Will O' The Wisp - Blackmore's Night

Lyrics

Walking by the castle ruins
Lit my just the crescent moon
This night was the fairest fair
That eyes did behold

There the forest round us stood
On the outskirts of the wood
Was a path to lead me
Where I longed to go

With every step my heart beat fast
As if a doorway to the past
And dreams that weren't meant to last
Had come alive

And in that dark, the dead of night
I thought I saw a flickering light
Dancing in and out of sight
Singing this song

It lead me to the ancient rocks
Magic within mystery
In them every secret locked
For eternity

Then the lights, they faded out
But the magic still remains
'Though overgrown is the path
I still see the flame

Songwriters

Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night

Review

"Will O' the Wisp" has its own unique inspiration. Night says the song came from watching the animated feature Brave with the couple's two young children.

"I didn't know about the Celtic folklore of the Will O' the Wisp until I saw the wisps that were appearing in the movie that basically led the character of Merida through the forest and through the stone circles to the witches cottage," Night recalls. "It caused me to do more research into these little lighted beings that appear and disappear and change your life, change your fate through the woodlands. It was fascinating."

She assigned the lyrics to a piece of instrumental music Blackmore had given her that suited the theme.

"I always find that Ritchie's instrumental pieces are so visual," she says. "When I get them they're obviously completely music, and I just kind of close my eyes and try to imagine what would fit really well or what the pictures are that are painted in my head, the visuals to the music."

"Yeah, the lyrics really don't matter, do they?" Blackmore cracks, to which Night responds "You always say that. Thank you. Unless it's Bob Dylan."

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