It started on a night like this
There was cold and there were stars and there was mist
And somewhere on the way I found a hart
Within my path I felt his horns I felt his kiss

But I am not a girl I am a hunter
I am not a girl I am a flame
I am not a girl I am a lock without a key
If you’d listen you’d know I have no name

I stood transfixed by the pool
My hounds were waiting, they are bold but never cruel
And underneath my bones, I felt a tremor
Felt a glow but I was cool, yeah I was cool

Because I am not a girl I am a hunter
I am not a girl I am a beast
I am not a girl who waits for hunger
I take flight when I need and you need it the least

I can trace a thousand years clear above skyline
I can count the stars from the mines
I could change a thousand fates,
many hundreds more
But only in the dark, where it ends

But I am not a girl I am a hunter
I am not a girl I am a tree
I am not a girl I am the ocean
So take care wading into my sea

It started on a night like this
It was dark I saw the moon I saw the mists
I saw the deer in the clearing
I saw my heart it was beating
I took aim I closed my eyes I never miss

Cause I am not a girl I am a hunter
I am not a girl I am the lark
I am not a girl I am a song out of time
So listen close when I pass in the dark

I am not a girl I am the center
I am not a girl I am the sky
I am not a girl I am the answer
So you’d do well to stop asking why