Holly Lord - Spiral Dance

Tonight the west wind blows through the hills bending the wheat

through the bracken over the gorse howling across the peat

elf-fires redden the sky and there’s witches on the wind

and it’s into the darkness of winter we go as the wheel of the seasons spin

and on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright

we’ll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite

we’ll come with sprigs of elder and we’ll come with leaves of yew

as we step out of the old and dance into the new

On the hills they’ll light the bonfires to burn upon the sacred ground

shadows dance across the flames to the witch bell sound

spirits call with haunted voices from the other side

and it’s into the darkness and out of the light as the earth turns with the tide

and on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright

we’ll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite

we’ll come with sprigs of elder and we’ll come with leaves of yew

as we step out of the old and dance into the new

This night will mark the end and beginning of our year

we’ll call out to the ones of old to make the future clear

beneath the moon of the elder tree and by the embers glowing red

they’ll pass into the summer land until the winter’s fled

and on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright

we’ll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite

we’ll come with sprigs of elder and we’ll come with leaves of yew

as we step out of the old and dance into the new

And deep beneath the earth she’ll lie cold and low

waiting for her sister of the spring to show

it’s farewell to our Oaken Lord and with the Holly bide

and it’s into the darkness and out of the light as the Earth turns with the tide

and on this night Samhain when our fires are burning bright

we’ll call the Holly Lord to begin our pagan rite

we’ll come with sprigs of elder and we’ll come with leaves of yew

as we step out of the old and dance into the new

we’ll come with sprigs of elder and we’ll come with leaves of yew

as we step out of the old and dance into the new