Story Behind The Song

The story of the lady called 'night' as she comes to visit at the end of each day

Lyrics

Her strands of hair, like tentacles
Slowly wind their cunning way
Across the land, the sea, the sky
To snare her victims of the day

She entwines her prey like ivy
Constricting an ancient wall
Petals close, birds retreat
Before the owl makes his call

(chorus)
She is coming, she is the dark and forbidding
She is the majestic lady
Who rides above us all
She is the night

She reaches up into the clouds
With her black laced velvet glove
To hold the sun, then lower it
Down to the horizon from above

(bridge)
Her lover is roused to join her
His white orb joins the scene
Drama, unfolding in majesty
The players, poised, bold, serene

(chorus)
She is coming, she is the dark and forbidding
She is the majestic lady
Who rides above us all
She is the night

Men take their rest, a kind release
For the prisoner and the poor
For those who rule, those who will wear
Pain in the dawn once more

(bridge)
She smiles as all is quiet and still
Save the creatures of the dark
The silence only disturbed now
By the urban foxes bark

(chorus)
She is coming, she is the dark and forbidding
She is the majestic lady
Who rides above us all
She is the night

At last she yields and withdraws
Back from whence she came
For a few hours she will depart this place
Until it's time for night again