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A collection of songs about writing and the creative process based on my original poetry, and arranged and set to music. 

Formerly Known As

Tracklist 

1. Formerly Known As 

2. Prism On The Floor 

Lyrics

Formerly Known As 

[Verse 1]

Name on the page

Never fit my shape

I kept the old frame

And outgrew the cage

Mirror got it wrong

I knew all along

There was more in me

Than the name they brought

[Pre-Chorus]

So I peeled it back

Found my own skin

Every step I take

Feels like I begin

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Verse 2]

Tailor cut the seams

Till they finally breathed

Every color I chose

Looked like truth on me

Hands used to shake

Now they raise my flag

I don't ask for space

I take mine back

[Pre-Chorus]

Watch me walk in

Unfolding bright

What they tried to bury

Turns to light

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Bridge]

Call me by the name

That makes me bloom

I carried this sunrise

All the way through

Not a before

Not a mistake

I am the line

That they could not break

[Final Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

Prism On The Floor 

[Verse 1]

I came in with my colors on

Painted nails and a louder song

You look twice when I walk by

I just grin and keep that vibe

Got a sash on my chest tonight

Shiny heart and a fearless stride

Every shade in the room can show

We were born for this, you know

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Verse 2]

I see kids with the courage glow

Picking names like a place to go

Moms in denim, dads in glitter boots

Everybody in their true roots

No more hiding in the back

No more folding into black

If they stare, let them stare

We’re a parade, and we’re there

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Bridge]

Hands up

Side to side

All these colors

Can’t be denied

One voice

Big demand

Love looks better

When it takes the stand

[Final Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Get Your Rainbow Bop On

Formerly Known As (2 song single)

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Formerly Known As 

[Verse 1]

Name on the page

Never fit my shape

I kept the old frame

And outgrew the cage

Mirror got it wrong

I knew all along

There was more in me

Than the name they brought

[Pre-Chorus]

So I peeled it back

Found my own skin

Every step I take

Feels like I begin

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Verse 2]

Tailor cut the seams

Till they finally breathed

Every color I chose

Looked like truth on me

Hands used to shake

Now they raise my flag

I don't ask for space

I take mine back

[Pre-Chorus]

Watch me walk in

Unfolding bright

What they tried to bury

Turns to light

[Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

[Bridge]

Call me by the name

That makes me bloom

I carried this sunrise

All the way through

Not a before

Not a mistake

I am the line

That they could not break

[Final Chorus]

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Say it clear, say it loud

I am here, I am now

(artist formerly known as)

I am the artist formerly known as

I am the artist formerly known as

Hold my name in your heart

I was whole from the start

(artist formerly known as)

Prism On The Floor 

[Verse 1]

I came in with my colors on

Painted nails and a louder song

You look twice when I walk by

I just grin and keep that vibe

Got a sash on my chest tonight

Shiny heart and a fearless stride

Every shade in the room can show

We were born for this, you know

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Verse 2]

I see kids with the courage glow

Picking names like a place to go

Moms in denim, dads in glitter boots

Everybody in their true roots

No more hiding in the back

No more folding into black

If they stare, let them stare

We’re a parade, and we’re there

[Pre-Chorus]

Take my hand

Spin me around

We can make this place

Shake the ground

Say it clear

Say it proud

We don’t dim it down

We turn it out

[Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

[Bridge]

Hands up

Side to side

All these colors

Can’t be denied

One voice

Big demand

Love looks better

When it takes the stand

[Final Chorus]

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, shout it loud

Rainbow pride, run this crowd

All my people in the light

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, hold it high

Rainbow pride, let it fly

We came to dance, we came alive

Rainbow pride, hold it high

(c) 2026 Peregrine the Bard 

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Avalon

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Tracklist

1. Ritual

2. Morgan

3. Labyrinth

4. Dreams of Camelot 

5. Avalon 

6. Keeping The Faith

Lyrics

Ritual

Mist words, shadow lore

Moon above and stone below

Invoke the Goddess, call the Lord

Circle round the sacred ground

Starlight, late eve rites

Fire burning through the night

Hand to hand and heart to heart

Let the old spell now take part

Spiral in, the flames burn high

Earth below and starry sky

Ceridwen, hear our call

Lady of the dark and all

Stone on stone, the circle round

Bare feet beat upon the ground

What is lost shall rise again

What is broken may be mended

Round we go, and round we go

What we seek, the old ways know

By the moon and by the flame

Call the old world by its name

So mote it be.

So mote it be.

So mote it be.

Morgan

I know the names of trees

I know the names of stones

I know the taste of rain

And the weight of bones

I know what roots do in the dark

I know what seeds become

I know the child beneath the skin

Before the child is born

I know the things men hide

Behind their walls of stone

I know the words they speak at night

When they think they are alone

I know the queen's bright smile

I know the king's proud crown

I know the cracks beneath the gold

That no one speaks aloud

I have walked the woods by moonlight

I have slept beneath the thorn

I have heard the old songs waking

In the place where I was born

The earth has been my mother

The moon has been my guide

The dark has never frightened me

I know what waits inside

I know the blood remembers

I know the dead are near

I know the land keeps every grief

That men refuse to hear

And I know the boy they fear

Before they give him blame

Before they make him Mordred

Before they curse his name

I know.

I know what roots are doing

Under Camelot's stone

I know what grows in darkness

When a seed is left alone

Let them keep their golden hall

Let them keep their crown

Let them tell their pretty tales

Of who was right and wrong

I have been Mother

I have been lover

I have borne the weight of things

That were not mine to bear

No more.

The moon is turning.

The old ways wake.

The mist is rising from the lake.

Avalon is calling

Through the apple trees.

I will not fight your kingdom.

I will not mend your throne.

I know what roots will do to stone.

I have heard the land.

I have heard the sea.

I have heard the old ones calling me.

So keep your crown.

Keep your hall.

Keep your beautiful Camelot.

I know.

And I am going home.

Labyrinth 

Step by step

Stone by stone

Round we walk

And walk toward home

Earth below

Sky above

Heart within

The path we love

Round we go

Round we go

What we seek

The old paths know

Root and stone

Leaf and tree

What was lost

May yet be free

Step by step

Breath by breath

Life goes on

Beyond death

Earth must be fed.

Seeds must grow.

Walk the path.

Let the old go.

Round we go.

Round we go.

The way in

Is the way out.

Dreams of Camelot 

Last night I dreamt of Camelot

Of pennants flying free

Red and gold and silver

Dancing on the breeze

And dreams of Camelot

Dreams that are coming true

And hopes of Avalon

Hopes that'll see me through

Again I dreamt of Avalon

Of apples fine and fair

And of a white-robed maiden

With blossoms in her hair

And dreams of Camelot

Dreams that are coming true

And hopes of Avalon

Hopes that'll see me through

But tonight when I dream again

I know they'll both be there

Avalon the holy

And Camelot the fair

Avalon

Come away to Avalon

Come walk the old green way

The apple trees are bending

In the warmth of morning light

Leave the crown and leave the hall

Leave the weight of kings

Bring what good you learned there

Leave behind the things that sting

Come away to Avalon

The water knows your name

The old songs rise like birdsong

And the sun warms the stone

What we know, we share here

What we don't, we learn

What the earth gives freely

We give back in return

The leaf falls to the earth

The seed sleeps in the ground

The rain comes down, the roots grow deep

And green things come around

Earth must be fed

The wheel must turn

Keep what is good

And let the dead leaves burn

Come away to Avalon

Come dance beneath the trees

The fae are in the meadow

And the wind is in the leaves

Bring your hands and bring your songs

Bring your heart and come

There is room beneath the apple boughs

For everyone

The old world is not lost

It lives in what we keep

The best of it becomes our seed

The rest becomes the deep

Come away to Avalon

Come home beneath the sun

The path goes round and round again

And there is no end begun

So teach what you know

Keep on learning still

Tend the fire

Tend the earth

And let the world be wild

Come away to Avalon.

Come home.

Keeping The Faith 

Here there be dragons 

Or so the old maps say 

But be there also griffins, 

Unicorns and fae? 

Oh do you believe in heroes 

Or mermaids in the deep 

And perchance in the sirens 

With their song of eternal sleep? 

And be there magic 

With all that goes along? 

Just ask anyone who has heard 

The banshee's fateful song 

Yes, I keep faith with dragons 

They still live nowadays 

Those elder folk, they spoke the truth 

In their maps from ancient days. 

All lyrics (c) Peregrine the Bard 2026, some previously published as poetry