Once 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 fairy 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 another worldly call try as I might I could'nt turn away- 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---- Somewhere in between the moss and the stone The wind and the wood became my home I layed myself down upon the green when the ivy overgrew I could never leave-- 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 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------