Walpurgisnacht — The Mountain's Embrace

Lyrics

[Intro] FIRE on the mountain Moonlight through the PINES Thunder SHATTERS the sky Something in us SHINES [Verse 1] DRUMS drive our HEARTBEAT Pulse against the GROUND Joined hands, stamping feet Spinning ROUND and round Stars are dancing up ABOVE Witches also dance BELOW The wind rolls in with love And Brocken starts to GLOW [Pre-Chorus] Round the fire Round AGAIN Strangers, sisters Kin and FRIENDS April parting May draws NEAR Brocken WAKES Hear us CHEER [Chorus 1] Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Bright eyed and YOUNG again Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Magic fills the NIGHT Witches old and YOUNG Women weak and STRONG Standing in our POWER Bolder by the HOUR Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Every witch THRIVES in Brocken’s embrace [Verse 2] Creatures move among the TREES Lurking near, just out of SIGHT Ominous powers all AROUND Pressure grows, to our DELIGHT The rhythm HOLDS, we glance ASIDE With a GENTLE twinkle in our EYES WE blow OUR foes into the SKY “That was FUN,” we cackle in REPLY [Pre-Chorus] ROUND the fire Feel it ascend Strangers, sisters Kin and FRIENDS April parting May draws NEAR Brocken SHAKES We’ve waited all YEAR [Chorus] Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Bright eyed and YOUNG again Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Magic fills the NIGHT Witches old and YOUNG Women weak and STRONG Leave the world BEHIND Free in heart and MIND Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Every witch DELIGHTS in Brocken’s embrace [Turning Rite] ONE turn TWO turns THREE turns round Heel STRIKES Drum SHAKES Fire on the GROUND FOUR turns FIVE turns SIX and SEVEN Turn again Feel our hearts POUND EIGHT turns HANDS high FACES to the sky Round again Round again We are so ALIVE [Bridge] Someone points into the SKY “Think they LANDED yet?” Laughter rolls around the FIRE No one bothers to CHECK The rhythm softens to a SWAY Brocken fades from black to GRAY Dawn can have the mountain SOON When the party is DONE [Build] Round the FIRE Round AGAIN One more DANCE Then we DESCEND [Final Chorus] Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Bright eyed and YOUNG again Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht One magical NIGHT Strangers, sisters Kin and FRIENDS Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht April is gone May has begun Vaal-PUR-gis-nacht Till we gather here AGAIN