The Magicians - Painting on Wood

[Storytime 1]
My friends, I am but a poor traveler of no little
But I once traveled with a great knight
Who had bargined for his life with death

[Storytime 2]
You may also laugh when I tell you that I have seen visions
But to this gift, I owe my life today
For I alone of all those present
Saw that the knight played against death, and crept away

[Verse 1]
The knight sat by the sea
And played a game with death
I thought that he might win
Till a old man took the queen

[Verse 2]
The knight sat by the sea
The game was growing old
And as he took the queen
That old man laughed out loud

[Chorus 1]
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

[Chorus 2]
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

[Storytime 3]
Do not doubt my story
For this was a time of pestilence
And plague and burning witches
And many strange things occured which fueled that bit of terror

[Verse 3]
The knight sat by the sea
And played a game with death
I thought that he might win
Till a old man took the queen

[Verse 4]
The knight sat by the sea
His time was almost gone
As the old man walked away
He had to fall upon

[Chorus 3]
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

See now where death walks among you