Loreena Mccennitt The King Lyrics

The King Lyrics

Upon a darkened night

the flame o love was burning in my breast

And
by a lantern bright

I fled my house while all in quiet rest



Shrouded by the night

and by the secret star I quikly fled

The
veil concealed my eyes

while all within lay quiet as the dead



Oh night though was my guide

oh night more loving than the rising
sun

Oh night that joined the lover

to the beloved one

transforming each of them into the other



Upon that misty
night

in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight

Without a guide or
light

than that which burned so deeply in my heart



That fire
t'was led me on

and shone more bright than of the midday sun

To
where he waited still

it was a place where no one else could come



Within my pounding heart

which kept itself entirely for him

He fell into his sleep

beneath the cedars all my love I gave

From o'er the fortress walls

the wind would brush his hair against his
brow

And with its smoothest hand

caressed my every sense it would
allow



I lost myself to him

and laid my face upon my lovers
breast

And care and grief grew dim

as in the mornings mist became
the light

There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair

there they
dimmed amongst the lilies fair