Preacher's Daughter
Wolfmare Lyrics

Welcome stranger to the thicket of the woods
The song starts with an invitation to the listener to enter and explore the deep and dark woods. The singer assures the stranger that they need not be afraid of any danger that comes in the form of wild animals or a crude knife.

Don't be afraid of wolf tooth or a knife to crude
The singer emphasizes that whatever they might encounter on their journey, wildlife or a weapon, should not be a source of fear.

Through the fern and swamp spruce we are walking by
The singer describes the path they are taking in the deep woods, surrounded by plants like fern, swamp spruce, and, possibly, pussy willows.

Pussy willow whispers lullaby sung long ago to ones who'd gone before
The artist references the pussy willow plant that whispers a lullaby from a time long ago when those who went before them were alive. This suggests that the woods are haunted, and their journey might be challenging.

Once there lived a blacksmith in a village small
The artist now brings up a story about a blacksmith who lived in a small village.

In his neighbourhood behind the strong stone
The blacksmith's neighbour, the preacher, lived in a house that was protected by strong stonewalls.

Walls lived a widowed preacher of an advanced age
The preacher was a widowed old man who lived within the stonewalls.

Priceless treasure had the preacher
The preacher possessed a treasure that he cherished, probably referring to his daughter.

Daughter of the sage like a bird cage
The preacher's daughter was wise, like a sage, but was confined and trapped in her father's house, like a bird in a cage.

Sing it loud to godless crowd Don't mind whom they'll kill tonight Impaled or just crucified All right, he just deserves it
The singer invites the listeners to sing praise of cruelty towards the godless, suggesting that brutality towards them is justified, ending the first stanza with a chilling fervor.

Preacher's daughter had blue eyes and golden hair
The preacher's daughter is introduced as a pretty girl with blue eyes and golden hair.

Pretty girl in graceful prudish lady's wear
The song describes the preacher's daughter as wearing graceful and prudish clothing, indicating that she holds great self-respect and class.

In a garden had a walk with eyes cast down
In a garden setting, the preacher's daughter walks with her eyes down, suggesting that she is avoiding eye contact with the blacksmith who is admiring her beauty.

Blacksmith fell in love with maiden Never knew before how spoiled maidens were
The blacksmith falls in love with the preacher's daughter, but he finds that she is too self-absorbed and requests too much attention. The blacksmith is not aware of how many maiden's act spoiled and high-maintenance.

Man, you should have known what wants a woman each Either tall birch-tree or little dirty bitch Knocking at your backdoor or just pull your hair Never listen to her words of love He deaf and blind, don't let take your mind
A cautionary message for men, the lyrics are advising not to fall for a woman's superficial chat or allow them to use you for their gain. Women's desires are either exceedingly high or come in impulsive and explicit forms, and men need to be cautious and mindful of that.

Sing it loud to godless crowd Don't mind whom they'll kill tonight Impaled or just crucified All right, he just deserves it
The chorus is repeated, urging the audience to sing louder to celebrate the cruelty of the brutes, with no regard to the sins of the murdered.

Be my tonight darling There will be no crying There will be no lying ever after
A suggestive call from the blacksmith to the preacher's daughter for a secretive rendezvous with him, offering her no grief or deceit from him for the rest of his life.

Never'll be yours, bumpkin Relay and fuck pumpkin You're out of my ranking, take your arms off
The preacher's daughter calls him a bumpkin, suggesting he lacks sophistication or class, and tells him she would never be his, and assigns him to act as a partner in casual relationships with other women.

I'm nearly dying, give me your hand darling Or just one kiss darling, put out wild fire
The blacksmith seems to be wooing the preacher's daughter for one more final time, asking for a kiss or a hand as he is desperate like a wild fire trying to take hold of everything.

Relax and jerk doodle All that you do's crudely You'll never score noodle, jack king off suited
Preacher's daughter insults the blacksmith's mannerisms in his wooing and asserts that he could never satisfy her by engaging in lewd functions.

No gentle words or crying Rest in peace my darling In my dreams I see rising birch tree at your grave
The preacher's daughter rejects any future interaction with the blacksmith and instead wraps the song up by wishing him eternal peace after his demise and envisions a birch tree that will be imprinted on his grave in her dreams.

Then he threw off knife and took oil-treated torch Got his apron on and passed into his forge Helped the flame to get onto the wooden walls Raging fire took the village Near the chapel bashed, preacher hammer smashed
The lyrics then shift back to the story of the blacksmith and how he decides to set the village fires ablaze. The blacksmith, working in his forge, torches wooden walls of the village, resulting in its destruction. In the song, the preacher's hammer smashes the chapel in a violent and gruesome end.

No one lives there, no one cares of fillage small Years had passed and there had grown a birch tree tall
After the village's destruction, no one lived or cared about the little village. But after years had passed, there was an enormous birch tree that had grown instead of the village.

When a stranger comes to spot where blacksmith lived birch tree Sings a lullaby, he hangs himself in wood, another tale ends good Another tale ends good (Another tale ends good)
Finally, the song concludes that anyone who spots where the blacksmith lived will hear the birch tree singing a lullaby to its fallen friend, and thus mark the end of the tale on a novel but disturbing note.