SAMHAIN (WHEN THE VEIL GROWS THIN)

SAMHAIN (WHEN THE VEIL GROWS THIN) Ancient Celtic Dark Folk Rock • Mystical Halloween Anthem -------------------------------------------- [Intro – Wind • Bonfire Atmosphere • Deep Male Invocation • Distant Horn • Low Drone] The sun surrenders its golden crown... The last harvest rests beneath the earth... From ember... comes remembrance. From darkness... comes renewal. The ancient fires awaken... The old songs stir among the oaks... Oíche Shamhna... The Night of Samhain... The wheel turns... The seasons change... Between the worlds... We remember. The veil grows thin... Welcome... to Samhain. [Verse 1] The golden fields have fallen asleep Beneath the frost, beneath the deep The summer's breath has faded away As shadows welcome shorter days The oak trees stand like ancient kings Guarding all forgotten things Every stone and every flame Carries echoes of a name [Pre-Chorus] Raise the fire into the night Honor darkness, honor light Every ending plants a seed Every loss returns as peace [Chorus] SAMHAIN! The veil grows thin tonight Bonfires reaching through the sky Ancestors walk beside the flame Whispering every forgotten name SAMHAIN! The ancient wheel still turns From every ash, new life returns Between the worlds... We remember... The fire never dies. [Verse 2] Leave the bread beside the flame Speak aloud the ones who came Not with fear and not with sorrow But with love for every tomorrow The river knows, the forest hears The songs carried through the years The living and the lost are bound By the earth beneath the ground [Pre-Chorus] No beginning without an end No goodbye without a friend The roots run deep, the branches rise The old ones watch beneath the skies [Chorus] SAMHAIN! The veil grows thin tonight Bonfires reaching through the sky Ancestors walk beside the flame Whispering every forgotten name SAMHAIN! The ancient wheel still turns From every ash, new life returns Between the worlds... We remember... The fire never dies. [Bridge – Tribal Drums • Male/Female Call & Response] [Female] Fire... [Male] Memory... [Female] Earth... [Male] Mystery... [Together] Round and round the old wheel spins Every ending begins again [Female] The ones before us... [Male] Still walk beside us... [Together] The circle holds us all. [Instrumental Ritual Break] (Frame drums • Celtic flute • Tagelharpa • Hurdy-gurdy • Deep bass drums) [Final Chorus – Massive Ancestral Choir] SAMHAIN! The stars awaken one by one The ancient night has just begun The voices of a thousand years Rise above the flame we hear SAMHAIN! The wheel forever turns From every ending, life returns Between the worlds... We remember. Through every shadow... Through every flame... The ancestors still know our name. [Final Outro – Fire Fades • Wind • Lone Flute] The embers sleep... But the fire never dies... The wheel keeps turning... The old songs remain... When the autumn winds return... Listen... If you hear your name... Do not be afraid. You are remembered. Samhain...