I went with the devil into the night
from deep in the woods I heard him call
(hello)
and I won’t come back in morning light
no my bones are being washed under the waterfall
(won’t you come closer)
now my hair is the moss and the branches intertwined
my lips are the dew reflecting the moon
(return your soul)
my blood is the sap oozing from the crooked pine
my heart is the mud clinging to your boots

and they say
she's lost her way
(and found the land before land)
but they don’t know
there’s a whole world below
(there’s a time before time)
and from this day on
I plan to stay gone
(in the land before land)
here down low
with my dear lover the Goat

I’ve never been married until now
(what is this dream)
here in this old grove with knotted trees gathering round
(where nothing’s as it seems)
appears a sorcerer, hooded
with nighttime for a face
(what if I scream)
who’s binding our bare hands in mycelial lace

and your spiraling horns piercing the sky
(in the land before land)
with your cloven hooves pounding the earth
(in the time before time)
unto you sayeth I
(in the land before land)
for what is true in death
is true in birth

lay me down in a bed of fresh red clover
(you say you’ll set me free)
here in this humming dark cave we now call home
(my power will be released)
as you rip the living flesh from my warm body
(oh how we’ll feast)
and nail it to the land for all the hungry who still roam

oh these sorrowful hills, how they’re haunted
(in the land before land)
can you hear the whispering wind and the singing river reeds
(in the time before time)
are you tempted to remember stories long forgotten
(in the land before land)
as you’re walking in the shadow of the valley
searching for a hidden spring
(in the time before time)
oh in the shadow of the valley flows a hidden spring
(in the land before land)

I am the siren song
(in the time before time)
I am the wailing stones
(in the land before land)
I cry in this river of sorrow
(in the time before time)
bearing a crown of thorns
(in the land before land)

Oh I am the siren song
(they say, they say how could you let her go)
I am the wailing stones
(must have been the devil come and grabbed her by the toe
ya he dragged me down)
I cry in this river of sorrow
(now I’m lost only to be found)
bearing a crown of thorns
(dead on the cross, Queen of the Underground)

I went with the devil into the night
from deep in the woods I heard him call
(hello)
and I won’t come back in morning light
no my bones are being washed under the waterfall
(won’t you come closer)
now my hair is the moss and the branches intertwined
my lips are the dew reflecting the moon
(return your soul)
my blood is the sap oozing from the crooked pine
my heart is the mud clinging to your boots


and they say
(they say, they say)
she’s lost her way
(how could you let her go)
but they don’t know
(must have been the devil come and grabbed her by the toe)
there’s a whole world below
(ya he dragged me down)
and from this day on
I plan to stay gone
(only to be found)
here down low
(dead on the cross)
with my dear lover the Goat
(Queen of the Underground)

here down low
with my dear lover the Goat