[Intro – Female Vocal, filtered] Eirik... Eirik... Lead me to the light... [Verse 1 – Female Vocal] In Norway’s north, where glaciers gleam, by silver fjord and mountain stream, I heard his flute at evening time and followed it through birch and pine. [Verse 1 – Male Vocal] They call me Eirik, herdsman’s son, from the village where the rivers run. I lead the herd at break of day and play my flute along the way. [Pre-Chorus 1 – Male Vocal] “Wed me, love, where the church bells ring, and you’ll be mine,” I dared to sing. [Pre-Chorus 1 – Female Vocal] For if a huldra whispers “I do,” her tail will fall, her soul made new... [Chorus 1 – Female Vocal] I left the hidden hall below, with golden hair and eyes aglow. I hid my tail and stepped outside, and Eirik looked, and Eirik sighed. Hear me, hear me, Eirik mine, wait for me beneath the pine. [Post-Chorus – Female Vocal] Eirik... Eirik... Dig through the night... Eirik... Eirik... Lead me to the light... [Drop – Instrumental, supersaw hook, kulning chops] [Verse 2 – Female Vocal] But deep inside the mountain hall, my father heard, he heard it all. The Mountain King, with eyes so red, swore no mortal man I’d wed. He sealed the door with rock and chain and locked me in the dark again. But Eirik came with pick and spade, and thirteen days he dug and prayed. [Pre-Chorus 2 – Female Vocal] On the thirteenth night, I saw the light, his whisper called: “Run, love, tonight!” I crawled through tunnels, dark and deep, but my father woke up from his sleep... [Chorus 2 – Female Vocal] I am the voice in the mountain mist, the one you loved, the one you kissed. Through stone and ice, through night and day, no Mountain King can keep me away. Hear me, hear me, Eirik mine, wait for me beneath the pine. [Post-Chorus – Female Vocal] Eirik... Eirik... Dig through the night... Eirik... Eirik... Lead me to the light... [Drop – Instrumental] [Bridge – Female Vocal, stripped back, rising] He chased me down through stone and clay, his thunder roared to block my way. Then dawn broke red on Midsummer morn: the Mountain King turned to stone, forlorn. [Verse 3 – Female Vocal, building] I ran through heather, field and town, my golden hair came tumbling down. And by the church, beneath the pine... [Verse 3 – Male Vocal] “I waited, love. Now you are mine.” [Final Chorus – Female Vocal, explosive] I am the voice in the mountain mist, the one you loved, the one you kissed. Through stone and ice, through night and day, no Mountain King can keep me away. Hear me, hear me, Eirik mine, wait for me beneath the pine. [Final Post-Chorus – Female Vocal] Eirik... Eirik... [Final Post-Chorus – Male Vocal] Hear the church bells ring! [Final Post-Chorus – Female Vocal] Eirik... Eirik... Now I’m finally free! [Outro – Female Vocal, whispered] And when the bells ring loud and clear, they say the huldra’s song you’ll hear... Eirik... lead me to the light...
