Sleep Of Monsters Golden Bough song lyrics

On midsummer's night he strayed into the woods

To a grove where an ancient oak grew by a lake

He met a maiden on the shore

Who came and whispered to him:

"Come look into my mirror"

She took his hand and led him

To the water's edge where

Their reflection they stared

You will be king for a summer's day

And you can ask for whatever you may

Not a thing shall be denied of you

For on that thunder-blasted oak

Grows the sacred golden bough

Eternal life it will endow

Deep in the grove she led her king-to-be

Gave him a blade to cut the sacred mistletoe

That climbed the branches of an oak

And to its trunk with an iron yoke

Was a madman shackled

And as the fire crackled said she:

"As winter's slain by spring

King must be slain by king"

This oak was struck by heaven's ire

The golden bough houses its fire

That must blaze on this midsummer's day

And when the feast will end you'll see

You must be shackled to this tree

To guard it till another sets you free