Heavy music with very heavy lyrics.

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At the time these lyrics were written, the group that I was in was doing a lot of sappy, touchy-feely love tunes and/or ballads. I was tooling around with the opening riff shaping it into a song. Rico jumped in and tossed around a few ideas. Then Randy took home and wrote the lyrics to offset what we were doing. There's more to the story of this song, but there's not enough space to provide that story.

Witchbane
Lyrics: Randall Taylor
Music: Narciso Wessman, Randall Taylor & Rico Cordova
Copyright © 2003 Narciso Wessman

You turned your head when you stole my gaze, smoked glass den of shame
A shiver slivers in a loss without a fight
You set the trap now you’ll make me pay-the game that witches play
The crack of dawn is split like thunder in the night
This dog has died ‘neath those raven eyes-no remorse loss for life
No one howls to fill a cold and starless night
The pulpit’s prayer like a virgin’s plea-those stained glass words you see
Throw the pillows down there’s thunder in the night


…and heard the bells of Hell collide, As page by page burns away
From ashes born the days sunlight, As Heaven’s pain drawn away, gone away
To lot Witchbane, like the wind, like the rain
Hoot…hoot…hoot

Your sacred breath that you made take-makes me shiver and shake
The rolling tide of pews & crashing waves of light
And sanity bashed by raw delight-no earth bound fool could fight
A cross & beads beneath a habit tossed aside
A cast of fate just to throw the dice-as angel’s voices rise
The songs of Solomon from pages blaze with life
Un-maddened craze in those raven eyes-teeming mast, wailing cries
The fool cowers down like hell-a flash of lightning strikes

…and heard the bells of Hell collide, As page by page burns away
From ashes born the days sunlight, As Heaven’s pain drawn away, gone away
To lot Witchbane, like the wind, like the rain
Hoot…hoot…hoot