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Thalassa, spilaio, thalassa, tafos, tafos! (Sea, cave, tomb)
Saffron cloaked and cowled one, moonlit frenzy, howling one
Wanderer among the wild things, bright and true your wisdom rings
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Serpent Wine, Crimson Vine (Hecate Hecate, Hecate!)
Our lives entwined, crossroads at the edge of time
Thalassa, spilaio, thalassa, tafos, tafos!
Torches gleam with firelight, amber glows against the blackened night
Guide us through the grip of gloom, keeper of the cave and tomb!
Serpent Wine, Crimson Vine (Hecate Hecate, Hecate!)
Our lives entwined, crossroads at the edge of time
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Boudicca
04:12
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I never trusted this uneasy peace.
Brokered by cowardly men
My king lay his dignity down at your feet
But I never knew you as friend.
You scorn what is offered, take only by force
Nothing is safe from your greed
Defile our daughters and slaughter our horses
Leave us hungry with need
You have laid your cruel claim, now you will share my pain..
I will go, I will go, descend on you like thunder
No mercy I’ll show, no quarter you’ll know, the price you pay for plunder
You will feel the bite of my steel, a fury like no other
I will be your ravening ruin and death will be your lover
And death will be your lover
None can withstand your arrogant pride
You punish our pleas with the lash
You only mean to degrade and divide
Your heroes are empty and brash
Now I will sing a warrior’s song
And break your brazen betrayal
I will shine with fury most strong
And lift this tiresome travail
They will call me by my name, redeemer of the slain.
I will go, I will go, descend on you like thunder
No mercy I’ll show, no quarter you’ll know, the price you pay for plunder
You will feel the bite of my steel, a fury like no other
I will be your ravening ruin and death will be your lover
And death will be your lover
I will vanquish your cities and fields
And bring no absolution
You will fall beneath helmet and shield
A plague of retribution
We shall win this battle or die
Let the men live as slaves, I will not
Rome you will fall as sovereignty rises
Our loyalty cannot be bought
I will ride in furious flight, and death shall be my name
I will go, I will go, descend on you like thunder
No mercy I’ll show, no quarter you’ll know, the price you pay for plunder
You will feel the bite of my steel, a fury like no other
I will be your ravening ruin and death will be your lover
And death will be your lover
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Grace O'Malley
02:50
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Born with a red sky in the morning
Born with a salt sea on my tongue
Ma forbade my lust for sailing
Said I was a girl too young
So I cut my raven curls
Stole away to my father’s fleet
Swore his men would never find me
E’er we sailed far out to sea
Ro ho ho when the wind is raging
You will come to fear my name
Grace O’Malley rules these waters
You’d do well to heed my game
When my father came upon me
Stowed away like salted meat
Dire were the threats he promised
But his pride shone head to feet
So began my life of sailing
Raised the mast by my father’s side
Only when the queen betrayed us
Then the pirate’s trade I plied
Ro ho ho when the wind is raging
You will come to fear my name
Grace O’Malley rules these waters
You’d do well to heed my game
Every sailor whispers rumors
Britain’s bane on the night black sea
There’s no man on land or ocean
Who can tame the likes of me
Years I sailed beneath the black flag
Wearing victory as my crown
Like a storm I claim my conquest
They will lay their burdens down
I will live on into legend
Stories told from dusk till dawn
Grain of truth in all their yarning
Never was I Britain’s pawn
Ro ho ho when the wind is raging
You will come to fear my name
Grace O’Malley rules these waters
You’d do well to heed my game
Every sailor whispers rumors
Britain’s bane on the night black sea
There’s no man on land or ocean
Who can tame the likes of me
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Witch Moon
04:01
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Witch moon rising and the rain comes down
Jewel in the Earth reclaims her crown
Witch moon rising and the wall comes down
Burn this prison to the ground
Silver moonlight on a blackened sea
Spirit in the Stones that speaks to me
Cowled lady of the cave and tomb
Hear my song and bring me home
Serpent in the earth, wrap around me
Give me life, do not drown me
In the sorrows caused by hollow kings
Let us revel in the wild things
Witch moon rising and the rain comes down
Jewel in the Earth reclaims her crown
Witch moon rising and the wall comes down
Burn this prison to the ground
Rich old man you don’t speak for me
I will stand in a strength unseen
With a lover strong enough to stand by me
Wash it in the river till the stain runs clean
Let my voice be a silver arrow
Shrieking forth a spell that burns
By blood and bone and blackened earth
Let us be the tide that turns
Witch moon rising and the rain comes down
Jewel in the Earth reclaims her crown
Witch moon rising and the wall comes down
Burn this prison to the ground
Deliver us from the curse of greed
Quenchless lust that feeds upon our need
Let them fall, whose souls have gone to rust
Let them crumble down to ash and dust
Disheveled Queen of sea and sky
Yours the key that gets us by
Let us wake from this shadow play
Light your torches guide our way
Witch moon rising and the rain comes down
Jewel in the Earth reclaims her crown
Witch moon rising and the wall comes down
Burn this prison to the ground
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The Conjuring
02:49
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By raven’s wing and taloned fingers
Apple blossom, scent that lingers
I will bind you, steal your power
In an iron cage you’ll cower
Add three locks of burnished hair
Lure a lost one to my lair
I will cackle, keen, and sing
To seal you in my witches ring
By wind and sea and maiden’s heart
I bind my spell in magic’s ancient art
And when my serpent spell is cast
Your power here will be long past
All the feasts will be in my name
All the pawns will play my game
Malice glitters in my eyes
As I conjure your demise
Long of lash, black as betrayal
See what lies beyond the veil
By wind and sea and maiden’s heart
I bind my spell in magic’s ancient art
I will rip your world asunder
Every corner will I plunder
Oath bound strangers cannot save you
Honor dies while I enslave you
Snared in sleep you’ll wake in chains
I will rule all that remains
All that glitters is not gold
All I need now is that key.....
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Sharon Knight Oakland
Festival favorites Sharon Knight and her longtime collaborator Winter perform a mythic-Celtic style, which they call "Neofolk Romantique; songs for poets, adventurers and lovers of mystery". They tour internationally several months of the year, bringing their fantastical tales of love and magic to festivals, cafes, and homes across the land. ... more
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