Bound to the Dark

Lyrics

[Verse 1] At the miller's gate the winter crows convene, A red thread tied around the spindle's sheen. You bring the iron key; I bring the flame, We trade our given names and leave the same. [Pre-Chorus] Turn the wheel, let the old vows fall, One by one, through the midnight hall. [Chorus] Raise the cup, let the old walls ring, Take my hand where the bold hearts sing. Round we go till the dawn breaks through, I was bound to the dark; now I choose you. [Verse 2] The baker's boy has chalk upon his sleeve, The watchman sleeps beneath the autumn leaves. You laugh, and every shutter comes unlatched, The gate swings wide; the hour cannot catch us. [Pre-Chorus] Turn the wheel, let the old vows fall, One by one, through the midnight hall. [Chorus] Raise the cup, let the old walls ring, Take my hand where the bold hearts sing. Round we go till the dawn breaks through, I was bound to the dark; now I choose you. [Bridge] No lord can name the road we take, No bell can bind the choice we make. From the stone keep down to the river bend, We ride as strangers, leave as friends. [Final Chorus] Raise the cup, let the old walls ring, Take my hand where the bold hearts sing. Round we go till the dawn breaks through, I was bound to the dark; now I choose you. Raise it high, let the rafters shake, This is the vow that we freely make. Round we go till the morning's new, I was bound to the dark; now I choose you. [Outro] The mill turns slow in the morning air, Your iron key is warm in my hair.