adder’s fork – green man’s riddle lyrics
green man’s riddle
[intro]
into the green, i took my axe and wandered to a glade of the forest
i was never lost
walking unseen, my only one desire was some wood for my fire
and a tranquil scene
[chorus]
then i set to my scheme: hewing and cleaving all the branches of green
fragments, splinters – they fell to my feet
hardly perceiving, like a one in a dream … in a dream
[verse 1]
warmed to my theme, i failed in observing that the birds had ceased calling, i was lingering
driven by greed, my only one desire was some wood for my fire
so i took no heed
[chorus]
[verse 2]
then a dark and earthy stillness numbed my brain, so i did remain
by the tree roots on the mossy ground i lay
i did dream a man in green did look on me, eyes were burning
round his face there grew some leaves abundantly
then i slowly understood: a spirit of the wood
[bridge]
i tried to flee, but i was apprehended
by some quick-growing tendrils, binding hand and knee
“please let me be” i pleaded of the green man
“but my riddle you must solve” he said forcibly
tell me: what has a bite, yet no teeth has it
name a thing sharp and bright – but not clever
a tool for a fight, splitting, dividing all the wood in its sight
in its sight
[instrumental]
[outro]
“now answer me, or you will be my captive in this glade of the forest
be forever lost”
then i did see that i must solve the riddle
or the green man would then make a slave of me
i was thinking hard, then it came to me …
and the answer that he wanted: that thing it was an axe
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