Story Behind the Song
The haunting song relates the mythic story of a man who finds a magical fish, which turns into a beautiful woman. She calls him by name, then disappears, and he spends the rest of his life searching for her.
We got chills up our spines the night we discovered that the beatiful Finnish waltz "Metsäkukkia" layers almost perfectly with this song.
Lyrics
I went into the hazel wood, a fire was in my head,
I cut and peeled a hazel wand, hooked a berry to a thread,
And when white moths were on the wing, and stars were flick'ring out,
I dropped the berry in a stream and I caught a silver trout.
And when I laid it on the floor and blew the fire aflame,
I heard a rustling on the floor, that called me by my name,
It had become a glist'ning girl with apple blossomed hair,
That called me by my name, and ran and faded through the air.
Now I am old with wandering through hollow, hilly lands,
But I will find out where she has gone, kiss her lips and take her hands,
And walk among the dappled grass and pluck till times are done,
The silver apples of the Moon, golden apples of the Sun.
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