Elvenking - White Willow

One-Picture Video of Elvenking's "White Willow". Enjoy.

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At night I heard the owls say:
"Find the truth beneath the stars.
You'll have to travel back to heaths of green.
The entrance to the oak woods
will be revealed to you.
A king will tell you to ride until..."

The leaves on the trees
from black colour turn to green.
There to find the oak woods I seek,
Where the old oaks still speak.

At night I heard the old king say:
"To find your journey through the dark
You'll have to travel on a field of green."

Through time, dark landscapes leave their place
to grasslands of joy.
Bestowed to ancient oak woods here I...

Stand astonished by green,
light of power covers me.
To understand the nature of man,
I have now to speak with the trees,
Speak with the trees.

In my life I always prayed the ancients
acting with pure honesty.
This is time to face the truth so here I go...

Looking through the woods I question every plant and every tree
Searching for the answer that was promised to me.
Then the full moon comes out and the wind whispers in my ear:
"Ask for White Willow near the Silver Lake."

The fire in my heart was burning like
the flames of ancient times.
White Willow with his knowledge opened up my eyes.
The vision of the world I had before
was based on a thousand lies.
White Willow taught me how to live my life with truth.


And there it stands,
The only White Willow tree.
He embraced me
and he told me to gaze at the stars.

The wise old tree twice spoke to me and he said:
"Bring truth to the ones that you trust,
And make them believe that I still exist."
So he closed his eyes and I traveled back home.

Back to my world, home I return:
And the birds cry out, "The old king has died."
With tears in my eyes I follow my heritage:
Now I am to be new Elvenking.

The fire in my heart was burning like
the flames of ancient times.
White Willow with his knowledge opened up my eyes.
The vision of the world I had before
was based on a thousand lies.
White Willow taught me how to live my life with truth.


Green power light was flowing down my eyes like
waters from the falls.
White Willow filled my heart with lore I now recall.
The black horizons once I saw now turn
to white as I pass by.
And now I know why man can't bear to know the nature of the truth...

[And there it stands, the only white willow tree.]
[With golden leaves and a sweet old voice,]
[He embraced me, hard as rock,]
[And he told me, "Gaze at the stars."]

In the light I still see, the only willow tree.
I'm living on, the dream he shared with me.
Sometimes I can still see, the good old speaking tree.
His voice like ambrosia's flowing deep in me.

Album: Heathenreel
Year: 2001

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Elvenking
• White
• Willow
• Heathenreel
• Folk
• Power
• Metal
• yt:stretch=16:9

[quadrupleplay]

Why are there 5:59 and 6:27 versions of White Willow around here? Is the stanza in brackets not in some versions of Heathenreel?

[KSCIAA]

The brackets are there to indicate that that particular lyric group is spoken in apart from the main singing. I don't know anything about the different run=-times though.

[dwellerofrhymes]

Wow, it's been a while since I've listened to Elvenking. :)

[KSCIAA]

Yeah, funny that your name is an Elvenking song huh? :)

[dwellerofrhymes]

Well, I was unfortunately put off by all the stuff released after Wyrd. In a similar vein (but to a greater degree) I had trouble listening to Metallica for a long time after they sued Napster. Some people like to shit on good memories, or something. :(

[KSCIAA]

I hear ya.

[minoltamonet]

OMFG! I only just heard of these guys but I already love them! This is muchmuchmuch better than the screamo crap we have over here in the states!

[MetalRock92]

great

elvenking is a very great band overall

[TimeKillaKlok]

....The Fire In my heart....

[meatyebast]

@Amajikun best youtube dislike comment ive seen yet

[theDjh101]

@MAJORdorMo1992 Yeah, I'm talking about the music, not the vocals. Overall the quality is a lot better and the music sounds, well, more like a full album than a demo, but Damna's vocals are a lot more... harmonic (for lack of a better word) on Oak Woods.

[MAJORdorMo1992]

@theDjh101 Really? I actually think this version sounds a bit more raw (at least the vocals). In fact, I originally thought this was the demo version and the demo version was the Heathenreel version.

[theDjh101]

@MAJORdorMo1992 I don't know, this one sounds cleaner but I think I like the demo more overall. Oakenshield is much better on Heathenreel, though.

[NEMESIS371]

Elvenking's music makes me feel like I'm some stoned/drunk ginger leprechaun dancing around a giant mushroom in happiness.

[MAJORdorMo1992]

I actually prefer this to the demo version, which is strange considering I generally prefer demos.

[Tributorious]

This is one of the first metal songs I've ever heard, and it was almost 10 years ago I heard this one for the first time. I actually had the demo version. There's nothing as the old Elvenking.

[Andrey2865]

Elvenking forever the best

[XxMixieGirlxX]

Elvenking 4ever!!