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Black Annis
05:33
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One day two brothers set out to find
The oak where Black Annis is said to hide
And wait for children to walk on by to walk on by
As they go they recite a verse
Well know, well known, well known
Since they were bairns
Each eager to impress the other
Don't go to the Dane Hills
Black Annis haunts them
Black Annis she kills
Don't go to the Dane Hills
Black Annis haunts them
Black Annis she kills
There's the oak the elder says to the younger
There's the oak where Black Annis hides
The young lad feels the air it change
His throat becomes dry
It no longer feels like a game
He knows she flays children alive
The lads run fast
They don't look back
They look back
Once home the elder boy smiles
He laughs and slaps the back of his brother
Don't go to the Dane Hills
Black Annis Haunts them
Black Annis she kills
Don't go to the Dane Hills
Black Annis Haunts them
Black Annis she kills
One by one the family fall fast asleep
But the youngest lad is wide awake
As the coals in the fire grow cold
Then he hears at the window a soft, soft, tapping
So peeks from under his blanket
He peeks from under his blanket
To see, to see the face of Black Annis
To see the face of Black Annis
Don't go to the Dane Hills
Black Annis Haunts them
Black Annis she kills
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The Banshee
06:19
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In a small, stone cottage
On an lonely moor
A child is born
But from outside
Awful cries rise and rise
They rise and rise
When the banshee beckons
You must go you must go
When the banshee beckons
You must go you must go
At the window drifts a woman
Eyes red from weeping
She beckons through
The window pane
The window pane
When the banshee beckons
You must go, you must go
When the banshee beckons
You must go you must go
The mother staggers out
Her child in arms her child cries
Then gone are they
Gone are they gone are they
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Lycanthrope
04:20
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When the maiden sipped
From the mountain stream
She didn't know the waters
Were infused with dark magic
Of another time
Lycanthrope lycanthrope lycanthrope
And when the moon was next at the full
A lust for killing claimed her heart
It claimed her heart
And she rose in the form of a wolf
She rose in the form of a wolf
Lycanthrope lycanthrope lycanthrope
Children began to vanish
The townsfolk hunted far they hunted wide
For the beast with four clawed toes
Nothing was suspected of the beautiful maiden
She spoke not a word for she knew the stake
Would be the price she would pay
Lycanthrope lycanthrope lycanthrope
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Only Night Now
01:39
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My stories take longer to tell
I'm cold I think I'm almost gone
Night it's only night now
No more blinking in the sun
Night it's only night now
Time's a wound a painful one
Night it's only night now
Night it's only night now
I thought my soul would scale the mountain
I thought I'd find the path again
Night it's only night now
No more blinking in the sun
Night it's only night now
Time's a wound a painful one
Night it's only night now
Night it's only night now
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Barghest
04:34
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A sickle moon hangs in the sky
And a young man travels
A narrow country lane
He knows home isn't far away
But blazing eyes watch him oh blazing eyes watch him
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
As a child his mother told him
Of a black beast with burning red eyes
Which if appears before you you're sure to die
But he laughed at the tale oh he laughed at the tale
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
It's when the moon slips behind cloud
That he hears the howl of the Barghest
And he wishes he'd stayed home by the hearth
Home by the heart with his mother
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
Barghest Barghest
Hear its howl and you'll lose your life
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When She Walks
05:46
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When she walks
The pines they moan and whisper
Crows hide their heads in their feathers
Wild beasts dare not breathe
He shouldn't have come to the forest alone
He shouldn't have come here at all
The blacks of her eyes the blacks of her eyes
Reflect nothing
He shouldn't have come to the forest alone
He shouldn't have come here at all
His final breath is a scream
That's heard for the best part of a mile
His final breath is a scream
That's heard for the best part of a mile
He shouldn't have come to the forest alone
He shouldn't have come here at all
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There's a witch in the forest
there's a witch in the forest
there's a witch there's a witch there's a witch
The witch in the northern forest
flies with no broom beneath her
You know you're entering her territory
when the air turns bitter in your mouth
and you find a circle of animals rotting
which all look as though they're smiling
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch there's a witch there's a witch
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch there's a witch there's a witch
There's little time before she arrives
the one whose ancestors laughed at the stake
while flames licked away their flesh
The witch gathers up the small children
in her arms like wild flowers
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch there's a witch there's a witch
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch in the forest
There's a witch there's a witch there's a witch
Never a trace is discovered of these
lost little ones except soft faraway crying
heard from between the trees
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Beyond Us
02:47
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Beyond us there's a ghost
Your hands are almost cold
In mine in mine
You recognize its shape
And whisper to me
It's her she's here
And I know I've lost you
And now you'll go
To the other side
And only I'll know why
Only I'll know why
Only I'll know why
Beyond us there's a ghost
Your hands are almost cold
In mine in mine
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Hecate
02:51
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Mother of witches
Queen of ghosts
Keeper of Hell's keys
Bringer of storms
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I Follow The Wolves
02:55
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I follow the wolves
I run in their tracks
I open my throat
I'm not coming back
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11. |
Ättestupa
04:17
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Cave Mouth Michigan
Cave Mouth is a musical project one as haunting as it is beautiful, minimalist as it is epic. Where literary musings meet a
visceral soundscape invoking mythic visions and heartfelt fables.
Cave Mouth is a transatlantic band and is the brain child of Meghan Wood (Crown of Asteria) and writer Katie Metcalfe.
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