And we’re back! Even through some Retrograde computer issues I made it.
Here is another release from Sidhefire, written specifically for Yule and the legend of the Oak King and the Holly King (which the previous Castle Falls book was about).
Once I finish the website, all of the band’s songs will be available for download when the book publishes. Unfortunately, I am terrible at time management and keep getting sucked back into Phasmophobia… starting to think I just need to start streaming it.
Turn The Wheel
This song was written November of 1991 during the winter break between Festivals. Aria again came to Quinn and wanted something for Yule, but particularly about the Oak and Holly kings, which is her favorite Yule legend. Quinn, always happy to write songs and music, was quick to take a weekend, along with Shen, to create something the three of them felt was catchy enough to play at festivals and shows.
The song was recorded only once and added to the CD prior to it releasing in 1993.
(Aria)
When the frost first kissed the heather,
And the nights grew deep and long,
Came the Holly King in silence,
With his crown of thorns and song.
He walked the sleeping valley,
Where the embered shadows lie,
And he whispered winter’s binding
To the cold midwinter sky.
Chorus (Quinn)
Turn the wheel, oh turn again,
As the fires on Yule rise high.
For the Oak King wakes in the heartbeat’s break
Where the sun returns to the sky.
Brothers bound by endless crown,
As the seasons bleed and blend—
When the winter turns, one falls, one yearns,
And the light is born again.
(Aria)
From the roots beneath the mountains
Where the old songs sleep in stone,
Rose the Oak King crowned in greenfire,
As the solstice moonlight shone.
He bore the scent of summer,
And the promise of the dawn,
And he challenged Winter’s sovereign
On the frozen, silver lawn.
Bridge (Aria & Quinn)
Steel may ring but never sever
What the Fates have twined as one.
For they battle not for hatred—
But the turning of the sun.
Every death a vow unbroken,
Every loss a sacred seed…
And the world keeps on its breathing
By their ancient, endless deed.
Chorus (Quinn)
Turn the wheel, oh turn again,
As the fires on Yule rise high.
For the Oak King wakes in the heartbeat’s break
Where the sun returns to the sky.
Brothers bound by endless crown,
As the seasons bleed and blend—
When the winter turns, one falls, one yearns,
And the light is born again.
(Quinn)
Then the Oak King struck like sunrise,
And the Holly King knelt low—
Not in fear, but in surrender
To the cycle he must know.
(Aria & Quinn)
“Keep the land ‘til I return,” he said,
“For winter comes for all.”
And he vanished into dream-time
As the snow began to fall.
Final Chorus (Quinn)
Turn the wheel, oh turn again,
Let the Yule-log burn so bright.
For the Oak King reigns in the newborn flame
And he carries back the light.
Brothers sworn through endless crown,
By the wind, the stone, the glen—
When the wheel does spin, one falls, one wins,
But they’ll meet as kings again.
(Quinn)
So raise your voice to the longest night,
To the fire, to the frost, to the glen—
(Together)
For the sun returns when the Oak King learns
How to rise…and rise again.
Lyrics copyright©2025 Phaedra Weldon (though fictionally written and recorded in 1991). By the way, a song writer I am NOT.
