Story Behind The Song
Arthur has had this song for about 10 years now, and we recorded an early version of this on our demo CD, "Emerald Rose." The MP3 of that song, to our surprise, reached #1 on the mp3.com "goth" charts! This is a newer, guitar-enhanced version that we feel
Song Description
Dreamy, lyrical ballad with whistle and echoing guitars, with an obscure but thoughtful lyric about the fear and joy surronding initiation and change.
| Song Length |
4:13 |
Genre |
Rock - Gothic, New Age - Progressive |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Tranquil |
Subject |
Spirituality, Fear |
| Similar Artists |
Dead Can Dance, Seal |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
DAGGER OF THE MOON
words and music by Arthur Hinds
Is there a song that invests the stone
Of cavern and spring and mound
With its cadence in starlight
The blistered palm holding its tune
And would you still stand
Ear cocked, alone
With the baying of blood-eared hounds
Suffer facing the serpent's bite
And the dagger of the moon
Sing the heart of water
Shape the dun clay
See the fire
Think on the wind
Spread your wings and fly
Let the mirror call you
Touch her doorway
And know desire
But open it not
Lest you surely die
Come hear the craft of the cauldron crone
And dance in his secret round
On cloven step, the circle spoke
On salted sands and tidal runes
And hear you a song the enchants the stone
Of dolmen and ringèd mound
Beyond the cloth of astral smoke
Without the strident clockwright's tune
Open your eye and then invoke
The dagger of the moon
© Emerald Rose 1998
Arthur Hinds-- vocals,guitar
Larry Morris-- pennywhistle
Brian (Logan) Sullivan -- guitars
Clyde Gilbert -- bass