Legends and Lore

Legends and Lore

(ELWOOD) There's something about the house itself, father.

It's always being cursed.

(FATHER IWANICKI) Do you believe in curses, my son?

(ELWOOD) I believe that there are forces

that can corrupt even the most innocent.

I imagine that the witch, Keziah Mason, was pulled into that trap herself.

She wasn’t born evil, was she?

(WITCH) Long ago light was elusive

Darkness brought me dreams intrusive with

Legends and lore

Legends and lore

Women then lived in God's shadow

Drawn by men into a hallowed holy war

And when my first born died

I was cruelly brought to trial

My innocence denied, I couldn't ignore

The legends and lore

(JUDGE HATHORNE) In these times of superstition

Guilty by your own admission

Faith must be restored

You Devil's whore

Here you stand Keziah Mason

Our misfortunes you have hastened

With your legends and lore

Now I shall sentence thee

As I've sentenced all the others

We can't show leniency

Faith must be restored

Amidst legends and lore

(ELWOOD) Judge Hathorne and the others didn't understand Keziah.

She saw into the beyond, and they feared her.

(FATHER IWANICKI) Fear has always driven men to desperate acts.

Where fear comes, evil follows.

(WITCH) And in the dark of night

While the frenzied town was sleeping

There came a violet light

Which opened a door

To legends and lore

Legends and lore

Legends and lore

Legends and lore