(Prelude #1) -------- When Annis built this cage I saw the blueprint on the table But I was too young to run She lured me from my play To her clandestine domain To tend her illicit garden Black, black soul And Annis takes her toll And from her veil of black With all the mirrors at her back She called me into her guarded empire I treaded soft and lightly Fear trembling so slightly Snows in my bones I dream of the white sea Black, black soul And Annis takes her toll Child of sin Black Annis wins again When Annis roared and jeered I knew that no one leaves from here Her fervid anger don't spare anything In the frenzy of my senses She confiscated my defenses With all the forces of night When Annis built this cage I saw the blueprint on the table But I was too young to run She lured me from my play To her clandestine domain To tend her illicit garden Black, black soul And Annis takes her toll Child of sin Black Annis wins again Black, black soul And Annis takes her toll Child of sin Black Annis wins again Black, black soul