Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Dark Night of the Soul, artist - Loreena McKennitt.
Date of issue: 06.03.1994
Song language: English
The Dark Night of the Soul |
Upon a darkened night |
the flame of love was burning in my breast |
And by a lantern bright |
I fled my house while all in quiet rest |
Shrouded by the night |
and by the secret stair I quickly fled |
The veil concealed my eyes |
while all within lay quiet as the dead |
Oh night thou was my guide |
oh night more loving than the rising sun |
Oh night that joined the lover |
to the beloved one |
transforming each of them into the other |
Upon that misty night |
in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight |
Without a guide or light |
than that which burned so deeply in my heart |
That fire t’was led me on and shone more bright than of the midday sun |
To where he waited still |
it was a place where no one else could come |
Within my pounding heart |
which kept itself entirely for him |
He fell into his sleep |
beneath the cedars all my love I gave |
And by the fortress walls |
the wind would brush his hair against his brow |
And with its smoothest hand |
caressed my every sense it would allow |
I lost myself to him |
and laid my face upon my lovers breast |
And care and grief grew dim |
as in the mornings mist became the light |
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair… |