Snow Queen: A Song For Skadi

by Raven Kaldera

Full choral sheet music for this song is available (pdf)

 

Ahhh....(4x)

 

(Chorus)

The stars shine cold on the icy meadow,

Skadi12The moon glints cold on the icy road

The track of the white wolf warns of her passing,

Bright blood warms the frozen snow.

 

1) Frost-crackled winds wipe bare the helpless trees

Then pile them high with crystal-crusted snow

She strokes your throat with loving icy hands

And whips your back in wrath as you turn to go.

The Green Man's children cower on their knees

As a velvet weight bends blackened branches low;

Earth's caterpillar life is at a close,

Chrysalis-cloaked, it seeks a time to grow.

 

(Chorus 2)

The stars shine cold on the icy meadow,

The moon glints cold on the icy road

The track of the white wolf warns of her passing,

Bright blood warms the frozen snow.

 

2) We stand upon the bridge of icy metal

 

We stare into the water dark below,

She calls us down into the perfect silence

She shows us what we did not want to know.

We hear the cry of wind and screaming metal,

The glassy road, the helpless driver spins,

The quiet of the snowy bank that welcomes,

Her velvet arms that reach and take you in.

 

(Chorus 3:)

Can you touch that place within you,

The chill that came that frozen night?

This is her work, to preserve that spark

Until you are ready for spring's warm light.

Praise Her name, you who walk in the winter,

Praise Her cloak spread across the fields,

The teeth of the white wolf seize our souls,

Blood on the snow is the price we yield.

Ahhh...

 

Artwork by Venatorfend of Hungary, reproduced with permission from © Microsoft Games.