Washing Day

Intro

Seidr, seidr, sing it slow

(Seidr, seidr)

Verse 1

Saturday stones and the water runs hot

Juniper steam from the black iron pot

Birch in a bundle to sweep down my back

Honey and tallow where my skin wants to crack

Antler comb sliding the knots from my braid

Nine strokes for Freyja, the offering's paid

Pre-Chorus

Kohl on my lashes and amber on string

Circle of salt and I step in the ring

Oil on my palms and I start at my feet

Working it up till the circle's complete

Chorus

Seidr on my skin, let me love it slow

(Love it slow)

Völva of the north, from my crown to toe

(Crown to toe)

Witch's own hands on a witch's own shrine

Every inch anointed and every inch mine

Verse 2

Wade in the fjord till it rises to my hips

Salt on my shoulders and salt on my lips

Mead on my tongue with the gold of the bees

Warming a belly that the north couldn't freeze

Crushed lingonberries to redden my cheeks

Wolf fur beside me for the long winter weeks

Men in the longhouse keep begging for a taste

Told them it's for me and it won't go to waste

Pre-Chorus

Kohl on my lashes and amber on string

Circle of salt and I step in the ring

Oil on my palms and I start at my feet

Working it up till the circle's complete

Chorus

Seidr on my skin, let me love it slow

(Love it slow)

Völva of the north, from my crown to toe

(Crown to toe)

Witch's own hands on a witch's own shrine

Every inch anointed and every inch mine

Bridge

Nine drops of oil for the nine worlds wide

One for the belly and one for each side

One for the throat where the old songs start

One for the ribs that are guarding my heart

Nyckelharpa Solo

Final Chorus

Freyja, come and look at the work of my hands

Wrapped up in fur while the long winter stands

(Look at my hands)

I am the witch and the spell and the prize

Oil on my shoulders and honey on my thighs

(Witch and the prize)

Outro

Seidr, seidr, love it slow

(Seidr, seidr)

Love it slow

[Spoken] "Created by DarkPrincess -- Royalty of the night"