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This article is for the album. For the song, see Sun and Shadow (song).
Sunshadow

From Firebird Arts and Music: "At last the complete Sun and Shadow Song Cycle. The long awaited story of Sunsinger and Shadowdancer, set to music, with the complete story for the very first time. The album is a collaboration between Mercedes Lackey and the musical heart of Golden Bough - Paul Espinoza and Margie Butler.

"Golden Bough has been involved with Misty's music from the very beginning, and there could be no better choice to bring this magical tale to life.

"The album has a short introduction by Mercedes Lackey."

Copyright 2006 for the album.

Song list[]

  1. Valdemar[1]
  2. I Found a Land[1]
  3. Two Young Fools[1] - Part 1
  4. How Could I Have Known?[1]
  5. Two Young Fools[1] - Part 2
  6. A Lovely Young Man[1]
  7. Two Young Fools[1] - Part 3
  8. Sun and Shadow - lyrics by Mercedes Lackey
  9. Meetings - lyrics by Mercedes Lackey
  10. Windrider Unchained - lyrics by Mercedes Lackey
  11. A Love That's Meant to Be[1]
  12. Two New Heralds[1]
  13. On Her Wedding Day[1]
  14. Another Morning's Birth[1]

Legend songs overview[]

  • Two Young Fools summarizes their individual curses due to excessive ego.
  • How Could I Have Known? is a lament from the viewpoint of Shadowdancer's mother, who, frustrated by her daughter's habits, inadvertently cursed her to always sleep by day.
  • A Lovely Young Man is the story of Sunsinger's "test," told by the beggarwoman herself. He ignores her request for food and laughs at her suffering. She deliberately decides that he needs a lesson, and curses him to only live by day.
  • Sun and Shadow (lyrics by Mercedes Lackey) - sung from the perspective of each of the pair about their fears of the romance.
  • Meetings (lyrics by Mercedes Lackey) - describes how they can be together at twilight, but only for a few moments.
  • A Love That's Meant to Be is sung by the two of them about their experiences, trying to be near each other though one is always asleep.
  • Windrider Unchained (lyrics by Mercedes Lackey) - describes the plight of Companion Darshay and Herald "Windrider" who are imprisoned in a villain's dungeon. The legendary couple has just acquired the power to break their own curses and be together, but they are drawn to Windrider and Darshay. They use their power to free them, sacrificing their own long-awaited happiness.
  • Two New Heralds is sung first by the couple, about their despair at the sacrifice of their hopes, then by someone who judges them worthy ... and then by Grove-Born Companions who arrive to Choose them to become Heralds, having shown their true integrity and strength.

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