Salt wind bites the blackened oak
I held the flame through winter's choke
Now I glow in midnight's breath
Watching ghosts dance close to death
Samhain embers slow and low
Watch the thin veil come and go
Salt and smoke and bone-fire light
Halloween walks ashore tonight
Keeper's log marks every turn
When the horned god starts to burn
I was beam and mast and rail
Now I warm the ghostly trail
Samhain embers slow and low
Watch the thin veil come and go
Salt and smoke and bone-fire light
Halloween walks ashore tonight
Muted trumpet calls the tide
Organ pipes breathe deep and wide
Cello bows the fading spark
Keeping vigil in the dark
Samhain embers slow and low
Watch the thin veil come and go
Salt and smoke and bone-fire light
Halloween walks ashore tonight
Dawn will steal the final heat
Ash to dust the cycle complete
But the lamp still sweeps the bay
Waiting for the next Samhain day
Samhain embers slow and low
Watch the thin veil come and go
Salt and smoke and bone-fire light
Halloween walks ashore tonight
Keeper's flame never dies
Burning in the phantom skies