The Stolen Child

Come away human child Come away Where the rocky highland dips into the lake On a leafy isle where shadows wake We've hidden our treasures so wild and deep In the night we'll steal you from your sleep Come away human child To the waters to the wild Leave behind a world so cold In our grasp your soul we'll hold Under the moonlight's ghostly gleam We dance in circles lost in dream Weaving spells in the darkened night Where the world is full of fright Come away human child To the waters to the wild Leave behind a world so cold In our grasp your soul we'll hold Hear the whispers hear the call From the waters where shadows fall Forget the warmth of the earthly fire In our arms you'll rise higher Where the wandering water flows so deep In the rushes where the lost ones sleep We'll give you dreams so dark so strange Your world will fade you'll never change Come away human child To the waters to the wild Leave behind a world so cold In our grasp your soul we'll hold No more will you hear the cattle low Or feel the warmth of hearth's glow In the darkness you are bound In our world no more sound Come away human child To the waters to the wild Leave behind a world so cold In our grasp your soul we'll hold