The Dwellers on the Threshold - Lover Long Drowned

While once wandering in an ancient wood
With no path to follow even if I would
I moved in awe of everything that stood
Or crawled, flew or died, or wished that it could

Drawn ever deeper into the swirling mist
Whose beauty was fed by an angel's kiss
But as night drew near and the day was dismissed
Its sight I feared as the serpent's evil hiss

Once lushly nurtured in moistening fog
The woods now became a dying bog
Perfumed breeze changed to hideous smog
Living sound replaced by a howling dog

All green turned to a morbid gray
And the song of the wolf was heard to say
That night reigns tyrannically over the day
And death comes quickly to those who stay

I am here, hear my song, I love you for evermore

Terror struck and seized me fast
When a voice arose from the far-distant past
I broke free and raced to the sound at last
As if the Devil's own wind blew at my mast

Rushing onward over squishing ground
Wildly pursuing her siren sound
Memory reaching out to unknown bounds
Pairing the voice to a lover, long drowned

I will always love you

My reason slept as I willfully believed
That I glimpsed the figure for whom I grieved
But ever drawing near to the shape I conceived
She would draw further into the leaves

Never did she cease her mournful song
As I chased her through night ever-long
Would that a man could right a God's wrong
And allow her again, to the living, belong

I will always love you

I followed her to where only devils rule
And knelt to weep the old tears of a fool
But as dawn began, her memory, to cool
I saw her again in a rainwater pool

Where water collects, she waits for me there
And gazes at me with forgiving stare
Nevermore shall I chase her ethereal glare
Nevermore shall I hear her step on my stair
I will always love you

Written by:
Elise Hoff, Patrick Westfall

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