The Mountain Man / The Ivy's Spell Lyrics

There's a man

In the yonder mountain

His eyes are of rocks and stone

His breath is the wind that tarries

His love is of ice and snow

Stuck in infernal ways

Habitual rigor mortis

Tread oh so lightly

Or you might join him too

He was all alone, happily

With no need for anyone

Living off the earth

One day he met a lovely woman

With flowers in her long soft hair

Clothed in a dress of the bushes

He knew that she was the one

He came ever closer, realizing

Her loveliness was just a game

Lillies of the valley

Wearing poison ivy

What could he do?

Fall into his intuition

Or maybe risk his life

For some fair maiden

That would let him die

She said, "I can't love you, darling"

All the while moving nearer still

Confused, he took her small hand

With the other

She cast her spell

Change, spin, tie and bind

Stay, stop, loose, unwind

Change, spin, tie and bind

Stay, stop, loose, and unwind

Change, spin, tie and bind

Stay, stop, loose, and unwind

Change, spin, tie and bind

Stay, stop, loose, and unwind

You have left me high

Hurt and left me dry

Unbalanced, unfair

she clipped his hair

Innocent enough

She didn't care

Took the strands sent them to the air

You will never belong to me

He froze and soul melded

With the mighty earth below

His body grew into a willow

He sleeps dreaming ever more

Never to awaken clearly

For the woman, she left long ago

Listen, heed this warning closely

"See the signs, before it's too late"

Lest you, yourself become a mountain

Asleep until the earth shakes