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Green Man’s Riddle Lyrics by Adder’s Fork

2019

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

About “Green Man’s Riddle” by Adder’s Fork

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