[Intro – Folk Instrumental] [tagelharpa drone, nyckelharpa phrases, whispered vocals] My first love… She wore a dress of moss and alder, And her breath was dawn and dew. [Verse 1 – Forest Nymph] Her touch was root and river, Her voice was birch and pine, She crowned me prince of foxglove, In forest halls divine. Her song was whispered starlight, Her eyes, wild-flower glow, She bound my heart to earth and root, In days of long ago. [Chorus – Dual Invocation] Two brides beneath a starless sky, One sings low, one shines high, One breathes warm, one breathes cold, One owns my heart, The other owns my soul. [Instrumental – Echo of Roots] [fiddle and horn drone, layered harmonics, soft percussion] [Verse 2 – Lyktfrun] She came with silent lantern, Veiled in ghostly white, Flickering flame, elusive grace, My Mistress of the Light. Her kiss was smoke and silver, Her promise bright but frail, I drank her glow, lost myself, Within her shimmering veil. [Chorus – Dual Invocation] One sings low, one shines high, One breathes warm, one breathes cold, One owns my heart, The other owns my soul. [Instrumental – Lantern Dance] [tremolo guitars, light jaw harp pulses, layered with eerie flute] [Bridge – Inner Conflict] [heavy riffs, harsh vocals, tribal drumming] Yet I chase her through the night, Burned by fire, lost to light, Hear the forest fading fast, Bound by hunger, Chained at last. [Verse 3 – Mourning] [softer instrumentation, bowed lyre, echoing vocal lines] Now silence falls around me, The forest breathes no more, Yet her echoes call my name, From realms I loved before. My veins still burn with lantern-flame, Yet heart longs for the green, Trapped between my hollow bride, And love that might have been. [Final Chorus – Climactic] One sings low, one shines high, One breathes warm, one breathes cold, One owns my heart, The other owns my soul. [Outro – Spoken, fading to instrumental] Moss-clad love forgive my flight, I sleep all awake, Forever bound by her light. [Outro Instrumental – Fade into Gloaming] [tagelharpa, wind textures, distant chanting, fading heartbeat drum]
