Текст песни All Souls Night - Introduction - In Her Own Words - Loreena McKennitt

I've looked at the creation of each recording an hit song
As a unique journey of discovery
Gathering distinctive elements along the way
And stitching them together as one might
Little scraps of yarn, sea shells into a tapestry
So for example, when I started out to create the song
Which became "All souls night"
I'd already become interested in Irish and then Celtic history
I've read part of Robert Green's book "The white goddess"
Which profiled various festivals, rituals and traditions
Their meanings and significance
And the interconnectedness of the human world
And the rest of the natural world
Including the army of those souls who had gone before us
Too, in 1985 I had been invited to perform at the experience school of japan
And I've read this fascinating book by "lafcardio hearn"
About the opening up of Japan in the 1800
And in it, it profiles this custom of placing lanterns
On the water which floated out of the sea
I found this imagery quite a powerful metaphor of our lives
And these were two such strands of inspiration
Which went into making this song "All souls night"

To mark where the old year passes by

I can see lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night