Tag: Song

Lorelei

Dedicated to my wonderful friend and teacher Lorelei in deepest heartfelt gratitude and love

Siren call siren song
From off the rock all night long
Winding weaving across the waves
Reaching out to better days

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

I am Lorelei of the lovely locks
Come follow my voice as it wanes and wafts
Through the streets down to the shore
Into the water I adore

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

Come to me my love down in the depths
For I yearn for you to caress
Hold me here in my pool so deep
Give to me your heart to keep

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

Listen to the song

© A M Hunter 2015

Athena Athena

A-the-na Ath-e-na
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Shield us from
Hate and shame
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Sword and spear
Protect our aim
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Bright lady
Come to us
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Holy wise one
Reach for us
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Come, Come
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Come, Come
A-the-na Ath-e-na

(and to devoke)

A-the-na Ath-e-na
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Honour you, we honour you
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Honour you, we honour you
A-the-na Ath-e-na

Listen to the song

© 2015 A M Hunter

Medusa’s Heart

Medusa once was a priestess
She served her Goddess body mind and soul
Poseidon came he saw he conquered
Took her flesh and swallowed all

Medusa preyed up to her lady
Told her what it was all about
Her Lady came and then she cursed her
Changed her form and cast her out

If Medusa calls will you answer
In Medusa’s eyes what will you find
Coldness, hardness spite and anger
Evil deeds from an evil mind

But Medusa’s heart is not a diamond
It’s flesh and blood and not this stone
Though Medusa’s form may be a gorgon
It’s a living death to always be alone

Medusa waited in her temple
With companions Of silent stone
Though many came with swords to court her
They met their fate she remained alone

But she knew one day that he would
Stride across her hallowed hall
And for his razored kiss she waited
To end her curse once and for all

If Medusa calls will you answer
In Medusa’s eyes what will you find
Coldness, hardness spite and anger
Evil deeds from an evil mind

But Medusa’s heart is not a diamond
It’s flesh and blood and not this stone
Though Medusa’s form may be a gorgon
It’s a living death to always be alone

Listen to the song

© A M Hunter 2015

Brother / Sibling Witch

Written for and dedicated to my beloved sibling in Spirit and sorcery, Fio – see the bottom of the page for a non-binary version of the song (video hosted by Vimeo). Adjusted words in brackets below

Speak you words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Rise up to the stars from the ditch
Call out to the moon and to the sun
The weaving of your wyrd has begun

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Mine
Weave your web through all that is divine
Spin from sky above to sea below
Thread it through the midlands that we know

Speak your words of power Cunning Man [One]
Open up your crossroads with one hand [arm]
The road that is leftwards follow now
Take that turning path as you know how

Speak your words of power Alchemist
Transform lead to gold and fire to mist
Dancing to destroy and to create
Filled with your divine and Goddly state

Speak your words of power Changeling Child
Forever pulsing green heart of the Wild
Senses stretching hearing from the wind
Seeing so much more than mortal kin

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Straddling hedge with herbs held in your fist
Howling brightness fills your horned form
Clothed in whispered shadows old and worn

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Speak your words of power
Brother [Sibling] Witch

Listen to the song [Brother Witch]

© A M Hunter 2015

Sibling Witch; a non-binary retake on the above in July 2022

Lady Raven

For Lisa L with thanks

Lady Raven here you flit
And on the tree of Odin sit
Pluck his wisdom from his eye
Spread your wings begin to fly.

Lady Raven down below
Eat rotting flesh drink bone marrow
Dance with Hel among the tombs
Share your wisdom from the runes.

Lady Raven soar up high
Dance with Stars Moon Sun and Sky
Split the darkness with your call
Spread your wings encompass all.

Listen to the song

© A M Hunter 2014

Soul Retrieval

I was filled with a big empty space
Darkness, Shadows, nothing more
I looked within felt this big empty place
And knew it held so much more

Something was missing
What could it be?
That which was taken
And yet was part of me

My soul is in pieces
Scattered on the winds
My soul can be mended
If I find its pieces

The search is hard I fight scratch and bite
Fall down, rise up, start again
I tear your flesh as you tear up mine
Blood spills, bone splits, and there it shines

Something I’m missing
Bright shining light
Sparkling and glistening
And quite known to me

So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole
So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole

So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole
So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole

Listen to the song

© A M Hunter 2015 (v1)

Blood Spirit Craft

Blood of our blood
Bone of our bone
We honour thee
You bring us home

Spirits of our
Minds and our hearts
We honour thee
Abound in these parts

The mighty dead
Those of our craft
We honour thee
You’re in our hearts

Ancestors of
Blood Spirit Craft
We welcome you
Come witness us

[Ancestors of
Blood Spirit Craft
We thank you for
Witnessing us]

Listen to the song

© 2015 A M Hunter

Dionysus

Hear the call
Hear it rumble
Feel the call
And off we tumble
Venture up
Venture out
Into the hills
Scream and shout

Io Io Evohe
Dionysus rules this day
Io Io Evohe
Dionysus holds us in sway

The madness calls
We feel its hunger
The madness howls
We are the hunter
Frenzy comes
Frenzy rises
Through the trees
Dancing blinds us

Io Io Evohe
Dionysus rules this day
Io Io Evohe
Dionysus holds us in sway

We feel him near
We feel him with us
He is here
His fingers touch us
Passions rise
Bodies writhing
He pulls us up
Ecstatic High King

Io Io Evohe
Dionysus rules this day
Io Io Evohe
Dionysus holds us in sway

Io Io Evohe
Dionysus rules this day
Io Io Evohe
Dionysus holds us in sway

Listen to the song

© 2015 A M Hunter

Wildwood Guardians

Far seeing Horned Owl
Judge from up on high
We drink from your crescent cup
And on your wings we fly

Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian

Shape-shifting Cunning Fox
Laughing from the night
Help us shift ‘tween the worlds
We follow quick and bright

Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian

Bountiful Forest Lord
Majestic wise Stag King
Deep wisdoms they flow forth
From your antlered spring

Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian

Love protect and heal us
Cub and Mother Bear
Deep dwelling earthen ones
Show us that you care

Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardian
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardians
Hail and welcome Wildwood Guardians

[For devoking, hail and thank you Wildwood Guardian]

Listen to the song

(C) A M Hunter 2014

A Star Inside

There’s a star inside
That has long ago died
Just a big empty space that’s
Never full
No matter how hard I try
If I look low or high
I know that nothing
Ever will

I am broken
Too much that needs
To be spoken
I am shattered
Adrift all at sea
Being battered
I am empty
There’s nothing left here
To tempt me

So myself I hold
To try to beat this cold
Fanning these dead embers
For some light
And I strain to hear
If someone else is near
I speak but my words are
Never right

I am broken
Too much that needs
To be spoken
I am shattered
Adrift all at sea
Being battered
I am empty
There’s nothing left here
To tempt me

Others shine so bright
They light up this endless night
Their shining stars within
Embracing all
To be like them I yearn
But if I’m close I burn
So I sit and wish with all
Of my soul

I am broken
Too much that needs
To be spoken
I am shattered
Adrift all at sea
Being battered
I am empty
There’s nothing left here
To tempt me

And then the dark is torn
As my star is being born
I shade my eyes against this
Strange new light
What will I now behold
As my new chapter unfolds
I embrace it with wonder
And delight

No longer broken
So much to give
And I’ve spoken
No longer shattered
I navigate this sea
And I’m elated
No longer empty
So much beauty here
And it’s fed me

There’s a star inside
I feel my starlight so alive

Listen to the song

© A M Hunter 2015