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The sea rose and fell The waves were crashing Thrashing a piece of wood Against the rocks The surf took it ashore A strange stick I found To pick up and ponder And turn in my hands A white raven's skull Fashioned by time and tide And its gnarly lines Furrowed by stone I put together a halo Out of pieces of amber Carved my own marks With a knife of bone In the middle of the halo I placed the raven's skull Drew wings with charcoal Painted a bird in ash The bird took wing and flew SongtexteA raven cried in the wind The images washed away by the sea Drawn by daylight's quill Embraced by the woods In the shadow of the twilight A sign lingered in my mind Halo behind my eyes Picture of amber bright Glowing with bronze I put together a halo Out of pieces of amber Carved my own marks With a knife of bone In the middle of the halo I placed the raven's skull Drew wings with charcoal Painted a bird in ash I put together a halo Out of pieces of amber Carved my own marks With a knife of bone In the middle of the halo I placed the raven's skull Drew wings with charcoal Painted a bird in ash Aus Songtexte Mania