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I

On his journey a stranger went to the pond

Without permission bowed down to drink from it

Guarded knowledge he streamed into his head

Filled his mouth with hidden incantations

II

By the pond a mouldering gallows

Hidden in roots the secrets of the runes

III

Day disappears, night disappears

All trees fall, mountains crumble

No prison is forever detaining

I am restrained by nothing

Chorus

Those ancient signs

Of secret witchery

Of strength and wisdom

Of knowledge of beyond

Those ancient signs

Of secret witchery

Of plague and scourge

Of curse and blasphemy

IV

Visions of the past appeared in his mind

The ancient lords and spellbound crowd

Those was the age of war and disease

Unnaturally composed by the king's will

They don’t care of nature or the human beings

All they need is power to control the realm

Brother against brother, father against son

Breeding ignorance, declining populace

V

Thee accept the sacrifice

Receive the spirits

Rise to the edge

Appear to us

Accept this sacrifice

Receive the spirits

Chorus

Those ancient signs

Of secret witchery

Of strength and wisdom

Of knowledge of beyond

Those ancient signs

Of secret witchery

Of plague and scourge

Of curse and blasphemy