Lady Jane

I came across this artist, MIKA, when I was in Taiwan in the summer of 2007. "Life in a Cartoon World" is the title of the album - his first album, actually - and for some reason, I bought the album just by looking at the album cover. I had never heard of MIKA, let alone any of his songs. It turned out to be my luckiest buy with music albums.

Two years have passed since then, and I'm still loving that first album when I found that he's had some new singles out. Better yet, one of the singles is called Lady Jane! Well, I had to check it out, hadn't I? And here it is, no music video, just MIKA sitting in front of a microphone, singing story about a river saint called Lady Jane. It's a sad story, really, but a sad one with emotions and love. Somehow, and I can't explain why, I can relate to Lady Jane. I guess it's that feeling that it's so hard to find that precious someone in this whole wild world. And you're so afraid that once you missed him, you would miss out on love all together.

Anyways, that inspired me to name my blog after this song. Not that this blog is going to have anything to do with this song; it's just got my name in the title, that's all. :)

And here comes the lyrics!

Lady Jane the river saint

Special yes but lucky ain't

Lady Jane said she walked on water but she never had a man to show

Then one day she found a fella she was eager just to let him know

Lady Jane she walked on water

Followed by her brand new lover who tumbled along, drownin' down below

Lady Jane did not abort

For legends are never made that short

Now be sure when you listen to this

Here's another reason why you shouldn't eat fish

Convinced he'd become a creature of the sea

She cut off her feet and jumped into the deep

And never stopped looking for her lover below

Lady Jane the river fish

Became the world's most wanted dish

And though no man would dare to catch

Something whose beauty we could never match

But when some member from a far away state

Said "I order you to get that fish's head on my plate!"

They killed little Lady Jane

The emperor of a distant land

The only man who didn't understand

That though you think you've got your prize

There's another fish that has escaped your eyes

Lady Jane, her lover's there

Swimming through the ocean with a desperate stare

Looking for Lady Jane

Looking for Lady Jane