A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. Mermaids are represented in the folklore, literature and popular culture of many countries worldwide.
A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk" or "merpeople". A "merboy" is a young merman.
"Mermaid" is a compound of mere, the Old English word for "sea", and maid, a girl or young woman. The equivalent term in Old English was merewif.
In modern times, the mermaid is used as an official animal/mascot of many mythical stories involving pirates and the sea. It is also associated with "sea cows" that are called manatees. Sailors may have seen the animals and categorize them as mythical mermaids.
Traditionally, mermaids have been depicted unclothed. When censorship is an issue, most prominently in movies, effort is made to have the mermaids’ long hair cover their breasts. In areas with strong censorship, notably in some U.S. family movies, mermaids have been wearing different variants of tops or swimsuits or with shells.
Mermaids can be mean...very mean
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Matches visualizes small moments in the lives of five characters of varying ages, who question the expectation and definition of growing old. The unusual pairing of two characters on a road trip intersects with a family searching for unity and joy. Each character, overcoming a loss of some kind, is forced to make choices as they reevaluate their views on family, identity, and independence. Matches mixes documentary-like realism with traditional narrative fiction, and elements of fantasy & magical realism.
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Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Plot
Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Plot
Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Plot
Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Plot
Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Plot
Taking from where they last left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical and powerful amulet. Now that they found a way in, comes the problem of how to get back. Especially as the Netherworlds dark denizens spring into action to give the spirit warriors a taste of their gruesome never-land hospitality.
Keywords: 1750s, 2000s, amulet, bus, church, fairy, friendship, ghost, grandmother, magic
Little mermaid
She spent her time
Playing with the boy on the beach
They promised to love each other
No matter what the humans say
The boy grows into man and he wants to take a wife
Mermaid heart bleeds into the sea
refrain:
Where are you going beautiful?
Don't you love me anymore?
Won't you come with me
Under the sea you can be breathing with me
It isn't make believe
You cannot bear a human child with that tail
Drink this says the witch and you will turn
Into someone else
And every step you take
You feel like walking on blades
When you change
He will start loving you
(It's a lie)
You are plain insane / inside you live
Tonight / afraid the pain will give
Don't you want to feel
Death has done your part
You choose not to feel
You've won a lonely heart
The devil opens his eyes
He breathes right into your face
If you like the smell
You'll really like this place
You'll really like this place
Are you ready to shake
Don't be afraid of the snake
The will to negotiate
You are you / get used to it / open
The same don't appeal / but it will / you are you
Live to live
to die inside you will
Anticipate solitude
Follow me back home
No other place to go
No need to smile or get stoned
you'll always be alone
you'll always be alone
your body stripped down to the bone
No breath to scream out or moan
No freedom nowhere to run
Solitude
I live where you can't see me
Hiding away in the shadows of the deep
I swim into the bottom of your world
For every space I cross I see a thousand pearls
I breathe what I know you fear
All the sounds I love, you will never hear
I know what it is that turns beneath your feet
Floating on the surface of my enchanted sea
Close your eyes and take my hand
Hold your breath as long as you can
We'll leave behind the storms above
And swim into the seas of our love
Your skin is pale and not the shade of mine
Your eyes are darker than the blackest midnight tide
I can't resist from taking you with me
Becoming what it is that all young children dream
You have to leave as soon as you awake
You're eyes will open then this dreamy spell will break
Know when you leave that I'll be waiting here
If someone knew more about you
Than you do, totally knew, all of you through and through
You could search all around the world
There's just one, special someone, standing so close to you
What you take for granted is natural
But you know you can't forget
This one thing is true
kizuite ne?
Anata no motto mo chikaku ni iru yo
kizuitara nee tsutaete
sou ima sekai ga watashi ga ita de todokeru you ni
You made me what I am
You made me
You've done it all for me
And there's a side of me that no one sees
I hide my tears. You know my fears. Your smile is all I need
What you take for granted is natural
But you know you can't forget
This one thing is true!
kizuite ne?
Anata no motto mo chikaku ni iru yo
kizuitara nee tsutaete
sou anata yori mo anata wo wakatteru hito ga iru wa
Made me what I am
You made me
You've done it all for me
But you know you can't forget
This one thing is true
kizuite ne?
Anata no motto mo chikaku ni iru yo
kizuitara nee tsutaete
sou ima sekai ga watashi ga ita de todokeru you ni
sou dare yori mo kono uta wo kotoketai hito ga iru
You made me what I am
You made me
You've done it all for me
And there's a side of me that no one sees
I hide my tears. You know my fears. Your smile is all I need
What you take for granted is natural
But you know you can't forget
This one thing is true!
kizuite ne?
Anata no motto mo chikaku ni iru yo
kizuitara nee tsutaete
sou anata yori mo anata wo wakatteru hito ga iru wa
Made me what I am
You made me
You've done it all for me
But you know you can't forget
This one thing is true
kizuite ne?
Anata no motto mo chikaku ni iru yo
kizuitara nee tsutaete
sou ima sekai ga watashi ga ita de todokeru you ni
sou dare yori mo kono uta wo kotoketai hito ga iru
You made me what I am
You made me
You've done it all for me
Can't swim so I took a boat to an island so remote
Only Johnny Depp has ever been to it before
I stayed there till the air was clear
I was bored and out of tears, then I saw you washed up on the shore
I offered you my coat, thank Godess love can float
Crazy how that shipwreck meant my ship was coming in
We talked till the sun went down
Love on the Puget Sound
My treasure map was on your skin
Beauty in the water, angel on the beach
Ocean's daughter, I thought love was out of reach
Till I got her, had I known it could come true
I would've wished in '92 for a mermaid just like you
Whoa, just like you, whoa
Sharks green with envy, they wonder what you see in me
Funny, but sometimes can't help but wonder that as well
Now life is a holiday, makin' up for the years I paid
The way to this heavenly bay, it went through hell
Beauty in the water, angel on the beach
Ocean's daughter, I thought love was out of reach
Till I got her, had I known it could come true
I would've wished in '92 for a mermaid just like you
Whoa, just like you, whoa
Rescued you by the banyan tree, all the girl fish in the sea
Couldn't hold a candle to you, they don't have a handle on you, they don't have a scandal on you, I love ECCO sandals on you
Savin' me was B-I-G, all the boy fish in the sea
They all wish that they could be me
Can't swim so I took a boat to an island so remote
Only Johnny Depp has ever been to it before
Oh, beauty in the water, angel on the beach
Ocean's daughter, I thought love was out of reach
Till I got her, had I known it could come true
I would've wished in '92 for a mermaid just like you
Whoa, just like you, whoa
Just like you
Mermaid
Remember how you found me
Under a low bent half moon
I must have been singing for you
I'd never left the water
Though I once knew some flying fish
Thought I'd forget how to swim
I am your mermaid
I give to you freely
But soon as you see me I'm gone, gone
I am your mermaid
Tangled but blissful
Knock me a kissful of nectar, honey
The water is hot
And you hold my head
As sores of the day slip through the shore's threads
I'd never felt such rapture
A glimpse at the lighthouse
Undo myself from your hanging mouth
I am your mermaid
Tangled but blissful
Knock me a kissful of nectar, honey
I am your mermaid
I opened your mortal need
You planted your opal seed of love, love
I am your mermaid
I am your mermaid
I know, you'll do it, you'll do it for this
One day you'll think he's the one
You'll follow him over oceans, he'll promise you the world
He will parade you around the seas
He'll murmur his affection, his devotion
He will convince you to leave the deep
He'll promise you the world
(But) if you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
Do it for...
love..
('cause you want the ocean and not what he's giving you)
you want the ocean and not what he's giving you
you want the ocean and not what he's giving you...
Your legs will go first, to needles and pins,
and then your voice
You promised him you'd come back forever
he promised you the world
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
If you'd do it anyway, why would you do it for love?
Do it for...
I breathe the same air as you do
Though my lungs drown in water
You will survive
When like a fish, you dive
You we're born to a life
On a sunken island
A once so proud countryside
Is silent
They don't believe me
We've got saltwater in our eyes
To prove our true nature
With a thirst too hard to slake
It's not enough with the deepest well
I breathe the same air as you do
Though my lungs drown in water
You will survive
When like a fish, you dive
I have the same need as you have
Need an endless horizon
To keep the mood
And save me from the prude
I'm a sailor on a ship
That's always sinking
From time to time
You've got me thinking
That I should be the first mate
Now I'm floating next to you
Hoping for a quick rescue
And I'm happy with myself
I feel relaxed and it's getting late
I breathe the same air as you do
Though my lungs drown in water
You will survive
When like a fish, you dive
I have the same need as you have
Need an endless horizon
To keep the mood
Mermaid comes up smiling with a grin that's big and wide She's been swimming and a-swirling In the lace that she's been wearing and she's
SKIPPING AND A-TWIRLING, SPINNING IN HIS DREAMS LIKE A SHELL TWISTS ROUND IN SPIRALS WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES, WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES
And the man who almost caught her will search through every ocean But you can bet there's a hole in his net That's the reason why he'll never catch her
SKIPPING AND A-TWIRLING, SPINNING IN HIS DREAMS LIKE A SHELL TWISTS ROUND IN SPIRALS WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES, WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES
For every grain of sand that gets washed up on the land There's another mermaid smiling and another searching fisherman
SKIPPING AND A-TWIRLING, SPINNING IN HIS DREAMS LIKE A SHELL TWISTS ROUND IN SPIRALS WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES, WHEN THE TIDE LEAVES
Mermaid Lyrics
Regina Spektor
I'm a mermaid but I've sold my voice for a pair of feet that tend to bleed when I go walking in the road
I'm a mermaid but I've sold my voice for a couple of feet and they always bleed when I go walking in these streets
and I once saw a most beautiful man at the local record store he bumped into me and said, well excuse me, young ma'am, but haven't I seen your pretty eyes somewhere before? I smiled but gestured at my throat to show that I was mute well, he quickly looked down at the floor and shuffled in his boots he was out of there so fast
I'm a mermaid but I've sold my voice for a midnight train and a bump of cocaine and an old photo of ballets russes
I'm a mermaid but I have sold my voice for a bottle of gin cause I can't swim and I sure don't want to float
I was so lonely walking out of that store and back into the busy people street when overhead I heard an argument a woman opened up her window, threw a flower pot from it I was startled by the crash but went over to find a little plant I quickly emptied out my paper coffee cup and adopted it transplanted it took it home and named it mozart
I am a mermaid but I've sold my voice and I got rid of my tail at a junkyard sale along with some favorite childhood toys
I'm a mermaid but I have sold my voice for a couple of feet that tend to bleed when I go walking in the street...
I'm a mermaid but I have sold my voice for a couple of feet and they always bleed no matter how clean...
(Spoken Intro: When I was twelve years old I used to see the pictures of mermaids in all the books and magazines. Not mermaids but mermaids (pronounced MAREmaids), that's what we called them at home. And all the pictures, yeah, they never had no bras on, they didn't have anything on! And I was old enough that I knew that they didn't really exist, but, I also wondered, if they did exist, what the hell would you do with one if you caught it?!)
When I was a lad in a fishing town, an old man said to me,
"You can spend your life, your jolly life, a-sailing on the sea.
You can search the world for pretty girls 'til your eyes grow weak and dim,
But don't go swimmin' with a mermaid, son, if you don't know how to swim!
'Cause her hair is green as sea-weed,
Her lips are blue and pale.
I'll tell you now before you start,
You can love that girl with all your heart,
But you'll only love the upper part;
You will NOT like the tail!
I signed on to a whalin' ship, and my very first day at sea,
I spied a mermaid in the waves, a-reachin' out to me.
"Come live with me in the sea," said she, "and down on the ocean's floor.
I'll show you a million wond'rous sights you've never seen before!"
So I jumped on in and she pulled me down, down to her seaweed bed.
A pillow she made of tortoise shells, and placed beneath my head.
She fed me shrimp and caviar from a silvery dish.
She was just my taste (down to her waist), but the rest of her was fish!
Her hair was green as seaweed.
Her lips were blue and pale.
Her face it was a work of art,
But I only gave her half my heart,
'Cause tho I loved the upper part,
I did NOT like the tail!
And then one day when I looked up, I saw a sailin' ship,
And I met the stare of a millionaire out on a fishing trip.
A diamond ring he tied on a string and lowered it down to her,
And my love divine, she went for the line and went for the usual lure!
So I sighed in the rolling tide, and I cried to the clams and the whales
How I missed her hair and her seagreen eyes; I missed the shine of her scales.
Just then her sister swam on by, and set my heart a-whirl --
For her upper part was an ugly old fish, but the bottom half was GIRL!
Her toes are round and rosey!
Her legs are slim and pale!
Her face might not be a work of art,
But I love that girl with all my heart.
And I don't give a damn about the upper part --
Words: Sade Adu
Music: Sade Adu, Paul Denman, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman
Instrumental
I ain't never seen a pair of eyes quite like yours
I ain't never wiped away a tear on a night so beautiful
I ain't never felt a pair of hands touch my face
I ain't never had to drive away on a night so beautiful
Free your mind and make mistakes
Stay awake for me
Can you redeem this bitter heart of mine?
Is there a saving grace to what I thought could never be made right?
Can you redeem this bitter heart of mine?
Is there a saving grace to what I thought could never be made right?
And free your mind and make mistakes
Stay awake for me
Skip a beat and lose your feet
Stay awake for me
You've got me by the heels
Darling, you've got me by the heels
Darling, yeah you, you came in for the kill
You've got me by the heels
And free your mind and make mistakes
Stay awake for me
Skip a beat and lose your feet