Benelope's Songs

#### Meaning

Benelope wrote this song to honour her late husband who was eaten by an Ice Troll. This is one of her oldest songs, written prior to the great avalanche. Inspired by her brother Narkus, she uses imagery of Lathander's light to imagine that a piece of her husbands soul has joined this god in the sky, relishing in the sights of the Icewind Dale during daylight, where at least her imagination can enjoy the "paths they could not start". During the Frost Maiden time, when a great shroud kept the Icewind Dale in perpetual darkness, Benelope stopped singing this song, and relapsed into alcoholism.

### Fogwater Cannot Bear

#### Lyrics

> That night I was a goner, was boiling in my drink
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> An avalanche was coming, and all that I could think
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> Was I’d found a proper time, to sing that final song
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> But Zalton heard the melody, came to prove me wrong.
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> With the rooftop as his lifeboat, he made his daring call
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> To all those buried, under snow fifteen feet tall
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> When he finally found me, on my last gasp of air
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> He should have left me, but a Fogwater cannot bear…
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> **Chorus:**
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> [Some call us stubborn!
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> Some call us fools!
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> Small, righteous idiots!
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> Whose hearts (ever overrule)!
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> I could not greet the morning, and even less the night
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> Had hung up all my swords, and all that I could write
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> It was the perfect time, to pen that final song
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> But Narkus felt that wavering and helped get me back strong
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> On the stage block of the tavern, he shared Lathander’s love
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> The beauty of his guidance, he shines down from above
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> When I finally saw this, I was inches from despair
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> I wasn’t worth the effort, but a Fogwater cannot bear…
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> **Chorus**
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> I had not played a venue, I had not paid my rent
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> Sleeping in the tavern, my last coins all but spent
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> And it was about time, to sell my final lute
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> But then Gnarlo’ came a’knocking and knocked me off that route
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> In the corner of the tavern, she filled my hands with gold
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> She had earned in Waterdeep far from the Icewind cold
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> It was enough to get me going, and earning my own share
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> Should have left me drowning, but a Fogwater cannot bear…
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> **Chorus**
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> The sight sent me reeling, the troll who ate my man
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> &%^$er came down the mountain, and near our town again
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> I gathered all my courage, and even though it was hard
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> With Jorge at my side, we called upon the guard
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> And they walked out of the tavern, and left without a word
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> A rage burned in my brother, that injustice had spurred.
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> And although I was hurting, I gave my thoughts the chair
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> Calmed down my brother, ‘cause a Fogwater cannot bear…
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> **Chorus**
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#### Meaning

One of Benelope's more straightforward songs. She sings about her three brothers and sister. The whole family helps each other out through hard times. The song suggests it is in their nature.

### Die Troll

#### Lyrics:

> Hello Troll oh, gifts for you!!!
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> Feeling steel spin, cut you through!!!
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> Hello Troll oh, time to DIE!!!
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> DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!
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#### Meaning:

Benelope would often play this song, sometimes multiple times per set, despite it being objectively her worst song.