This is a song about loss. About how I feel some days about the end of the show. About what it's been like living through the pandemic. About what it must be like for Twilight to outlive her friends. 

Art by Joakaha, used with permission: https://www.deviantart.com/joakaha/art/MLP-FIM-Princess-celestia-208915926
Bandcamp download: https://brambleshadow4.bandcamp.com/track/dear-princess-celestia-feat-kyra
Alt download + sheet music: http://www.brambleshadow4.net/music/dear-princess-celestia/

A special shout out to Kyra, who lent me her beautiful voice for the song! You're awesome

It's been a while since I released an original MLP song, you know, with lyrics. Like 5 years long. I feel like that's in part because of the complexity involved in writing meaningful lyrics, being good at singing/having a good vocalist, and making sure the actual recording is high quality all add difficulty to the production process. Expectations for songs are high, and every song I've released has consistently performed worse than pieces with no vocals, making it intimidating to even try. Yet, to not try at all is to resign the fandom to just electronic and instrumental music, and while I also love that music, I am more inspired by the great songs this fandom has produced. Thus, I have tried and failed to bring this song to you. Yes, it has many flaws and I'd fix them if I knew how, but I hope you can still hear the beautiful thing I wanted you all to have.

Lyrics:

Dear Princess Celestia  
It's been so long since I picked up the quill  
To write you a most heartfelt letter  
I know that you aren't really there  
But I don't know who else would understand  
What it's like to rule o'er this land:  

Equestria has been at peace  
For over a century   
A time of great magic and love;  
friendship and harmony  
And every day when I lift up  
the sun into the skies  
I look down and see everyone;  
admiration in their eyes  

Dear Princess Celestia,  
I wish I could say that all was well with me  
But deep down there's a pain of yearning  
I push it back with a smile  
But deep down there is no denial  
grief is starting to take over me  

For years I've roamed these empty halls  
Of stained glass memory  
A time when we were young and strong  
Together happily  
But all things change and eras end  
as time goes ever on  
Yet here I am, still strug-ling now that  
All my friends are gone  

Dear Princess Celestia  
I'm ruler of Equestria  
Yet I cannot shake this doubt   
that you've chosen the wrong pony  
I cannot do this alone  
To my friends I owe this throne  
How can I possibly continue on  
Without them all here by my side  

Dear Princess Celestia,  
I don't know how to say goodbye  
to the best days of my life  
Do you think that it's okay.  
To be completely broken   
for years now I'm afraid  

Dear Princess Celestia  
Dear Princess Celestia  
To carry on and on and on  
Not going forward nor backward  
The endless curse of immortality