A song I wrote about a beatiful summer night in Smygehamn. In the middle of the night there was no wind, and the mist lay low over the fields and not so distant hill.
Listen using the player below or watch the YouTube video
Nights like this are breathtaking, and the mist, or the elves that were dancing, got me thinking of a great Icelandic song: Álfareiðin and Supernatural Temptation was born out of the thoughts that went through my head there (enough for a small novel..)
The song is also available on Spotify in a very slightly different version
The Lyrics
Total darkness
Air is calm
Elves are dancing
Preceding harm
Beauty so seductive
inviting me in
so hard to resist
she wants me to sin
Suitable victim
without much resolve
promises forgotten
those time has dissolved
Not much to fight for
want a way out
the fall is close
but there is a doubt
Wanna run away
Run far far away
Wanna run away
Is there any reason to stay
Where is she from
She is not of my kin
Is she kind
Or is she grim
Her beauty blinds me
I will loose my way
With her besides me
I'm in heaven every day
I want to stay
I really want to stay
I want to stay
Why on earth should I run away
I am scared, should I linger
Do I really have a choice
I am wrapped around her finger
Am I lost, I have no voice
Never a moment
Never at peace
I never forget it
What i have seen
I saw the elves dancing
Was that about me
I know what it means
Wanna run away…
..I'm hunted, I cannot stay
There is a slight difference between the songs on soundcloud and the released versions.
Also, below is an earlier version that was recorded before I had access to an electric guitar.