*[Intro – low male ritual chorus, demonic, slavic accents]* **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, hey!** Stamp the root and wake the clay! **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, ho!** Break the chain and let me go! *[Verse 1 – rough gritty male baritone]* I am a lesser demon, No throne, no crown, no name, A shadow by the furnace, A coal without a flame. No bell would mark my leaving, No horn would sound farewell. The small ones go uncounted— No one will miss me in hell. *[Pre-Chorus]* When water crossed the darkness, A river made of tears. Her sighs came through the iron Across a thousand years. Across a thousand mountains, Across the burning air— She called into the darkness, And I could hear her there. *[Chorus]* **No one will miss me in hell,** **But she would miss me here.** She wants me as I am, And she draws my body near. She kisses what was banished, Her hands undo the spell. **Hey! Hoy! Turn the earth!** **Dance me out of hell!** *[Post-Chorus – male chorus]* Dance me, dance me, Dance me out of hell! Hoof and bone and bristle— Break the iron spell! **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, hey!** Stamp the root and wake the clay! **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, ho!** I was chained—now let me go! *[Verse 2]* Her garden rose before me With flowers strange and bright, Their petals watched in silence, Their roots drank up the night. I dropped my boots and leather, Let moonlight find my skin. The hooves I hid in darkness Struck sparks and drew me in. *[Pre-Chorus]* She never asked for beauty, She never asked for grace. She touched the scars upon me, She kissed my crooked face. She did not call me monster, She did not turn away. She put her arms around me— And night became the day. *[Chorus]* **No one will miss me in hell,** **But she would miss me here.** She wants me as I am, And she draws my body near. She kisses what was banished, Her hands undo the spell. **Hey! Hoy! Turn the earth!** **Dance me out of hell!** *[Instrumental dance – cimbalom, wild fiddle, tapan, gaida; sung male chorus]* Hoof to earth! Bone to bell! Turn me once And break the spell! Hoof to earth! Bone to bell! Turn me twice— Farewell, hell! *[Bridge – melody rises]* Hands on my hips, My head to the moon, The graveyard is dancing, The black flowers bloom. No master above me, No chain underneath. Her mouth gave me fire, Her hands made me breathe. *[Final Chorus – twice, increasingly joyous]* **No one will miss me in hell,** **But she would miss me here.** She wants me as I am, And she draws my body near. She kisses what was banished, Her hands undo the spell. **Hey! Hoy! Turn the earth!** **Dance me out of hell!** **No one will miss me in hell,** **But she would miss me here.** She wants me as I am— I have nothing left to fear. The garden drums beneath me, Let every dark bell yell: **Hey! Hoy! I am free!** **I danced myself from hell!** *[Outro – repeated ritual chorus]* Dance me, dance me, Dance me out of hell! Dance me, dance me, Break the iron spell! **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, hey!** Stamp the root and wake the clay! **Hey! Hoy! Oy-da, ho!** She called my name— And I will stay!
