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The Wild Hunt Lyrics
There is a crow moon comin' in where you keep looking out.
It is the hollow month of march now sweeping in.
Lets watch phenomenon's that rise out of the darkness now.
Within the light she is my storming heroine.
And old machine's abandoned by the ancient races stand.
I hear them hummin' down below in hollow earth.
Oh hell I guess I know in awhile I will go under too,
But just for now I'll let the spring and storm return.
I left my heart to the wild hunt a-comin'
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
And I will sleep out in the glade just by the giant tree
To be closer when my spirit's pulled away.
I left a nervous little boy out on the trail today.
He's just a moral to the shoutin' cavalcade.
I left my heart to the wild hunt a-comin'
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
Let's open up the windows have Satan departin' now,
And we'll be even when the blues fall down like hail.
Hell I don't even care no more about cadejo now;
If he's a white one or a black one on the trail
I left my heart to the wild hunt a-comin'
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
It is the hollow month of march now sweeping in.
Lets watch phenomenon's that rise out of the darkness now.
Within the light she is my storming heroine.
And old machine's abandoned by the ancient races stand.
I hear them hummin' down below in hollow earth.
Oh hell I guess I know in awhile I will go under too,
But just for now I'll let the spring and storm return.
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
To be closer when my spirit's pulled away.
I left a nervous little boy out on the trail today.
He's just a moral to the shoutin' cavalcade.
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
And we'll be even when the blues fall down like hail.
Hell I don't even care no more about cadejo now;
If he's a white one or a black one on the trail
I live until the call
And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone
Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall
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mroberts940 On Mar 04, 2010
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i think this song relates a to the singer's nihilistic view of life, which isn't a unique theme to some of his other songs.
the first two verses seem to set up the rest of the song, the way the rest is going to relate to mythology. the Crow Moon is coming. Spring is starting to arrive. to a person he says "well, you keep looking out" (looking forward to Spring coming), but he is establishing the symbolism for the rest of the song by preferring to "watch phenomenons that rise out of the darkness" and the "machines of the ancient races."
i say 'nihilistic' because i think suicide is too strong of a message when it's being veiled in something so vague and dreamlike as mythology. though 'apathetic' is too weak a word to use since he's referring to tales and creatures all related to death.
the author's darkness comes across strongest in his bridge. he leaves his heart (emotions) to the Wild Hunt that's coming. he'll allow them the capture it/him. the Wild Hunt being the myth that huntsmen riding just over the ground might catch you and take you from the earth to join their pack. i just don't quite get why he's so certain that he's leaving in the Fall, because none of the myths he mentions have any definite time that they appear. maybe something to do with the whole Spring/life and Fall/death symbols.
"sleep out in the glade...to be closer when my spirit's pulled away." i don't think this is any sort of return to nature, but a reference to the Wild Hunt again. the huntsmen travel just off the ground, so the author is just staying there not only so he can be seen (because he's by the giant tree) but just to speed up the whole process--not that he's in any particular hurry, but drawing out the event by pretending to cover would be pointless.
"left a nervous little boy out on the trail today..". "trail" is always some path of self-discovery, so i guess the author was somewhat apprehensive about the decision beforehand but grew committed to his decision along the way. it was a walk of transcendence, because he was "just a mortal" when he first left, so if he was a mortal as a boy (ignorance) to begin with, then he is something much more now; something above mere life-and-death humanity that worries about trivialities such as the Spring season bringing new life and rebirth.
"have Satan departing now and be even when the blues fall down like hail" is more nihilism in the way that good and bad break even. same goes for him being forgotten when he's gone. Cadejo is Latin American. seeing white cadejo foreshadows good fortune, while black cadejo can mean the straight-up devil or death or bad times a'comin.
what a breath of fresh air this author/singer is. most music is completely vapid and meaningless, but him you actually have to go and do some research to gather the meaning, all wrapped up in what is just a plain old great tune. Keats with a guitar!
Great explanaition! Thanks!
Great explanaition! Thanks!
You write "i just don't quite get why he's so certain that he's leaving in the Fall".
You write "i just don't quite get why he's so certain that he's leaving in the Fall".
In sweden the hunting season starts in the Fall. They start hunting the Moose. Some how I first thought the song was written from the view of a Moose but after reading your post i'm not sure...
In sweden the hunting season starts in the Fall. They start hunting the Moose. Some how I first thought the song was written from the view of a Moose but after reading your post i'm not sure...
It should be races not racists. Every lyric website has this wrong.
It's probably racists if they all have it wrong, and that's what I hear in the live videos.
It's probably racists if they all have it wrong, and that's what I hear in the live videos.
Believe it or not, YOU'RE wrong. In the context of the song, it makes no sense for that word to be "races".
Believe it or not, YOU'RE wrong. In the context of the song, it makes no sense for that word to be "races".
It's "And old machines abandoned by the ancient races stand / I hear them hummin' down below in hollow earth."
Somehow, the lines
"I left my heart to the wild hunt a-comin I live until the call And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall"
remind me of the movie "Into the Wild".
i think its about hircine's daedric quest in oblivion
I'm curious of the lyric in the first verse, "Within the light she is my storming heroin"
I wonder if instead of the drug, he's using the homophone "heroine," as in a female hero. I think it might make a bit more sense given the Wild Hunt has roots in Norse mythology and that it's not just a unexplained drug reference.
Just curious if anyone else thinks this is a possibility
@jazzbassist1 it is heroine. People who submit lyrics often jump to bad words before good words when they hear something incorrectly. That's why this submission also uses the word "racist" instead of "races"
@jazzbassist1 it is heroine. People who submit lyrics often jump to bad words before good words when they hear something incorrectly. That's why this submission also uses the word "racist" instead of "races"
I just can't understand why he put this into lyrics "And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall". Why would anyone plan to be forgotten when he die unless he is depressive, disappointed in humanity or idk...
Beautiful song. Can't pick a favorite on the new album as I like them all.
The one lyric missing one of the words should be, "If he's a wild one or a black one on the trail."
Good job on the lyrics. The only thing is that line about "cadejo"... I think it is "If he's a white one or a black one on the trail".
Good job on the lyrics. The only thing is that line about "cadejo"... I think it is "If he's a white one or a black one on the trail".
The cadejo is a character from Salvadoran, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Honduran, Guatemalan, and southern Mexican folklore. There is a good, white cadejo and an evil, black cadejo. Both are spirits that appear at night to travellers: the white to protect them from harm during their journey, the black (sometimes an incarnation of the devil), to kill them. (Wikipedia)
The cadejo is a character from Salvadoran, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Honduran, Guatemalan, and southern Mexican folklore. There is a good, white cadejo and an evil, black cadejo. Both are spirits that appear at night to travellers: the white to protect them from harm during their journey, the black (sometimes an incarnation of the devil), to kill them. (Wikipedia)
ah thank you that makes so much more sense!
ah thank you that makes so much more sense!
his lyrics are amazing
his lyrics are amazing
"cadejo" sounded like "getting home" to me at first but after i read the lyrics and looked up the words this is a pretty creative and interesting tune. its inspirational. the only thing i had trouble getting was the "i plan to be forgoten when im gone" then my wife gave birth and had my daughter and realized its about his selfishlessness, being a man who can provide for his family. no matter what it takes. it really gave me a better attitude. it relaxes me now i dont listen to alot of this bands stuff. but this is a...
"cadejo" sounded like "getting home" to me at first but after i read the lyrics and looked up the words this is a pretty creative and interesting tune. its inspirational. the only thing i had trouble getting was the "i plan to be forgoten when im gone" then my wife gave birth and had my daughter and realized its about his selfishlessness, being a man who can provide for his family. no matter what it takes. it really gave me a better attitude. it relaxes me now i dont listen to alot of this bands stuff. but this is a good song to start with. really think it changed my life.
i think the song is about a worm, someone interpret this 1 pls 4 me
This one's pretty easy if you know the topic. The Wild Hunt is an ancient myth. Supposedly, it's a spirit or god leading a host of other spirits, horses, hounds, etc., in a hunt. It is thought to presage war or death for the person who sees it. Not all the lyrics seem completely relevant to the myth, but some do..
This one's pretty easy if you know the topic. The Wild Hunt is an ancient myth. Supposedly, it's a spirit or god leading a host of other spirits, horses, hounds, etc., in a hunt. It is thought to presage war or death for the person who sees it. Not all the lyrics seem completely relevant to the myth, but some do..
"There is a crow moon comin in well you keep looking out It is the hollow month of march now sweeping in Lets watch phenomenon's that rise out of the darkness now"
"There is a crow moon comin in well you keep looking out It is the hollow month of march now sweeping in Lets watch phenomenon's that rise out of the darkness now"
The time is march, which...
The time is march, which used to be a popular hunting time. The phenomenons are likely the huntsmens' ghosts themselves.
"I left my heart to the wild hunt a-comin I live until the call And I plan to be forgotten when I'm gone Yes I'll be leavin' in the fall"
It could mean that he has seen or plans to see the wild hunt. He may think he's going to join them, as evidenced by..
"And I will sleep out in the glade just by the giant tree Just to be closer when my spirit's pulled away"
Out in the glade is likely where he saw it, or where he plans to die and join the hunt.
"I left a nervous little boy out on the trail today He's just a mortal to the shoutin' cavalcade"
I don't know who the nervous little boy is, unless it's him. But the "shoutin' cavalcade" is likely the hunters who are implied to be immortal.
That's all I was really able to connect to the myth, but the song is very clearly about the Wild Hunt.
I feel like this song is one giant riddle. And I can't figure it out. I've been thinking maybe its Life? Or the mother earth/nature?
The crow moon is considered by the Native Americans the last full moon of March (according to the Farmer's Almanac). This typically signifies the end of winter and thawing of the earth as the temperatures rise. So then maybe the phenomenon's being brought out in the darkness is the grass , and plants, etc. Spurred on by the heroine "light." And then the spring and storms are obvious.
I just can't seem to make this connection with the rest of the stanzas other than its very season oriented with "him" leaving in the Fall. Nor have I been able to connect it to the hunt.
Anybody think I'm headed in the right direction?