Many of the lyrics to the band's repertoire of Medieval songs come from church writings (e.g. "Wessebronner Gebet"), Benedictine writings (e.g. "Raue See"), or are "trad. arr.", meaning traditional songs with unknown authors, rearranged by the band (e.g. Merseburger Zaubersprüche, Tannhuser, Poc Vecem). The band also frequently uses songs from the Carmina Burana, a Medieval collection of songs, as well as lyrics written as poetry by the 15th-century French poet François Villon ("Rotes Haar," "Red Hair"; and "Erdbeermund," "Strawberry Mouth"; translated into German by Paul Zech).