in his place
[Interlude]
The hunter they have sought in vain
And now the talk of the bazaar-
Is of the canny leopard pair
A sight none will forget
Who once has seen them near or far
In sunlight or where shadows are
As side-by-side they hunt and hide
No one has caught them yet
I'm listening to this while making D&D encounters. I wanna homebrew a wereleopard now
This is the love story I've always wanted to see in movies and tv
I tend to agree... Many of the shorter 'Witch World' stories would make excellent videos or movies. Heck, string a few of the shorter ones, like this story: Golden Eyes, and a few others, and you'd have a full length feature film. But, it would have to start with a voice over of wandering peoples passing through magical gates into the Witch World and a short comment about the various areas, the Dales, Arvon, Alizon, etc. Perhaps with a map flaring up as each place and people are mentioned, along with flashes of the people and their daily lives. Once past this 'intro', the real story telling could begin, like in this story... Starting with the scene of a starving young woman in a run down area of a modern city, chased by gangs, who finds an old woman and the Gate she guards.
I love the story from which this song is based. I read it first in a short story collection honoring Andre Norton, and later in a collection of Mercedes Lackey's short stories. I always wanted to learn more about these characters, though.
This song is mentioned in "Marching Through Georgia" by S.M. Stirling.
This is simply beautiful...
To think that the hunter was another were-leopard...
I remember a similar story involving a witchfinder, where the final line was, "It takes one to know one...."
I've read this short story...I'm not sure whether song or story came first, as both predate me, but it's set in MZB's Darkover.
@@Mainnalle The story came first. The majority of Filk songs started as Fiction.
@@Mainnalle Sorry, but no. It is set in Andre Norton's 'Witch World'. I've spoken to the Author, Mercedes Lackey about it. Mercedes spoke of reading Mary Alice Norton's works as a young woman, which inspired her to write fiction as well. Mary Alice Norton is the true name of 'Andre Norton', because when she began writing science fiction and fantasy, it was not 'proper' for a woman to do so. Remember, that when she began writing, it was in the 40's and 50's. Still a time period with 'set' gender roles for males and females. Thus, Mrs Norton wrote under the name 'Andre' Norton. Few, if any, questioned wither the Author was Male or Female due to the quality of her works. I know I spent hundreds of hours reading, and re-reading her stories. I still do, from time to time, even though I am now in my 60's and not my late teens. :)
Thats wholesome
Great song; it's a story by Andre Norton.
Actually, it is a song set in Andre Norton's 'Witch World' series, and both the song and story were written by Mercedes Lackey. A writer inspired by Norton's works, both Sci-Fi and Fantasy. The male Leopard is a Ware... a race of humans on Witch World with the ability to transform into various species of animal forms, although limited to one form per person. The woman's ability to change like him is due to an heirloom ring of a cat with flecks of gems for eyes. There is a sequel story to Golden Eyes, featuring the daughter of the Ware and the girl shape changer. The daughter is a 'normal' human, but she learns to be a 'Moon Witch', with Powers that wax and wane according to the Moon's cycles. I suggest finding it and reading it as well as Golden Eyes itself.
To answer johnmburt the version you are thinking of was on Horse Tamer's Daughter and was sung by Catherine Cook and Joey Shoji.
Is it posted anywhere online?
@@johnburt7935 A bit off on that. Sung by Julia Ecklar, arranged by Joey Shoji, on the Horse Tamer's Daughter album.
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@@sciffycirco Many thanks.
Superb.
excellent!