One upon a dark autumn night

I was so very far from sleep

I longed to walk beneath the stars

Into the wood so dark and deep

Neither myth nor faerie tale

Could keep me from the path to the maze

But eyes upon me I could feel

Hidden in the shadows watching always

Something in the darkness pulled me deeper

Something in the madness eased my mind

Was I awake or was I dreaming

Cut the strings that bind me to mankind

Once while I was sitting in my room

One cold and silver winter's day

I could hear an otherworldly call

Try as I might I couldn't turn away

Somewhere in between the moss and the stone

The wind and the wood became my home

I lay myself down upon the green

When the ivy overgrew I could never leave