[Intro – forest, wind, female hum] [whisper] I was born between the forest and the silence of the night, with green eyes and knowledge no one gave me. [whispered choir] Two natures. One blood. [Verse 1 – frame drum, flute] The Forest One walks barefoot through dew, knows the scent of bark and moss, hears the water beneath the roots, knows where every creature crossed. [whisper: "Mokosh"] In the damp earth breathes Mokosh, morning mist lies in my hands, thread is spinning through my fingers, earth remembers more than we can. [deep drone] The Dark One wakes after sundown, when the voices fade away. Visions come without my calling, dreams unlock another gate. [low chant: "Veles"] Where the roots descend much deeper, in the shadow waits Veles, guardian of hidden pathways, keeper of what fate conceals. [Pre-Chorus – heartbeat drum] Don't ask me which one I am. Can you tear the night from trees? One can hear the living earth, one can hear what no one sees. [Chorus – ritual drums, female white-voice choir] I have two natures, but one soul, black and green, the night and trees. Mokosh weaves the earth with water, Veles guards what lies beneath. In my green eyes forests whisper, in my darkest visions time can break. The Forest One speaks with roots, the Dark One walks through dreams. I did not become a witch. I knew before I knew the word. [choir] Two natures. One witch. One blood. [whisper] I simply know. [Verse 2 – flute, forest ambience] The Forest One knows birch and alder, hidden springs and tracks of deer. She can feel the coming rainfall, hear what others never hear. [soft chant: "Mokosh"] Mokosh walks within the dark earth, in the rain awakening grain, in the thread of life and women's hands, in all that rises from the rain. [sudden silence] The Dark One stands upon the boundary where the ordinary day must end. She reads the visions born at nightfall, sees the signs concealed in dreams. [whisper: "Veles"] Veles waits among the roots where the fading light is lost. He is not the master of my spirit. I have always known my path. [Chorus – drums, white-voice choir] I have two natures, but one soul, black and green, the night and trees. Mokosh weaves the earth with water, Veles guards what lies beneath. In my green eyes forests whisper, in my darkest visions time can break. I did not become a witch. I knew before I knew the word. [choir] Two natures. One witch. [whisper] I simply know. [Bridge – heartbeat drum, layered whispers] [whisper: "Mokosh"] Earth. Water. Thread. Seed. Life. [deep whisper: "Veles"] Root. Shadow. Forest. Dream. The hidden. And between them I stand. No priestess. No servant. No one's possession. [drum strike] Black does not mean evil. Green does not mean good. One leads toward what grows. One toward what lies hidden. [Break – female polyphony] Mokosh in the earth. Veles in the shadows. Green within my eyes. Visions within me. [Verse 3 – almost a cappella] There is no devil at my shoulder, no master ever gave me power. Rivers are far older than I am, the forest older than our words. I never knelt before a throne. The gods are walking their own ways. I was born already knowing mine. [instruments fade] When the night unfolds its visions, I don't summon them with words. [whisper] I close my green eyes. [silence] And I know. [Final Chorus – full drums, white-voice choir] I have two natures, but one soul, black and green, the night and trees. Mokosh carries fertile earth, Veles guards the ancient gates. One thread travels through all life. The other wanders through my dreams. Both of them come together right here inside of me. The Forest One can hear the earth. The Dark One listens to dreams. I did not become a witch. I was one before I knew the word. [call and response] Mokosh. [choir: "Mokosh"] Veles. [choir: "Veles"] Earth. Root. Green. Black. [all voices] Two natures. One witch. [sudden silence] [close whisper] I simply know. [Outro – wind, distant humming] And when they ask me: "How?" [whisper fading] I simply know.
