But now the swings are still Now, the laughter is gone All that remains The shadow of tears Everything lost One dark fall night they disappeared Playing in the moonlight, laughing And suddenly the silence She called out their names She cried their names But no answer, no She stood there, gazing for hours Hoping to see her children All that came was the wind in the trees And a darkness in her heart And now, the loneliness takes everything She is fading away And no one could ever tell If this was a dream or a hell Now it began, rumors of ghosts Dancing in the trees Two little white angels laughing in the wind Some had seen them, for a second a glimpse then they would disappear So could this be it Was this her loved ones What happened Why did they leave She had to seek them out Into the trees she strayed But those shadows Those gleering eyes And the voice swayed in “Greetings soul, so you´ve come Here they are, you children Mourn for their lives But they will never leave” “But why” Her voice choked in the thin air “Cause I can, cause that is me I am everywhere, and I will become all You will never leave” And the cry echoed through the wind A cry echoed through the wind

I take the path through the forest Over misty hills and valleys so green I leave my love and fear behind It´s time to face my life I take the sunset, the rain kisses my brow Songs will attest my bravery I will never return Finally I will be free Across the sea, over the hills The ancient words burn We will never return Farewell my friends, I take my leave I will reach the stars Dragons and treasures call me I must travel so far I saddle my horse and kiss my sweet Say goodbye to my home and I will be free I will be free Across the sea, over the hills The ancient words burn We will never return The crossroad witnessed a sad meeting this morning Three of the worlds bravest fools They all felt their fear growing They all gazed upon the moon “It´s beautiful tonight, the silver star The air is cold my friends It´s time” “The hill awaits, the myth so cruel The forest so black It´s time” Through the night, beneath the stars so cold Tales call us Fate is calling Serenity of stones Oh how they heard the voice Fate is calling Fate is calling

Welcome to the shadows Welcome to the dark Children of the lost Hear the children cry in the dark The three sought the witch The myth of the hill The rage of thousands of years The beast in the trees Scrolls tell of blooded heads Books witness of her cruel breed Maids drowned in the forest Hunters never again seen Some recall her cold stare Others spoke of a mist “Only fools dare to tread her ground” “Beware of the mournful cries” Following the trace of the mother Graves growing of nothing Stones out of the dark The whispers tearing your soul apart Footsteps A wind A voice Welcome children of the dark Hear the children cry Hear their voices in the dark Don´t follow in their steps A cruel fate awaits in the dark

A girl walks through the forest Walking alone through the night She stumbles over branches and roots She is blind She is crying, she is calling out a name As her tears flow she calls her lovers name Then the clouds part unveiling Mrs Moon She feels the warmth on her face Mrs Moon looks down on a quiet earth Only disturbed by the girl´s cries Girl why do you cry? Why do you walk alone in the night? Girl are you blind? My god! What happened to your eyes? You´re bleeding child Tell me now who did this evil deed Oh mother Moon it was the old oak tree He took my eyes when he heard my song of my love As I gazed into his face the oak took my sight away As we strolled through the trees he tore me away from my love He took me into the shadows away from my love And now I cannot find him I heard him call my name I heard him call my name for hours Up to the north there walks a boy Calling the name of his love Of his love He walks on the edge of the forest not knowing her alive or dead The desperation tears his voice But he sees mother moon high in the sky He whispers a silent prayer for her mercy tonight Oh! Mother Moon can you help me? My love is lost in the darkness Let me find her trail I know she needs me Let me find her soon I can feel her suffering At least let me see her eyes again, let me taste her lips If not alive then as a beautiful ghost Oh! Hear my prayer Mother Moon are you there? Son, I hear your prayer You are near So the boy runs south as fast as the trees allow The branches cuts his face, the thorns tears his legs And tears begins to drip into his blood And his heart begins to break Oh please let it not be to late! And Mother Moon opens up her light Guides him through the darkness Then he hears her cries and he screams her name With the last of his strength he kneels besides her As she lay there He takes her hand As she fades He kisses her lips As she cries He pulls her to his chest As she dies He hears the love in her last breath Now she is a silvery ghost, a fairy dancing in the moonlight Now he is a shadow, death walking in moonlight And the forest hears his dreadful oath The oak runs through the moonlight And Mother Moon weeps for her daughter and son The forest weeps in the moonlight