a long time ago... Lyrics

I knew a place

A long time ago

I knew a place

Sometimes I would go

Far off from home

With quiver and bow

Deep in the forest

A long time ago

Dappled in white

Ice biting my skin

Snowflakes pass me by

On howling wind

I follow behind

I follow to find

A path through the trees

Along time ago

Past tall pines and deer tracks

A bridge lay ahead

Branched over the river

Across it I tread

Over I go

To follow the doe

Across the clear river

A long time ago

Softly, my feet

Under evergreen trees

Where no one dare tread

No one but me

Then new eyes, I find

Now fixed on the doe

There from the shadows

A long time ago

Down wind and crouching

On hands and on knees

The creature ahead

I'm straining to see

It's prowling slow

As I pull out my bow

And aim for the wolf

His eyes flaming with gold

Deep in the forest a time ago

A silver wolf watches

Through falling snow

Do I let go?

Release my arrow?

Alone in the forest

A long time ago