Cold, this misty night A black moon's preparing my mind Out here, I seek her shrine I welcome the queen of the lowest world Into the ice hall Where mirrors reflect my soul She's freezing my tears Taking all fears
Two sides to her face Her claws pierce or embrace Enter, with open eyes You'll see her garden of delight
To the within Beyond our memory Falling so deep Where unborn souls sleep
Hail, to the queen of death Her shadow walks with you Remember her kind And understand life
Invisible mate Waiting to seal our fate Watch my strife Hel, guard my life
Cold, this misty night A black moon's preparing my mind Beneath eternal fog I have seen clear
3. Frigga's Web
Silence before the storm I reach the house hidden by the night
A light I saw I knocked all quietly I entered; a woman sat by the spinning wheel
"What brings you here my child", she asked? "Don't you know our lady keeps her secrets well?"
It's my life I am running from It's my fate I am hiding from, oh, would the Goddess speak to me?
Her ways I don't understand, the mysteries that I must know, Oh, would the Mother see through me?
"Why don't you rest my child", she said, "I will seek her advice, I will wake you when it's time"
All night by the spinning wheel, she sang an ancient tune and in the morn' her work was done
In the distance I heard a call, I awoke and I held the spindle in my hand
My other hand it held new life, the Goddess had been by my side and her blessing was mine.
4. Where The Lonely Souls Go
Won't you come inside? Rest a while, you must be tired It has been a long way But it's not far before you reach your goal The end of this road Another step to the new dimension Before you travel on Let me hear your story
Where do you come from, tell me of your early days Tell me of gladness, sorrows, was your winter long and cold? How did you let go? Tell me and I will listen all night At dawn I will wish you well When you go where the lonely souls go
It seems so long ago The memory of years long gone One day I'll be there At the crossroad where time has no name Will I pass on or will I return? Will you meet me When I go where the lonely souls go?
And the man in a blue cloak Smiles at me, he speaks to me But I cannot hear for his words fade with the dream The answers I seek, I will, I will never know Will you show me? Won't you tell me where the lonely souls go?
And you out there, lost ones, Hiding within a crowd Searching for the other soul That you once left behind You will also stand here at the end of the road, the crossing point And alone you will go... Where the lonely souls go
5. Little Light
Oh, little light Sweet little child Brought into this world Helpless small soul Naked and cold So much warmth you need
Oh, little light Poor little child Too easy you were made They owned no mind Nor know a heart They do not care for your pain
Most heartbreaking sight See the fright In the eyes of a tormented child When I see in my mind I cannot bear their cries Oh, could I save all those innocent lives
Oh, little light Dead little child They blew out your flame Where are you now? Have you found love? Has your soul left your lonely grave?
How could there be such deeds? Oh, could I curse such fiends! Be they haunted eternally!
Don't give me excuse 'Cause nothing can make right Hurting a helpless child
6. Albion Autumn
Albion Autumn, where did the heart go? Here where the land ends We cry to the ocean Words swallowed by the wind Voices are fading Words disappear
Albion Autumn, where did the will go? Below the crushing sea Deep is the water Kneeling by the edge Lips kissed faintly Will I see again?
Albion Autumn... take me there
7. The Soul Of A Hound
When I found you I wandered dreading for the day to come Our years went past; your life went fast, Forever you're leaving me now
Farewell my beauty; raven black friend My sweet companion My tears shall be my promise That you're always in my heart
Always in my heart...
... Always...
8. The Home That I Will Never See
Vast forests with evergreen trees Foggy hills the eye can see The wind sweeps through a valley That lies by the deep blue see
A village from another time Awakens with the misty dawn This is my home my mind shows me The home that I will never see
Small houses, carved in dragonheads and runes The smell of tar and burning wood Men and women breathe their souls to their craft Some dancing to the lyre's tunes
A young man wraps his arms round me One dancing flame we came to be The only vows I chose to know This is the place I call my home
Oh, the vision tortures me I will never really see I will never smell its smell Nor touch the face of my loved one
My village by the deep blue sea Today an ugly factory Oh, why has it become my fate? That I am here one thousand years too late
9. Raven Night
Lost in the neon twilight I feel my nature waking inside Would you look towards me? Would you dare to enter the threshold to my mind?
Can you see me dancing? A silent voice singing for you Hear my Raven call Would you be enchanted and follow me?
Lost is but a dream fading And soon I'm calling out again Would you come to release me? Would you tear the icy chains from my skin?
10. Labyrinth
Ein heimlich Ort hab ich geseh'n Im Walde schlafend die Steine steh'n Der Nachtgesang hat mich hingefьhrt
Verwunschner Baum den Blicke fдngt Ein Raunen im verwachs'nem Geдst Unterm Stamm, such unterm Stamm
Grabe mit den Hдnden aus Der Erdmann klettert selbst heraus Er weiЯ den Weg zum Labyrinth
Ei, da siehst du staunend an Die Geister des Waldes erwachen dann Kennst du's Rдtsel? Frag'n sie an
Dort der Pfad zur steinernen Tьr Die uralte Weisheit liegt vor dir Dein Geiste ist der Schlьssel zu ihr
Im Traume, du erinnerst Dich Kehrt zurьck dein wahres ich Verloren einst im Labyrinth
Verschlossen hab'n sie die steinerne Tьr Den Pfad, begraben von der Zeit Such in dir, mach frei die Tьr