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The Witch

from Wings of Gold by Farewood

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lyrics

there was this witch
who knocked at my front door
with an offer I could not refuse
she said she would do for me
what I could not do for myself
unfold a world upon my doorstep
I knew she was trouble
but my eyes were blind
a poor man's battle raged inside of my mind
she stood there watching with those
glowing eyes of stone
waiting patiently for my answer
She said she would need something in return
"for no choices made are free of recompense
or left unquestioned by the one's whom you love
for once it's seen it cannot be unseen"
I said "change can only mean for something good
I can't take any more of this poor man's sorrow"
I said "please take what you want from me"
she replied "I want nothing from you
only something of you"
she turned and pointed beyond the frozen fields
beyond which she said lies a river
"the flow of a coming tide will lead the way to me
with the billow of that tide in will rest my fee"
so I sealed the deal and I went on my way
into an open world of fame and fortune
everything close to me was now far away
but I would numb the pain with the gold and silver
but all those things in time seemed to lose their shine
and I'd find myself alone again in sorrow
and drifting to a time when the only gold I knew was love
and the smile from my children's eyes
was all I'd needed
well I went back there to the frozen fields
in search of the witch by the river
winter was ending with spring about to bloom
the river was awake and it was flowing
I followed the flow of the tide for some time
until I came upon the witch she was waiting
as I approached she smiled and spoke no words
she just stood there pointing into the water
"before we met I had watched you for some time
I watched your children play in those old days
I've never had children of my own
and fragile is the love which lies deserted"
what she said to me nearly stopped my heart
for now I knew that which she was after
"your children will return to me, to these woods
in search of the feeling of those pure days"
well I got on my knees and began to beg
she just stared back at me with those cold eyes
I cried for here to take me instead
the deal is done she said
it cannot be undone
"before we met I had watched you for some time
I watched your children play in my envy"
I cried for here to take me instead
"what once is done cannot be undone"
there was this witch who knocked at my front door
with an offer I could not refuse
she said she would do for me what I could not
do for myself
unfold a world upon my doorstep

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from Wings of Gold, released May 1, 2012
(Lorenzo)

Lou Lorenzo - Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Keyboards

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