Casting the Runes
Eternal Sorrow: Madeleine's Haunting Rain
Lyrics
When Madeleine appeared it always rained,
When Madeleine appears, it consistently coincides with rain.
The people locked their houses,
People respond by securing their homes.
Drew the curtains,
They draw their curtains, seeking protection or privacy.
Prayed and painted crosses on their doors.
Prayers are offered, and crosses are painted on doors as a form of spiritual safeguard.
They wondered who would be the next for last respects...
There is anticipation and concern about who will be the next to receive final respects.
Began rehearsing. Dressed in black with white carnations,
Preparations involve dressing in mourning attire with white carnations, expressing grief.
Weeping 'til their eyes were sore.
People weep intensely until their eyes are sore.
And Madeleine would feel their sorrow, she only wanted friends,
Madeleine senses and shares in the sorrow, desiring companionship.
But the lady's doomed to wander until the very end--
Madeleine is fated to wander endlessly until the very end, yearning for friendship.
'til the end of time!
This wandering is destined to continue indefinitely.
It's just the price she had to pay for life eternal and she's sorry,
The perpetual loneliness and sorrow are the consequences of seeking eternal life, and Madeleine expresses regret.
And she's lonely--would love to make amends.
Madeleine wishes to reconcile and make amends for the eternal life she possesses.
But where Madeleine appears it always rains,
Wherever Madeleine appears, rain is a constant phenomenon.
The people lock their houses,
People respond by securing their homes.
Draw the curtains,
They draw their curtains, seeking protection or privacy.
Pray it won't be them--
Praying that they won't be the next ones to experience loss or mourning.
Wandering 'til the end of time!
Wandering in sorrow is destined to continue until the end of time.
We gather in a strict formation, hold hands in a circle
A collective gathering in a specific arrangement, holding hands in a circle.
And at twilight we all we all walk around the stones.
At twilight, a ritual involves walking around stones together.
And spirits dance, and bodies roll, hallucinations curtsey
Spirits dance, and there are hallucinations, while the river priestess consecrates the bones.
As the river priestess consecrates the bones.
This ritual is expected to persist in this manner until the end of time.
And that's the way it will be 'til the end of time . . .
Emphasizes the eternal nature of the described events.
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