Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Song Name: A Kirin Tale
Subtitle: Early Version
Original Name: MLP823 A Kirin Tale V1_piano demo
Episode: S08E23 "Sounds of Silence"
Key: C major, D major
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Likely one of my favorite things to come out of the demos. It's a great song, but probably doesn't fit too well thematically with Autumn Blaze's personality. Similar to So Much More to Me, many lyrics (e.g. the entire chorus) are shared, despite the song being otherwise entirely different.
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Lyrics:
Yes, long ago, when our village was talky
Came a sticky situation where things got rocky
One Kirin said something hurtful, what a shame
And a friendship, was tested
Anger ignited through the town
No kind words fould shut it down
And that village was almost destroyed, but the flames
Then to keep things safe
And feelings unhurt
The director of the village called a meeting, kept it curt
"To the stream of silence" she called
Told us all, "Y'all swim"
From the first hoof in the water
These trotters all rejoiced
Glad to gain a little peace
But they'd gone and lost their voice
And with it all emotions good n' bad went dim
Well you can't have a rainbow without a little rain
And candles won't glow until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
It's a lesson that the Kirins never learned
So with no songs or poems life was nothing but pain
Keeping silent all day just chewin' on my mane
'Til I found a forest flower that brought back my voice
And I finally got to talk, tell some jokes and even sing
But the lead steed of our breed went and ruined everything (gasp)
Claimed I could either talk or live with them, my choice
Well you can't have a rainbow without a little rain
And candles won't glow until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
It's a lesson that the Kirins never learned
No you can't have a rainbow, without a little rain
And candles, just won't glow, until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
Even when it seems it's all you can do
It's a lesson that the Kirins never knew
Song Name: A Kirin Tale
Subtitle: Early Version
Original Name: MLP823 A Kirin Tale V1_piano demo
Episode: S08E23 "Sounds of Silence"
Key: C major, D major
---
Likely one of my favorite things to come out of the demos. It's a great song, but probably doesn't fit too well thematically with Autumn Blaze's personality. Similar to So Much More to Me, many lyrics (e.g. the entire chorus) are shared, despite the song being otherwise entirely different.
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Lyrics:
Yes, long ago, when our village was talky
Came a sticky situation where things got rocky
One Kirin said something hurtful, what a shame
And a friendship, was tested
Anger ignited through the town
No kind words fould shut it down
And that village was almost destroyed, but the flames
Then to keep things safe
And feelings unhurt
The director of the village called a meeting, kept it curt
"To the stream of silence" she called
Told us all, "Y'all swim"
From the first hoof in the water
These trotters all rejoiced
Glad to gain a little peace
But they'd gone and lost their voice
And with it all emotions good n' bad went dim
Well you can't have a rainbow without a little rain
And candles won't glow until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
It's a lesson that the Kirins never learned
So with no songs or poems life was nothing but pain
Keeping silent all day just chewin' on my mane
'Til I found a forest flower that brought back my voice
And I finally got to talk, tell some jokes and even sing
But the lead steed of our breed went and ruined everything (gasp)
Claimed I could either talk or live with them, my choice
Well you can't have a rainbow without a little rain
And candles won't glow until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
It's a lesson that the Kirins never learned
No you can't have a rainbow, without a little rain
And candles, just won't glow, until they're burned
And you can't give up your laughter 'cause you're scared of pain
Even when it seems it's all you can do
It's a lesson that the Kirins never knew
