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ENCRIMSON'D LYRICS
"Agrarian Menace" (2004)
1. Red Boar Inn Revolt
2. The Piper's Tale
3. Old Man
4. My Feast
5. Amber Shades
6. As Echoes Down Fall
1. Red Boar Inn Revolt
take up thy scythe
our rage is deep
aristocratic bread we reap
I bid ye to hear these words
brothers, fathers our time is here
let us no longer tend to these herds
and into the night disappear
take up thy scythe
our rage is deep
aristocratic bread we reap
lift thy eyes and leave thy plow
o dear swineherd thou whipest the wrong beast
lift thy hood and uncover thy brow
time is near for us to feast
blazing torches light the streets
blackened brow with pungent soil
towards chambers of perfumes and precious meats
where we finally end our toil
thine blood the earth we�ll feed
with gold the hills shall glitter
thine veins we�ll purge of greed
the snow shall seem less bitter
upon these fields we sow our seed and pray upon the sky
hear our cry, hear our cry
nature decays, the lord betrays and now face winter�s demise
thine blood�
upon these fields�
we march up to the keep
where lords of folly sleep
at the gates our tired limbs take pause
with robust tone we declare our mighty cause
ja mam pole na pjeknej rovine
kdo to pole orat bude, musi opatrne
ja mam pole na pjeknem kopecku
kdo to pole orat bude, musi polehoucku
spivej si devecko, rozveseluj me pole
spivej si devecko
a ja si zaspivam, ale ne vesele
jako to ptacatko, co je osamele
co je osamele
vyjed synecku, vyjed, vyjed
co delas? vevoras
jak ziv budes? �x2
spivej si devecko, rozveseluj me pole
spivej si devecko
a ja si zaspivam, ale ne vesele
jako to ptacatko, co je osamele
co je osamele
take up thy scythe
our rage is deep
aristocratic bread we reap
2. The Piper's Tale
Over the fields the pipers gently dance,
The dawning sun enflames the fresh-plowed earth.
Their memories are tales of war and cruel romance,
Sweet melodies ring as their breath to song gives birth.
Pipes like brushed paint landscapes of precious days.
Amidst gold strands takes place the people�s feast,
Their joy of harvest is unknown to golden beast.
Two souls, one heart, their flesh shines in moonlight�s grace,
The warm earth welcomes their crystal embrace.
The field fires burn in their eyes,
Blissful sighs, distant from demise.
Trumpets sound, the lord wages war,
Greed for land brings blade to humble hand.
Cled in steel and icons of boar,
Forth they ride, and joint souls divide.
�Farewell, blessed be,
I leave not as slave as the lord may please.
I battle for the thee, and for our people�s sanctuary.
Visions of thee, shall give me strength as I fight by my father�s side.
O heed these words�Betray me not!�
Over hills and fields massive armies sweep,
Beaten not by men but by rain and grief.
Black clouds fill the planes and the angry sky,
With thunder the red and black banners collide.
�Curs�d, black blade, whence from camest thou?�
Through feeble flesh it fluidly flies,
�Thy wrath I surmise!�
Clashes, dark streams, kinsmen crumbling now,
�Love! Give me strength and speed to take vengeance for�
�my father�s demise!�
Red rage fills his eyes,
His heart turns midnight black.
A great wind dulls the cries,
And gives haste to his back.
Flesh he overturns with blade as fresh earth with plow,
Limbs and heads down fall as twigs and ripe fruit at home.
Fields of graves, a harvest of death,
Alone he kneels with his father�s shell in his caress.
Victorious cries, crimson banner flies,
His one hope to carry on is the light in her passionate eyes.
From distance he stares at her movements sweet,
Yet her belly is fat with another man�s glee.
With hood he covers his forever wounded sight,
With his pipe he still tells the story of his blackened heart.
3. Old Man
Among leaves, by a stream
Here he dwells, alone for years.
Beard as gray as sky
Wintry treetops sigh
To mute fish he speaks, of his memories.
Line is cast, every dawn.
Door to past, down is torn.
Mind like stream flows sweet, often incomplete.
Gushing radiance oblique, encasing prized figurines.
Drenched by sun they danced
Blood-friends hand in hand
Callous naive fancy.
Chins elevate in formal synchrony
Arms curled, spines arched
Bows east, steps out, linked swifty.
Blazing bands entwine, taming wind
Whirlpools drone, shrieks and shouts abound
Pulsing clatter splits, stand still.
Fused in glee.
Drowsy peace.
Laughed away loss and pain
Anticipated light-blue bows terrain.
Single burning icon remained
Something the covert core crudely craved.
Night and day, he prays and pleads
With a cold face and forced bursts him feeds
When at last the orb begins to wane.
Violet veins, silently drain, rime unclaimed.
Time in dirge, halves converge
Black wails merge.
Germ she grieves, place he flees
Horizon bursts into leaves.
Stream reverie, drowning arid hills.
Hypnotic grief, sinking cobalt fields.
Starving ruby, throws trust binary.
Coaxing crown moment of unguarded thaw
Persisting past summit, converse edge closer draws.
Cerebral sting slowed by dull shard, toxin smirks.
Failed to tame gift and gratis force-feed
Slight stirks.
Feral figments now buttress frail episodes
Spiraling from today's rays
Which tomorrow's clouds may cloak.
Adorning life with hues
Which on death's bed recall will loathe.
4. My Feast
to charge with glee into raging storms
racing downhill with spears facing thee
to lunge black death into poor man�s chest
watch his life drain from the stream in his crest
cheer gone, take haste
shut out the cries
enter deep into seas of hating eyes
pray to the mother�s love
as blood bursts below thy breast
behind thee homes aflame
flee, thy soul shall never rest
from earth comes the strength of Turnus
from wind, wisdom of Socrates
pray�
from earth�
all colors fade
left alone with fate
clenching not hoe, scream with thy blade
hacking doughy flesh like clumps of putrid earth
uprooting wild weeds at ferocious speeds
�where did they come from?
these curs'd devils and beasts�
�keep thy head up
I commend thee
raise thy book to these poets of plagues
and die��
�breaking in,
break in me
breaking me�
kill and then be killed
gain strength, forget fear
pray to give thy flesh to this field
bleed into the earth, seed of future yield
thy mother calls you now, protect it
cheer gone, take haste
shut out the cries
enter deep into
seas of hating eyes
�I fly over these dark clouds
no pain, only sweet sighs
I stare over this black field, battlefield
and only feel hunger�
�I fly over these black clouds
no pain, only sweet sighs
I stare over this dark red harvest
and only feel hunger�
Jam pak si vezmu trochu chleba k tomu
misto pecene trochu soli k tomu
napiju se vodi, to jsou moje hody hledte
napiju se vodi, to jsou moje hody hledte
to jsou moje hody�
5. Amber Shades
we are people and we dance
we feast and drink, war and romance
come join us all those all who are able
be our guest at feasting table
sweat and bleed the field all day when work is finished, then we play
stomp the grapes and reap the wheat, prepare proud swine for us to eat
aristocrat, in what do you find solace?
the time has come to demand change, in how the aristocrats rule
gather my country-men, we�ll be heard by sword and tool
defending hearth and home
let our rage be known
we sacrifice on the plain
so we might feast again
so we may dance again...
6. As Echoes Down Fall
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