Old Samhain

Old Samhain Intro Old Night... Old Night... The veil grows thin... Verse 1 I cannot hold my tongue, Old Night There never was an eve like this When dead and living reunite Across the dark abyss I know in spite of all men say Of Death, you hold the deeper art Even as the embers gray The fire still warms the heart Pre-Chorus The pumpkin lanterns flicker Their amber warnings growing thicker With smoke and memory Black cats move softly through the dark And rowan berries muster Their scarlet strength to reach the gate Where summer yields to winter's weight CHORUS Old Samhain, keep your revel The dead are never gone I hear their soft insistent cry In wind and ember, flame and fire Those who loved us still walk free Still walk free Through the midnight, through the cold Ancient hands still guide the living Toward the knowing, toward the old Old Night — Old Night The veil grows thin tonight Verse 2 I am as helpless in the pull Of Autumn as a candle's light That gutters, dim and full Of shadows bleeding into night The wicker of the harvest creaks While rowan clusters speak Of something older, something near That Samhain brings each year Pre-Chorus The pumpkin lanterns flicker Their amber warnings growing thicker With smoke and memory Black cats move softly through the dark And rowan berries muster Their scarlet strength to reach the gate Where summer yields to winter's weight CHORUS Old Samhain, keep your revel The dead are never gone I hear their soft insistent cry In wind and ember, flame and fire Those who loved us still walk free Still walk free Through the midnight, through the cold Ancient hands still guide the living Toward the knowing, toward the old Old Night — Old Night The veil grows thin tonight Bridge Their voices rising thin and clear Like smoke from bonfires everywhere Rekindling what we hold most dear Though dust, their hands still push The living toward the knowing In midnight's hush Where seeds of understanding Lie quietly growing Quietly growing... Quietly growing... Verse 3 My head is moonward raised tonight To greet the souls for whom I've blazed A candle in the ancient light While ordinary eyes stand dazed They do not hear what I hear calling They do not feel the darkness falling Open like a door Final Chorus Old Samhain, keep your revel The dead are never gone I hear their soft insistent cry In wind and ember, flame and fire Those who loved us still walk free Still walk free Through the midnight, through the cold Ancient hands still guide the living Toward the knowing, toward the old Old Night — Old Night The veil grows thin tonight Outro The dead are never gone... Still walk free... Old Night... Old Night... The veil grows thin...