The witch of Endor I lit the fire like always Said the words I always say Took the coin he pressed into my palm And sent his fear away I knew the trade was hollow Knew the spirits never came Just smoke and fear and firelight I had done this a thousand times Just a very old game But the air went wrong And the fire went flat And something cold moved in And I could not take it back Something answered Something rose up through the floor Something older than my darkness Something I had never seen before I never summoned anyone I never had that kind of power The Lord sent back his prophet And it broke me in that hour The king had come in secret Wrapped in common cloth and lies I knew him when I looked at him Behind those frightened eyes I should have turned him from my door I should have let him go But I took his gold and lit the fire And called up what I did not know Then the air went wrong And the fire went flat And something cold moved through me And I could not take it back Something answered Something rose up through the floor Something older than my darkness Something I had never seen before I never summoned anyone I never had that kind of power The Lord sent back his prophet And it broke me in that hour He said, the Lord has left you He said, the kingdom's torn away He said, tomorrow you will join me I had nothing left to say The king fell full length on the ground A man with nothing left to be I stood above him shaking He finally believed And so did I So did I Something answered Something cold came through the floor Something older than all my tricks Something I had never bargained for I spent my life in darkness, thought I knew what darkness was Then the Lord of all the living showed me what real darkness does I fed him bread before he left I didn't know what else to do The fire had gone cold in the pit And I knew that I knew And I knew that I knew