Music and Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt



Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides

Figures dance around and around

To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness

Moving to the pagan sound.



Somewhere in a hidden memory

Images float before my eyes

Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfires

And dancing till the next sunrise.



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I can see lights in the distance

Trembling in the dark cloak of night

Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing

A waltz on ALL SOULS NIGHT.



Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows

Held up tall as the flames leap high

The green knight holds the holly bush

To mark where the old year passes by.



CHORUS



Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides

Figures dance around and around

To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness

Moving to the pagan sound.



Standing on the bridge that crosses

The river that goes out to the sea

The wind is full of a thousand voices

They pass by the bridge and me.



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This piece was inspired by the imagery of a Japanese

tradition which celebrate the souls of the

departed by sending candle-lit lanterns out on

waterways leading to the ocean, sometimes in

little boats; along with imagery of the Celtic

All Souls Night celebrations, at which time huge

bonfires were lit not only to mark the new year,

but to warm the souls of the departed. - L.M.



L.M.: Vocals, Keyboard, Accordion

BRIAN HUGHES: Balalaika, Guitar

AL CROSS: Drums

GEORGE KOLLER: Bass, Cello, Mad Fiddle, Tamboura