A Tale from the Old Fields - Wolfchant

The nights are colder now Maybe I should close the door And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps And I can follow you no more The fire still burns at night The memories are warm and clear But everybody knows It's hard to be alone this time of year It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? A love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale While I stand alone A bell is ringing far away I wonder if you're here I wonder if you're listening I wonder where you are today Good luck, I wish you well For all that wishes may be worth I hope that love and strength Are with you for the length Of your time on earth It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale We're just another winter's tale

The ravens are on the wing! My scramasax is red (stained with the blood of many Mercian warriors), The ravens are on the wing, By Offa's decree I am an outlaw, Branded wolfshead by my own king. (The orm-garth awaits me, darkly astir with ophidian malice...) The ravens are on the wing! Ash for our spear-hafts, Yew for our bow-staves, Oak for our deck planks, Oak and elder our shields. Hail, o' great liege of the ancient woods, ruler of the deepest forest... You, who were reigning o'er your time-veiled kingdom centuries before the Arrogant men who proclaim themselves kings of this island ever supped of Life's bitter-sweet draught... I give you my hail, I give you my blood, I give you my life, O' sylvan liege. My life bleeds forth unto the earth (from many deep and dire wounds), To slake your roots, great old king... (As I rest my battle-ravaged body against thee.) The ravens are on the wing! Ten leagues ride on lathered steed, Gold in hand to a sword-for-hire, A blood-eagle carved by Saxon steel, And two score slain earns royal ire. Gwynned lies two days westwards, Still further south, the weregeld calls. Mayhap with All-Father Woden's favour, My deeds may yet inspire the skalds. Litha's moon gleams high o'er the tallest oak, Ancient king in this sylvan court of elm, ash and yew, The wood-spirits watch from gnarled bough and bole, As I pull two Mercian shafts from my bloodied thews. The ravens are on the wing! I give you my hail, I give you my blood, I give you my life, O' sylvan liege. Beneath the oak, I rest, bone weary, Thirsting for a horn of ale or jug of mead, And yet how could a heathen man wish for any more, Than the healing balms of English trees? The ravens are on the wing!

Looking back now I didn't know what it was supposed to be And, and it's like raising' kids, man If you weren't raised, you don't know how to raise, you know? I just did the best thing I could with them because They know fucking well I love them But I didn't do the best I could I didn't know what the fuck I was doing I didn't I will never forget watching my mother get put in a straight jacket And taken out of my home when I was only seven years old She was diagnosed with dementia praecox and put in a mental institution Leaving my daddy alone with me and my little brother Lloyd I later had an evil stepmother Who further cemented the idea that I didn't need a mother Growing up without one Had long lasting impressions I didn't fully understand until much later in life It bled into my relationships with family And those I had become romantically involved with Whenever I got too close to a woman I would cut her off Part of that was vindictive and partially based on fear But it was also totally subconscious Looking back is a bitch, innit?

Blackened thunder is rolling Burning lights and storm wind are taking the sky Our world is just a moment Appearing in the endless chaos of time Powerful forces are striking this time Our destiny now is written tonight Humanity's last breath, a carnal desire World is in ashes and embraced by fire Our mind is so confined Our hate is cruel and brutal No wisdom could ever teach us We lived for us Years and years passed by No insight and no remorse We fought our wars Fought for gods For our weak beliefs Is this our way? (Walking on a dead end road) Is this our fate? (World is falling down) Is this our road? (Standing on the edge) Is this our true belief? (Held by the strong hand) Blackened thunder is rolling Burning lights and storm wind are taking the sky Our world is just a moment Appearing in the endless chaos of time Powerful forces are striking this time Our destiny now is written tonight Humanity's last breath, a carnal desire World is in ashes and embraced by fire Our deeds, they are wrong Just thinking for ourselves No compassion for the others We, we are dust Just a moment but the world is turning on Summer turns into winter and dark turns into light No one thinks that we are more than an instant of time Is this our way? (Walking on a dead end road) Is this our fate? (World is falling down) Is this our road? (Standing on the edge) Is this our true belief? (Held by the strong hand) Blackened thunder is rolling Burning lights and storm wind are taking the sky Our world is just a moment Appearing in the endless chaos of time Powerful forces are striking this time Our destiny now is written tonight Humanity's last breath, a carnal desire World is in ashes and embraced by fire Embraced by fire, a pure burning light The end of desire, the end of our fight Return to the origin, return to the white We're embraced by fire, devoured by light Embraced by fire, a pure burning light The end of desire, the end of our fight Return to the origin, return to the white We're embraced by fire, devoured by light Blackened thunder is rolling Burning lights and storm wind are taking the sky Our world is just a moment Appearing in the endless chaos of time Powerful forces are striking this time Our destiny now is written tonight Humanity's last breath, a carnal desire World is in ashes and embraced by fire

I. Finally the time came In that our revenge is taken All are coming on this day More than 1000 swords and spears We will use the shade of the night To implement the first attack We will get them when they sleep None may survive or escape Have no fear oh my befriends I will march ahead at the front We get which to us belonged To live in peace, in piece again And in such a way we reached The castle of the enemy In such a silence they do sleep And now we let the fire burn These flames will our country clean With sword and shield we are storming In the morning red you die A mournful day for you all Chorus: Burning arrows fly by air We march against the enemy The air it burns and iron meets on flesh Our opponents can not resist Our attack is a full success We got them in the sleep We fight for our liberty Independent again II. Now the gates broke through We are storm the inner court The against resistance Of the enemy is weak We will take no one No one as a prisoner The base is taken nearly The clan and its fellows flee The sun comes up slowly The new day bring back us our land The land we lived so long time The land we are want to dieing for Smoke rises on to the clouds Hundred's dead bodies lay Laying down on the ground The liberty demands its victims A general is in our hands He will tell us of their plans The torture will bring him to speak And the victory be ours Chorus: Burning arrows fly by air We march against the enemy The air it burns and iron meets on flesh Our opponents cannot resist Our attack is a full success We got them in the sleep We fight for our liberty Independent be again