Black magic has risen in Witchwood
Their devilry takes place within our lonely woods
Such strange words & stranger visions
Forbidden hymns to summon things one never should

Our children leave to hear their song
Rituals to which they now belong
Black magic rites

Black magic, so long forgotten
What mysteries lay hidden in the piper's song?
Ancient world, ever-nearing
It's much too late, there's no escape; we're far too gone

A woman stood at Witchwood Cross
And spoke to me, although a stranger
Of eldritch worlds once thought lost
And blasphemies that once were whispered
She said: you'll welcome us into your homes
We'll linger in your blood
Our ways are in your bones

From the Witchwood we rise and greet you at your door
The old ways remain and the ancient gods they live on

Will you follow me into another world?
Where shadowed images are forming
They take the shape of minstrels in a void
To play for us a song of mourning

It's quite a scene
These lords of Carnaby
Oh, they've so many folks adoring
Their joyous rites to the sun
Their endless revelries - yet;
Their tea parties do get boring

Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - your dreams, my sorcery
Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - and forget all you see
Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - I'll bind you close to me
Goodbye Gemini now sleep

Oh, how now?
Harvest seeds in summer drown
The first of May on the 'morrow's light
Yet Gods on high bring ancient night
Autumn's frost and winter's balm
Have come and gone with arid sun
Will they dance with us this night?
The answer lies with Summerisle

We'll sing to those whom we hold dear
Of orchard tombs where death lies near
Of barren earth and orphaned sun
Of crop-yields promised; still to come
Will they dance with us this night?
The answer lies with Summerisle

Outside the city walls
Where the darkest thickets grow
Returning home from foreign lands
We dreamt of our near homes
When at once we heard a-hissing
- was it a devil or a snake?
Had we heard the sounds of laughter
That dangerous women make?

Three hags our way stood staring
They beckoned us their way
We followed them along a hidden path
Towards their dwelling place
Inside a fire was burning
And a table had been laid
They offered us a strange brew
With a devil of a taste

My friend and I we had great thirst
We drank our cups bone dry
But stranger yet was the drink's effect
"It's witchery!" I cried
Eye of newt and mandrake root
The devil's foot in brine
A fever-dream took hold of me
Souls danced before my eyes

My treachery, my wicked lusts
The many stolen wives
The souls of those whom I had wronged
Shared tales of my past crimes
Indeed, I was not all alone
To hear their strangled cries
My fellow and these sisters
Through this my guild surmised

And lo, I saw what must be done
For the gallows called my name
I'd cut its tongue under a demon sun
Yea, in good health I'd remain
In a flash I drew my dagger
And my fellow screamed with pain
Then I turned upon the sisters
To them I did the same

At once the room it filled with blood
And the horror of their cries
This night a murder banquet
A feast of ruined lives
Possessed were they with fortune's gift
And yet they were surprised
Three sisters should have better known
Than to let this devil inside

Within dark wooded hills
Strange witchery's at play
It's long past
The time for
Recanting wicked ways

Hear the whisper of her blood
She's pleading for her life
Enchanting
Her body
The sacrificial knife

We send this spirit forth
Into the eldritch night
Ancient world
Forgotten
Alive through pagan rites

Now our hymns fill the air
Our prayers without light
Upon Candlemas Eve
We will an ever-night

This Candlemas Eve
Mid-winter witchery
On Candlemas Eve
This sacrifice receive

Walk through this garden
Of unearthly delights
Star of the goddess
Demoniac inside

Soon you'll discover
What it means to reel in light
When all things are considered
There's not much to leave behind

Come ye to the Sabbat
Hecate drawn from lunar womb
Our witch cult unties you
As you're drawing down the moon

We welcome you to the Sabbat
With a knowledge of hellfire
And those who've gathered here among us
Know of this and so very many things besides

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Who are you? What is your name?
You wish to leave; yet you'll remain
This night we play a most dangerous game
There is both rhyme and reason
And passion in my crimes
My name is Haddo, indeed the pleasure's mine

And I have come, to take what's mine
To possess this house, and all inside
Thoughts of the grave - drive them from your mind
You'll find your will is leaving, your life is now quite mine
Tonight, my dear, you'll be the devil's bride
Crimson-altar concubine

My name is Haddo and my will remains
To see this world away
Before another day

Beyond this world, we soon shall see
All that I've wrought with devilry
Yet what we call will not come willingly
Things of another season
Truths of another time
Tonight, my dear, you'll be the devil's bride
Crimson-altar concubine