Set me free my sweetness
Set me free my queen
From the outer ranges 
To the space between
We have built a chapel there
Nowhere in these books
Bring me your scattered legion
Your pawn and broken rook

Bring all the coven bodies
To this solemn wishing well
Sing no joy nor sorrow
Lay down your only spell
Chase down this spirit
Veiled and harboured deep
Out of sight and out of grasp
Were temptation never sleeps

We chased it down to the viaduct
The portal to our dreams
Where all the hidden truths that we seek
Are splayed in winding streams
Lay my bones in bondage there
Beneath the naked moon
Set me free my sweetness 
And I will join you soon

Set me free my sweetness
Set me free my queen

The Summons

Touching on a purest night
Kept from sight, under candlelight
Earlly eve when shadows dance
Waltzed and spun in old romance

Kin of wolf howl and cry
Curtains to curfew till I die
What is this, nocturnal bliss?
Vanilla moon bore nature's kiss 
Silence flew on night's advance
Tackled in an ancient trance

Visions burning low, in twisted ember glow
Daybreak be my nurse from this candlecurse

Tell me now sluggish sight
How demons now delight?
Haze of mind, too blunt to fight
Sheer the veil of wrong and right

Tower cast a fearless flame
Golden hue of lion's mane
Stairway, whipser my ascent
Creak a tune of past lament
Frosty pins tickle me sharp
Pounce on nerves from midnight harp

Play the marionette, forlorn silhouette
Daybreak be my nurse from this candlecurse

Candle Curse

I've never gazed upon a river this deep
Burning black with the tears I weep
Oh, all too soon, it was all too soon
I was struck by this mournful moon
Let me ggo back there, let me go back
Retrograde me to the first attack
And i will abide by the light of the dawn
Prove to us that we all were wrong

Yes, it knows, wherever I go 
Yes, it knows, wherever I go
Yes, it knows, wherever I go 
Yes, it knows, wherever I go

River of worry
Show us all your hidden glory
River of worry
Show us all your hidden glory

All across this forest flank
Fires burned and the river stank 
The seas they churn with cauldron rhyme
Back at home we're just killing time
But it's not my fault, no, not my fault
Not my skin in the airlock vault, 
But it's our pride, yes it's all our pride
All the reason we had to hide

Yes, it knows, wherever I go 
Yes, it knows, wherever I go
Yes, it knows, wherever I go 
Yes, it knows, wherever I go

River of worry
Show us all your hidden glory
River of worry
Show us all your hidden glory

River Of Worry

City on a hill, but still
Can it shake a river's chill?
Ice will flow and wash away
Everything we used to say

Levee broke again, my friend
Brought about our final end
Set the sail, hoist the flag
Follow course to lunar drags

Fly away in a booth, in a booth
To hallow lands
Take away with the truth, with the truth
Of fallen hands
Steady for the ricochet, ricochet
When shuttles land
Here we will come to pray, come to pray
On silver sands

Carry me my moon, and try to run away
We'll be leaving soon, we'll be here to stay
On your grey shores, feel the warmth of earth no more

Velvet moon, drag me up
Take me to your shores of sleep
Frozen in the ever-night
Glimmering in caverns deep

Come one, come all, heed my call
Never falter, never stall
Dreams above the outer sky
Captivate my magpie eye

Fall in rank, son
And keep alert
When all is won, son
We'll lie inert
Prime your gun, son
For the final hurt
Here come the other ones
Now hit the dirt

Carry me my moon, and try to run away
We'll be leaving soon, we'll be here to stay
On your grey shores, feel the warmth of earth no more

Song For The End Of The World

Minstrel March

Bastion, guard my hearth and key
Fix the lock to distant memory
Set the watch in groups of two and three
Prime the fire, drum the armoury

I can't say when we'll return
Trust no oracle to learn
Keep all secrets close to burn
If all and all, we befall, a different turn

Bastion, stock your piles for war
Make heaven quake when cannon roar
Press no simple man to do the deed
A Juggernaut or Golem for a steed

I can't say when we'll return
Trust no oracle to learn
Keep all secrets close to burn
If all and all, we befall, a different turn

Bastion, come and let me in
Try to hear me past the awful din
I built you up to high for hands to hold
And now come crashing down to end me cold

I can't say when we'll return
Trust no oracle to learn
Keep all secrets close to burn
If all and all, we befall, a different turn

Bastion

Whimpering lights leave me magnetized
Then I see those emerald eyes
I hear the voice of those past goodbyes

On and on and on it goes
Like a hymn without it's prose
On and on and on it goes
Where'd you learn to dance like smoke?

Barricade your weary heart
Always strong and twice and smart
Then I see you playing the part
Like a child skipping rope
Whistful in your hapless hope
On and on and on it goes
Where'd you learn to dance like smoke?

Out of sight and out of mind
All the poison I left behind
Breaking free of my snares and my binds
Born anew I look you 
Sheltered in your ancient hue
On and on and on it goes
Where'd you learn to dance like smoke?

Dance Like Smoke

Fall as a tree
Let it be
Felled but free

Dark days ahead 
It's been said
Hard to tread

Lady Fortune come
Come and take your son
Lady Fortune come
Come and make us one

Ride to the keep
Ages deep
Born of sleep

Keeper of the flame
Say her name
She'll explain

Lady Fortune come
Come and take your son
Lady Fortune come
Come and make us one

Dive down this old way
They all say
Never stray

Keeper of the flame
Say her name
She'll explain

Lady Fortune come
Come and take your son
Lady Fortune come
Come and make us one

Lady Fortune

I built a pallisade
To keep my demons here at bay
Never know if they're here to stay
Never know if they fear the night or day

But wait there's more to this
An everlasting chance at bliss
A glimmering from the corner of my eye
Made me think how I never wanna die

There's a ghost in the moat
And he wears a certain coat
There's a ghost in the moat
And he won't float

I'm off to nevermind
Shake hands with all we find
Play Peter Pan all the while
Pied pipe'd love here is going out of style

Take heed and never fail
And always whisper of this tale
Get on well with your private plan
And I'll give everything I think I can

There's a ghost in the moat
And he wears a certain coat
There's a ghost in the moat
And he won't float

Ghost In The Moat

With my pen I'll breathe, all of the dreams I see
Never falling too free, kept within memory
Icicle teeth of white, toxic surf with a bite
Dash down the dying lights, never thought they'd be right

Keeper of the night
Soften your invite
Sea of fangs in sight oh, 
Guide me through this plight
Guide me through this plight

All through my fantasies, I see a ring of trees
Guarding the though, maybe, we can find sanctuary
Crystalline faith it wrought, stuck to the fear it brought
Seek out the pain I bought, turns out that it's been taught

Keeper of the night
Soften your invite
Sea of fangs in sight oh, 
Guide me through this plight
Guide me through this plight

Sea Of Fangs

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Jesse Turnbull
Recorded at Taurus Recording, Toronto, ON, - July 28th 2019

Lennox Campbell-Berzins - Vox and 12-string
Aniqa Qadir - Vox
Alex Gage - Guitar and Vox
James Atin-Godden - Bass and Vox
Taylor Barber - Drums

THE SUMMONS

Broken Wolves is a dark folk/dark psych collective based out of Toronto, ON, Canada. It's primary influences include folk, alternative rock, progressive rock and medieval art. Themes in the music depict the classic folk struggle of humanity vs.nature in the context of environmentalism

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