Black Lake Niðstång Lyrics - Marrow Of The Spirit - Agalloch

Written in the waters... 

(voice of the dead) 

"Our shadows seep into the dusk 

like cranes that melt into the pool; 

a black lake in which they descend 

pale ghosts caress the nidstng in the dark 

its face scarred by the ages, 

its curse sent with heathen breath 

to poison the waters of the black lake 

We are... we are the faces below the ripples 

A deep sorrow travelled through the woods 

And found a home in our humble grave" 

(voice of the nistng) 

"I've sent this peril... 

To the world; this peril shall spread all sorrows 

And you are but gods 

watching from below at the base of the totem 

in the black temple of the Earth 

I am... I am the silence inside the tomb 

You created the stars 

and gave birth to all the heavens; 

the darkness of space and time 

So go... go to the nightside end below" 

Where have all the noble cranes gone? 

Where have all the stags disappeared to? 

Piled below in the tomb of this burdened pool 

a curse to those who corrupt these sacred woods 

a curse to those who taste this solemn water