(listen, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government! supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! i mean, you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!)

(in other news, enjoy this song)

There’s a magical sound
Sliding over the ground
Making it shiver and shake

And a permanent cry
Falling out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move
Kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light

Then a beam in the shade
From a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hand

When a movement behind
Hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away

Then another assault
And I started to falter
Fibers of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn
Now the water should churn
And push it away from the core

And a lady in white
Will bring sun to the light
Brighter than ever before

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hand

Lady of the Lake!

There’s a magical sound
Sliding over the ground
Making it shiver and shake

And a permanent cry
Falling out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move
Kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light

Then a beam in the shade
From a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

Straight down and swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain!

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hand

Lady of the Lake!

Rainbow - Lady of the Lake