Steeleye Span - Samain lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Samain lyrics]
Summer has passed, now winter’s cold breath
Falls as a mist upon darkness and death
Black skeletal trees under slate grey skies
Guarding the stillness at pale moonrise
The wood that we gather
To burn on this night
Will warm the departed who make sacrifice
And save us from all evil spirit's that come
Beg the creator to re-kindle the sun
All God’s seasons long and good
Says the wild man of the wood
All good souls departed, are with us tonight
To make celebration ’till
Morning’s first light
To worship our Gods in whom we believe
Give praise to creation on this Hallowed Eve
Lightning flashes, thunder crashes
Place your stone among the burning ashes
If your stone should move away
Within a twelve month of this sacred day
You’ll be dead, you’ll be fey
For your soul, the rest will pray
This great feast of Samain
Our long year will end
With smoke from the fields
All good souls ascend
Carry our message - with them we sing
For blessing and favour and new
Growth in the spring
Falls as a mist upon darkness and death
Black skeletal trees under slate grey skies
Guarding the stillness at pale moonrise
The wood that we gather
To burn on this night
Will warm the departed who make sacrifice
And save us from all evil spirit's that come
Beg the creator to re-kindle the sun
All God’s seasons long and good
Says the wild man of the wood
All good souls departed, are with us tonight
To make celebration ’till
Morning’s first light
To worship our Gods in whom we believe
Give praise to creation on this Hallowed Eve
Lightning flashes, thunder crashes
Place your stone among the burning ashes
If your stone should move away
Within a twelve month of this sacred day
You’ll be dead, you’ll be fey
For your soul, the rest will pray
This great feast of Samain
Our long year will end
With smoke from the fields
All good souls ascend
Carry our message - with them we sing
For blessing and favour and new
Growth in the spring