So I really want to indulge and tell you all about how I think On The Borderline by Blixemi is a near-perfect song for Queen Clarion and Lord Milori as someone who read Wings of Starlight.
So the song is based on forbidden lovers who are separated by a political border, but it’s still dangerous to cross all the same. Crowfeather (the man in the song) is more excited at the prospect of crossing and changing things, while Leafpool (the woman in the song) is more conflicted as she is torn between her duty, what she’s always known, and love.
Now let’s get into the lyrics:
Am I a fool to even come?
Crowfeather, who I see as Milori, is waiting at the border and is wondering if his waiting is for nothing.
So I stand on the edge of this line. Counting every single breathless beat to pass the time.
I mean I wonder what Milori does while waiting at sunset sometimes. This feels plausible.
Between my head and my heart
Leafpool, who I see as Clarion, is torn between her head (duty as queen) and her heart (her love for Milori)
But the path laid out here in sand shifts below no matter where I stand, but all I want is not a choice.
Clarion cannot just choose to not be queen. There is no other option, no matter where she goes she will be a governing-talent fairy. She will always make the sand shift.
All it took was a moment, all my plans had changed. Everything I thought I wanted now is not the same.
Clarion has been told to rule a certain way all of her life by Elvina, but she is later convinced to find her own way of using her magic and ruling. She finds that she wants to be different from Elvina.
So I pray for a break in the time. Counting every single reason I should cross that line.
Clarion wants time to visit Milori and cross the border to meet the winter fairies, and she counts on those reasons to cross.
I'm on the borderline of breaking down all the rules, and the dreams I built my whole life around.
Here, breaking down is emphasized by Blixemi. Its shows how torn she is. Despite being so close to breaking the rules, she still feels it’s wrong to do so because she was told she was supposed to be this one thing her entire life.
Am I a fool to chase the sun?
Crowfeather, who I see as Milori, expresses this. I think seeing Clarion as the sun is cute is all.
Laid before me is an unchanged course… I want to change my tide just once.
Clarion cannot abandon her people, and yet she still desires to make changes and rebel against what she is told.
I'm on the borderline of making a mistake-would-be to hold back, I've gotta know what this means.
Clarion knows that she needs to find out what she can about the nightmares. For that, she crossed the border. This could be considered a mistake by her friends and the current queen, but she rightfully believes it would be a mistake to abandon the winter fairies instead.
Still I wait here every time, for a chance of a glance by her side, I'd ask the sun not to rise.
Milori and Clarion meet at sunsets on the border, and Milori would be more accustomed to nightly cold. I think this would be him wishing to spend more time with her.
Still I waste each day and night fighting shifts
Clarion has to go about royal duties, aka shifts, but feels she is wasting time instead of going to fix the nightmare problem with Milori.
It's a breakdown or a breakthrough. My sanity can't seem to choose. I'm losing a war between logic and you.
This is coming up to the point where Clarion is realizing she and him would only bring each other, and potentially the other fairies, suffering while being together.
I can't stay… on the borderline.
Clarion wants to stay with Milori, but knows she can’t, so she expresses they can’t be together.
Our heart is on the line.
Instead of treating their love as the number one focus in their lives, they separate for the sake of Pixie Hollow, having to disregard their feelings.
Anyways those are all the lyrics I felt like touching on! Just trying to convince someone out there that this song is perfect for these two >-< Thanks for reading!
