Lyrics The Lake in the Woods - Denial of God

The Lake in the Woods

Restless birds haunt the air this night
Sordid water like a cauldron bright
Moonlit trees pale in swirling mist
Branches entwine like shadows that kiss
The lake at the crossroads is cursed they say
The air is damp and smells of decay
A song as clear as the candle you lit
Listen with care but don’t follow it
Stagnant water, a terror in the deep
A dark shadow lurking, they fear what it keeps
Roaming in the water in rotten rags
The ghostly presence of the ancient hag
Dragged from her hut out through the gate
Thrown into the deep, her watery grave
100 years ago, now the time has come
The witch has returned to sing her song
Her enchanting voice rides on a breeze
To every small child sound asleep
The murky water hides the cursed past
In the twilight the children start to amass
At night the children walk to the woods
Their eyes are glassed and free from all sin
Her hands outstretched like branches of the trees
Hexed by the song, then she lures them in