The Shaman

Strapped tight

Suspended

To earth, fire, wind and rain

About to

Start my journey

My mortal frame remains

[Refrain:]

I am the Shaman

I cross the boundaries of Death

But I will return

A Shaman's Song

Of agony and ecstasy

For wisdom I yearn

Bound tightly and helpless to the Arbor

Infelix

The Tree of Woe in the focus of elemental might

The creatures of Earth gorge themselves on this body

Fiery rays of the sun, rain and storm clear the mind

Ancient wisdom lasts eternal

I roam the planes up high and below

I will live and die forever

I will go where no one goes

My heart will steadily beat the rhythm

Of lives past and lives to come

Universal knowledge gathered

Until all else is said and done

[Bridge:]

To where I go you can't follow

Your spirit is bound to remain

But when I return from my journey

As a healer I will ease your pain

Impressions

And visions

Subdue my pain

A gateway

Of white light

Is opening again

[Refrain]

Behold the stars shining pale and brightly

Gleaming in silence like the Earth Mothers tears

Stigmata of light on a pitch black horizon

As a beacon to the Healer's return

Still the tree stands erect as Autumn's leaves are falling

Flakes of snow are swirling from the lowering sky

Witness the Gods in the dance of the flames

Nothing comes to an end when you die

[Bridge]

[Refrain]