[Verse 1] Beneath the silver moonlit sky Where mist and shadow softly lie A lonely fiddle starts to sing From darkened waters deep within No footsteps mark the river shore Yet still the melody wants more Its haunting tune drifts through the night Like pale blue fire in fading light ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] The elders warned us long ago… Never follow where the river flows… ⸻ [Chorus] BEWARE! BEWARE! THE FIDDLER BY THE STREAM! BEWARE! BEWARE! HE’S NEVER WHAT HE SEEMS! BEWARE! BEWARE! DON’T LET HIS MUSIC PULL YOU IN! DANCE ONE STEP… DANCE TWO STEPS… AND YOU’LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN! ⸻ [Verse 2] A maiden heard the distant sound And followed where the notes were found Through whispering reeds and silver rain Toward the source of that refrain Upon a stone beside the flow Sat one no mortal soul should know His fingers danced on fiddle strings While moonlight crowned the river king ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] The elders warned us long ago… Never follow where the river flows… ⸻ [Chorus] BEWARE! BEWARE! THE FIDDLER BY THE STREAM! BEWARE! BEWARE! HE’S NEVER WHAT HE SEEMS! BEWARE! BEWARE! DON’T LET HIS MUSIC PULL YOU IN! DANCE ONE STEP… DANCE TWO STEPS… AND YOU’LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN! ⸻ [Bridge] The water turned like molten glass The stars above began to dance Her feet moved faster than her will While Näcken played beside the still Round and round the night grew cold Round and round the tale was told Till dawn arrived in pale disguise And left no trace beneath the sky ⸻ [Fiddle Solo] (Frenzied Nordic fiddle, nyckelharpa, tribal drums) ⸻ [Final Chorus] BEWARE! BEWARE! THE FIDDLER BY THE STREAM! BEWARE! BEWARE! HE’S NEVER WHAT HE SEEMS! BEWARE! BEWARE! DON’T LET HIS MUSIC PULL YOU IN! DANCE ONE STEP… DANCE TWO STEPS… AND YOU’LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN! BEWARE! BEWARE! THE FIDDLER BY THE STREAM! BEWARE! BEWARE! HE’S NEVER WHAT HE SEEMS! BEWARE! BEWARE! DON’T LET HIS MUSIC PULL YOU IN! DANCE ONE STEP… DANCE TWO STEPS… AND YOU’LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN! ⸻ [Outro] When moonlight falls on silent streams… Listen closely… If you hear a fiddle… Run.
