Algol Lyrics - Vintersorg

[Music: Vintersorg] 

[Lyrics: Karl-Erik Forsslund, freely translated by Vintersorg] 

Algol, demon, capricious your brightness 

shifts from day to day - rises, abates, intesifies 

again, sometimes triumphant and sparkling, 

sometimes pale and faint. For a long time 

we've searched with wonder for the key 

to this mystery, the right element to 

your eager and changing, queer temperament. 

Now we've dispearsed the haze of the riddle: 

you've got a companion on your journey, 

like a slave, a faithful shadow he 

constantly follows you on the desolate 

path, he circles and sneaks quiet around you, closely. 

Never have we seen his guise, dark, parches, 

stiff and cold, but still we know he exists; 

like ashamed he hides behind you - free 

and merry you shine - until he once 

again crawls out of the darkness and 

covers you. And your glare becomes 

pallid and dull, and your mind cloudy. 

Now we've dispearsed the haze of the riddle: 

you've got a companion on your journey, 

like a slave, a faithful shadow he 

constantly follows you on the desolate 

path, he circles and sneaks quiet around you, closely. 

And similars there are - many Algols 

wanders in the space - maybe even 

more among us on earth. Sunlight spirits 

darkened by a shadow, young princes 

concealed by old slaves, doublesouls, 

divided creatures - a blissful son of the 

light indissolubely linked with a bitter dark demon. 

Now we've dispearsed the haze of the riddle: 

you've got a companion on your journey, 

like a slave, a faithful shadow he 

constantly follows you on the desolate 

path, he circles and sneaks quiet around you, closely.