Come join with us in our rune tonight And feel the circle spin Let your spirit soar in the lunar light As the Spiral Dance begins
[Chorus] Come with us speeding through the night As fast as any bird in flight Silhouettes against the Mother Moon We will be there soon
When the spinning ceases you can dance no more Kiss the silent earth We will tell our children of the Ancient Lore At the moment of their birth
[Chorus]
Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna [repeat]
Darksome night and shining moon, East, then south, then west, then north Hearken to a Wytches Rune, Hear we come to call ye forth! Earth and water, air and fire, Wand and pentacle, and sword, Work ye unto our desire, Hearken ye unto our word! Cords and censer, scourge and knife, Powers of the Wytches blade, Waken all ye into life, Come ye as the charge is made! Queen of Heaven! Queen of Hell! Horned hunter of the night, Lend your power unto our spell... ISIS ASTARTE DIANA HECTATE DEMETER KALI INANNA!
2. Queen Of The May
All across the barren land Still cold from winter's hand It has been a time for tears Season of the Goddess return On this eve, the first summer night Out of the darkness and into the light Set the Beltaine fires alight Season of the Goddess return Hail! Hail! the Queen of the May Now is the season, now is the day A time to laugh and a time to play Hail! Hail! the Queen of the May Through the time when the green leaves hide The dream of summer has kept us alive Through the darkness we have survived Season of the Goddess return Let the leaves be green again Let us all be free from pain Out of the ice and into the flame Season of the Goddess return!
3. Pagan Born
A rhythm stirs within the earth That tells all nature of a birth A return to light, return to life And lead us from this darkest night God of the Sun, now have you come Your reign of light has just begun Though all must die to be reborn Return now on a bright new morn My lord applauds my Pagan ways And in my heart he'll always, always stay Pagan Born! Pagan Born! Woe ooh Pagan Born!
In winter's cloak we've sheltered long Waiting for spring's sweet song Tho' warmth we found beside the hearth Its glow could not break through the dark I look toward the fiery sky And know that your return is nigh Though I shall fall as the harvest corn It is my fate, I'm Pagan Born! My lord applauds my Pagan ways And in my heart he'll always, always stay Pagan Born! Pagan Born! Woe ooh Pagan Born!
My lord applauds my Pagan ways And in my heart he'll always, always stay
My lord applauds my Pagan ways And in my heart he'll always, always stay Pagan Born! Pagan Born! Woe ooh Pagan Born!
4. Gypsy Lament
Sleep well, my Love Sleep while the night sky weaves her spell Sleep without pain Sleep though I yearn to have you near me The flames of all you were Have vanished in the ground Sweet scented rosemary is scattered all around Wait just a while For in no time we'll meet again Though you were gone Before we wed I give blood to you earth, now take it to his own No fire or water deep Shall keep this bride from him He left me while The seas were wild against the shore What foolish thief Would dare defy the hand of fate? I love you now as I'll never love again The rocks beneath my feet Have sunken deep Earth to earth My love my own shall be Grow like the willow tree No sadness bring to me He the man, and I the woman My love to me This shall be
5. Leveller
He comes as a darkened knight Upon the raging storm And as an angel of love he reaps the harvest corn He comes as a leveller to make one and all the same His song on the western wind to deliver us from pain Take his hand For only he'll lead you on to the promised hand He is the only true friend of the poor Can you not see that only he can ever set you free He is the only true friend of the poor And all the kings and the queens and the generals Dread the gaze of his eyes But to the sick and the cold and the starving He's a blessing in disguise For his sweet kiss brings release And they shall suffer no more So they don't fear when he comes A-knock-knock-knocking on the door
6. Call Out My Name
You're laying on your bed on a hot summer night Underneath the lunar light I am a dream I am a phantom of desire Call out my, call out my name
Call out my name, call out my name in the night For a bitter love, for a bitter pain Call out my name, call out my name in the night For a bitter love, for a bitter pain
I've come a calling from, a thousand ages past I was the first I'll be the last I am a scratching on the windows of your soul Call out my, call out my name
[4x] Call out my name, call out my name in the night For a bitter love, for a bitter pain Call out my name, call out my name in the night For a bitter love, for a bitter pain
7. Conquistadors
To the shores of the wild lands Come the Christian men With the word of their Lord God And the plagues of another world To take your pride and give you shame To purify with iron and flame
They have come to slash and burn They have come to rape the Earth And the native people shall be their slaves Resistors die under bullets and blades
Broken on a cross Hangs their graven God And all his well meant words Are lost amongst the lies The blood is on their hands Those evil men from the Christian lands They have come to slash and burn They have come to rape the Earth And the native people shall be their slaves Resistors die under bullets and blades
And what of the tribal people What do the Christians say? For they are as the beasts And Satan is their Lord!
The Christian Church wants blood and gold
The Christian God demands sacrifice
[2x] They have come to slash and burn They have come to rape the Earth And the native people shall be their slaves Resistors die under bullets and blades
8. Burning Times
Forget not the days of old And recall the stories told Of the burnings and the screams Do they ever haunt your dreams?
There was a time when freedom died It was an age of genocide The Inquisition at the door The Church of Rome in a holy war
They broke children on the wheel In the madness of their zeal In the shadow of their wake The innocent burning at the stake
[Chorus] Children resist a return to the burning times People be wise to the power of their lies Be not fooled as those who were fooled before Children, oh children, be free, be wild
They came to bring the 'good news' To burn witches, pagans, Jews Said they were the Shepherd's sheep Whipped old women through the streets
Then the turning of the tide From the truth they could not hide Now the darkest age has passed The Goddess has returned at last!
[Chorus 2x]
9. Song To Pan
Can you hear the forest sing? On a breath of damiana it calls his name Seduced by his spirit once again Cloven hooves beat upon the earth He comes to us from Arcadia through the trees The rush of his force felt upon the breeze He comes on hooves of goat He comes with songs that float on the wind Let your senses know of him Feel the earth it trembles underneath shaggy thighs The sky is afire from his flashing eyes If a nymph I'd follow him Be a match for his wild carousing and bestial ways And in the woods I too would play
10. Enchantment
Lifeless life, sleepless sleep Under the stony sky of day my flesh shall keep Summer's heat shall never be missed Hecate's bliss has kissed these cool lips
In perfect sleep there's beauty In waking life just cruelty I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night
In the light that blinds your eyes Wrapped in the velvet cloak of dreams my spirit flies As the day slips far from your sight My stirring limbs shall join in the flight
In perfect sleep there's beauty In waking life just cruelty I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night
Life of lives, oh, sleep of sleeps In all your dreams you'll never know the joys I reap Hecate's hand shall guide through the night And with the dawn, I'll kiss her goodbye
In perfect sleep there's beauty In waking life just cruelty I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night I want to rise with the night
11. Catherine
The bloom of youth Shone from her lovely face A rose against her skin Would not seem out of place This silent succubi Had men enrapt in dreams Such sweet seducers Are never what they seem
Catherine [x16]
The rage of unloved wives Would seal this beauty's fate Many years of fading looks Brought bitterness and hate A man of god must ensure Justice will be done For satan dwells within The black heart of this one
Catherine [x16]
[Gregorian chanting]
Catherine [slow x7] Catherine [fast x12]
12. Church Of Madness
Here come the Christian knights Dressed in red and white To bring the Holy Word and set the world alight Here comes a plague of idiots blinded by their faith Here comes the Inquisition to burn you at the stake Here comes the Church of Madness Bearing gifts of death and torture Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord The fire and the fury To be our judge to be our jury Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord A new dark age descending, it's Torquemada's dream Liberty lies raped, crushed, broken Neath the Christian war machine Nation after nation falling In the shadow of the Christian sword With death they bring the lore of love Here comes the Church of Madness Bearing gifts of death and torture Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord The fire and the fury To be our judge to be our jury Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord (aaaaaaah) What do they tell the people of their old crusades? Of the women and the children Impaled on Christian blades Rejoice they say for we are saved And we must sing the fight Sing it till your lungs burst or they'll set you alight! Here comes the Church of Madness Bearing gifts of death and torture Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord The fire and the fury To be our judge to be our jury Here comes the Church of Madness Of Jesus Christ their Lord
13. The Rape Of Maude Bowen
Lying in the brook she's naked Cold and dead, raped and broken Sweet Maude Bowen victim of a man Now at her side does lie her rapist Her mother's brother, cold as she is An avenging angel's arrow in his heart And the squire he does blame her With his lies he does shame her Sweet Maude Bowen shamed a suicide
Now here is a tale, a story to be told Of a young girl, but fifteen years old Impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch Now these were the crimes, the crimes of the rich
At the cross-roads they impale her With the elm they claim to save her Save her soul from Satan's evil lair Now her mother weeps in madness At the tree, at the crossroads The tree that grows from sweet Maude Bowen's heart The squire's men do taunt and tease her Drag her off the grave and jeer her Then one more dies with an arrow in his heart
Now here is a tale, a story to be told Of a young girl, but fifteen years old Impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch Now these were the crimes, the crimes of the rich
Up before the judge at Gloucester Accused a witch now they will burn her At the tree at the cross-roads will she die Tied to the elm the faggots smoking Maude's sweet mother crying, choking Mother, daughter, victims of a man And the squire stands there laughing With his men they're laughing, joking Then he is dead with an arrow in his heart
Now here is a tale, a story to be told Of a young girl, but fifteen years old Impaled as a vampire, her mother burned as a witch Now these were the crimes, these were the crimes of the rich
14. Dark Mother
The corn is high underneath the moon And Winter comes, it seems too soon For Time waits not for woman or man And Death rides out across the land
Our dark mother Queen of the Night Through Death's door guide us to the light Through the pain set us free Our dark mother Queen of the Night Let us be reborn again
Now Death has come, and Death has kissed Death's bitter song is upon the mist The dreams of youth bring a cynical smile But my true love shall never die
Our dark mother Queen of the Night Through Death's door guide us to the light Through the pain set us free Our dark mother Queen of the Night Let us be reborn again
The buds have blown and the flowers have gone The once firm breasts hang wrinkled and long The Wheel of Fate is a spinning round The Autumn leaves are upon the ground
Our dark mother Queen of the Night Through Death's door guide us to the light Through the pain set us free Our dark mother Queen of the Night Let us be reborn again
15. Devils
Sweet man of Grace, I tremble form your power Great man of mystery, come lie with me this hour Oh Dark Confessor Who has know such wickedness Unlock this tortured soul and grant my spririt rest Though you would claim That God inspires your Holy Plan There is a darker force That guides your charming hand
Grandier, Grandier Free me from this blind madness
I want you, I love you, oh dear God forgive me
Grandier, what is this lunacy you spread? A thousand screaming hearts shall see you dead So many maids within your bed have lain So many bastards have dared to mar your name There is just one love you need have on this Earth Though you would notice not a Sister of the Church My head is reeling from the devils you have sent You are the Beast to whom I shall repent
Grandier, Grandier Free me from this blind madness I want you, I love you, oh dear God forgive me Grandier, what is this lunacy you spread? A thousand screaming hearts shall see you dead
Grandier, Grandier Free me from this blind madness I want you, I love you, oh dear God forgive me Grandier, what is this lunacy you spread? A thousand screaming hearts shall cause your downfall
Grandier, Grandier Free me from this blind madness I want you, I love you, oh dear God forgive me Grandier, what is this lunacy you spread? A thousand screaming hearts shall see you dead
Grandier, Grandier Free me from this blind madness I want you, I love you, oh dear God forgive me Grandier, what is this lunacy you spread? A thousand screaming hearts shall see you dead
