Lullaby for a Princess

Lullaby for a Princess is a fan-animated film created by Warpout. It depicts an interpretation of when Princess Celestia had to banish Princess Luna-turned-Nightmare Moon to the moon using the The Elements of Harmony. The song in the video was created by Ponyphonic.

Lyrics


[Princess Celestia] Intro:
 * Fate has been cruel and order unkind
 * How can I have sent you away?
 * The blame was my own; the punishment, yours
 * The harmony's silent today
 * But into the stillness I'll bring you a song
 * And I will your company keep
 * Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
 * Have carried you softly to sleep

Verse 1:
 * Once did a pony who shone like the sun
 * Look out on her kingdom and sigh
 * She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony
 * So lovely and so well beloved as I"
 * So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory
 * That long was the shadow she cast
 * Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved
 * And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Chorus:
 * Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine
 * And rest now in moonlight's embrace
 * Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
 * Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
 * Carry the peace and the coolness of night
 * And carry my sorrow in kind
 * Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
 * Forgive me for being so blind

Verse 2:
 * Soon did that pony take notice that others
 * Did not give her sister her due
 * And neither had she loved her as she deserved
 * She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew
 * But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly
 * Takes hold of the mind of its host
 * And that foolish pony did nothing to stop
 * The destruction of one who had needed her most

Chorus:
 * Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine
 * And rest now in moonlight's embrace
 * Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
 * Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
 * Carry the peace and the coolness of night
 * And carry my sorrow in kind
 * Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
 * May troubles be far from your mind
 * And forgive me for being so blind

[Instrumental]

Bridge:
 * The years now before us
 * Fearful and unknown
 * I never imagined
 * I'd face them on my own
 * May these thousand winters
 * Swiftly pass, I pray
 * I love you; I miss you
 * All these miles away

Ending:
 * May all your dreams be sweet tonight
 * Safe upon your bed of moonlight
 * And know not of sadness, pain, or care
 * And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there

Lullaby for a Princess (Animatic)
Brief summary here, including differences from final animation

Cast/Crew

 * Christina Ellis as Princess Celestia (singing voice)
 * Viola: Seth Wil(l)ey
 * Lyrics, Music, Arrangement: Dane/David Larson