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SALAMANDRA LYRICS
"Great Moravian Elegies" (2004)
1. Up For the Past and Future
2. Forefathers Realm
3. Never Give Up
4. The Blackest Wings
5. Everlasting Fame
6. Unchained Land
7. Hero
8. Calm Down the Fury
9. Brave Mens Chant
10. Nothing But Dust
11. Out of the Ashes
12. Homage to the Great
13. Aeons Gone Away
1. Up For the Past and Future
Let's hope for the good and no trouble
When all just seems fair
Think of the long gone days
When history was made out of
Wish for tomorrow
That's filled with love and lived in freedom
Let there be no fear,no sorrow
When there was no hope for a future
This wish still remained
To fight the evil reign
From ruling freemen's land
Men in arms
Rose up against the bad
History's been made
Out of wars
2. Forefathers Realm
History books tell us little of the times
When the nation dukeless held the country's reign
At the very twilight of tenth century
Moravians remained free
BRIDGE They were my forefathers
Those courageous men
They were my forefathers
Praise those guardians, our pride
History books tell us where the empire was
When the first duke came and united the lands
In some eighty years the situation's changed
Country's crumbled without head
BRIDGE They were my forefathers...
REFREN Great empire, Moravian realm
That was our country's dawn
Great empire, Moravian realm
Our country's dawn
SOLO
BRIDGE They were my forefathers...
REFREN Great empire, Moravian realm...
...Glorious roots
REFREN Great empire, Moravian realm...
...Glorious roots
Thirteen years passed
Since last duke died
Since we lost
Our lord
Thirteen years passed
Years drenched in blood
Our country's dawn
REFREN Great empire, Moravian realm...
...Glorious roots
3. Never Give Up
Don't you give up your fight
We shan't obey dead-end fate
Days have darkened and soured
When search for shelter's been vain
BRIDGE We aren't tired enough
To dig up our graves
Where has my duke gone
Where are his kin now
We aren't tired enough
To lay in our graves
Where has my duke gone
Where are his kin now
REFREN Battle is on, our aim is clear
We shall walk out as free
Battle is on, our aim is set
Or else we won't come back
There's no time to comply
Accept the foreigners' law
Brave men've governed this land
Since very earliest days
BRIDGE We aren't tired enough...
REFREN Battle is on, our aim is clear...
We shan't comply with rule
Of foreigners'reign
Brave men have been our dukes
Battle is on, battle is on
Till we win
We shan't give up our fight
We don't take this fate
Don't care for cold and dark
Battle is on, battle is on
Till we win
We shan't comply with rule
Of foreigners' reign
Brave men have been our dukes
Battle is on, battle is on
Till we win
BRIDGE We aren't tired enough...
REFREN Battle is on, our aim is clear...
We'll never give up fight
Don't take this fate
Never mind cold and dark
Battle is on
We'll never give up fight
Don't take this fate
Never mind cold and dark
Battle is on
4. The Blackest Wings
Land's fallen a sleep
Dust, ash and smoke
Fill night with evil
You can't see the force
Feeding on cruel night
And on lives of the brave
She's certainly come
Spreading her wings
Searching the country
With her blackened eyes
She's looking for each flash
Of a mind weak or tired
BRIDGE Feel Morana
Spread her wings over the country
Spreading her great dark wings
REFREN She'll turn her head
Look in your eyes
She'll search your soul, your soul
What could she find
Inside your mind
Is there a hope, oh hope?
She's certainly come...
BRIDGE Feel Morana...
SOLO
REFREN She'll turn her head...
REFREN She'll turn her head...
What will you tell her
If ever asked
Proud Moravian
How did you help your country?
5. Everlasting Fame
Wake! As tomorrow
Is not gonna wait
Our darkened and mournful tomorrow
Is going to take
Our homes and land down the stream
The endlessly flowing stream of time
Time that's killed
And ruined many mighty realms before
Let's hold the future
Firm in our hands
Our unique and only one future
There's no other chance
Our homes and land need each hand
Every hand clenches axe or sword
Every hand
That may be able to take control
BRIDGE No one shall suppress our land
Nobody dictates our lives
REFREN Freemen's realm shan't obey
Moravian country shan't die
No one shall suppress our land
Nobody dictates our lives
Freemen's realm shan't obey
Moravian country shan't die
See our fame reach the sky
Moravian country shan't die
Tomorrow is not gonna wait
Dark and mournful is sky
We shall thrust
Swords at fiends' hearts
Freemen's realm'll never obey
SOLO
REFREN Freemen's realm shan't obey...
...See our fame reach the sky
Moravian country shan't die
6. Unchained Land
Down from the mountains high
Past hills and meadows
That's where hawks fly up in the sky
Downstream the rivers wide
Past ponds and branches
That's where the country draws
The life sap from its roots
Follow the streams that run
Past towns and castles
Growing stronger, deep and wide
Trace ruins of mighty realm
Seek for its remnants
Whose greatest share is there
Living in your heart
REFREN Come, see Great history lays open
Come, see Our roots are here
Come, hear All country tells the story
Come, hear Glorious realm
REFREN Come, see Great history lays open...
REFREN Come, see Great history lays open
7. Hero
No more
Talk of decay
I’ve heard
Your mournful prayer
If the nation rose
Got rid off the weak
We might conquer back
What was our realm
BRIDGE Where‘s your faith gone
Where is the will
Face the future
Without fear
No more
Grieving for the dead
Search for
Leader’s in vain
No one ever has
Saved a nation’s peace
One hero won’t make
Enemies flee
BRIDGE Where‘s your faith gone...
REFREN Let our anger grow
Make it shatter the walls
That divide our dream
From the world that’s real
One hero won’t bring
Back the pride and glory
Let’s unite, fight back
For the realms
We had
SOLO KEY
No more talk of decay...
BRIDGE Where‘s your faith gone...
REFREN Let our anger grow...
...Great Moravian Realm
SOLO GUI
REFREN Let our anger grow...
REFREN Let our anger grow
Make it shatter the walls
That divide our dream
From the world that’s real
8. Calm Down the Fury
Please dress the altar
And carefully say
Each of the prayers
That may bring us hope
Force in the young man
Caught in last raid
And chant all the prayers
That may bring us hope
BRIDGE To calm the furies down
This man is doomed to die
To bring our empire back
We shall make this sacrifice
REFREN The priest is raising hand
To stab the chest and then
Take out his beating heart
And life
To calm the furies down
This man is doomed to die
We'll win our freedom back in war
Win back in war
Dress many more altars
And carefully say
Each of the prayers
That strengthen our hope
Force in the young men
Caught in the raids
And chant all the prayers
That feed up our hope
BRIDGE To calm the furies down...
REFREN The priest is raising hand...
REFREN The priest is raising hand...
9. Brave Mens Chant
Can you see the people
Growing angry
As they feel their freedom's getting lost
There's no one
To protect them
From the danger
That's awaiting in the west
BRIDGE When our settlements are helpless
When the neighbours backed away
Then we have to stick together
Clench the knife and battleaxe
I can't see our brothers
In the east who
Have been occupied by Hungarians
Watch out for new kingdom
In the west who's
Trying to seize all our land
BRIDGE When our settlements are helpless...
REFREN We are the warriors
Let's wage this war
We are the guardians
Of the land that's been our realm
Brave men's realm
Brave men's realm
Brave men's realm
SOLO
REFREN We are the warriors...
REFREN We are the warriors...
Vidíš, jak jsou lidé
Stále více rozhnìvaní?
Cítí, jak ztrácejí svou svobodu
Není nikoho
Kdo by je ochránil
Od nebezpeèí
Které èíhá na západì
BRIDGE Když jsou naše osady bezmocné
A když se k nám sousedé obrátili zády
Tehdy musíme držet pospolu
Pevnì sevøít nùž a sekeromlat
Nevidím naše bratry
Na východì kteøí
Byli obsazeni Maïary
Dávejte pozor na to nové království
Na západì, které
Se snaží uchvátit celou naši zem
BRIDGE Když jsou naše osady bezmocné...
REFREN My jsme ti bojovníci
Veïme tuto válku
My jsme ti strážci
Zemì, jež vždy byla naší øíší
Øíší stateèných mužù
Øíší stateèných mužù
Øíší stateèných mužù
SOLO
REFREN My jsme ti bojovníci...
REFREN My jsme ti bojovníci...
10. Nothing But Dust
Courageous men joined and
Led fights and waged the wars
They tried to make the nation one
But after these thirteen
Years when the last duke died
Nobody's come to wave the flag
BRIDGE Nobody's come lead the noble men
Nobody will save freemen's dream
REFREN Moravian
Moravian wasteland
Now Mokoš blows
Ashes and dust
Over all
Moravian wasteland
Ruins of the great empire
No brave men can again
Lead fights and wage the wars
No people listen to the call
Cause after these thirteen
Years when the last duke died
They've lost their hope and will to survive
BRIDGE Nobody's come...
REFREN Moravian...
SOLO
REFREN Moravian...
...Ruins of the mighty
REFREN Moravian...
Ruins of the mighty Moravia
11. Out of the Ashes
Pain and fear where great realm used to be
Powerful country
Flames and smoke rise from the border forts
Redoubts on fire
BRIDGE Grief, decay, and doom
Taking their toll on this land
Hopeless lords
Decided to wait
New kingdom on west keeps growing strong
Bohemian nation
Gains more space, more men
And great support
Germanic favour
BRIDGE Grief, decay, and doom...
REFREN
Our dukeless lands's meeker
Too weak to fight back
Their force is much firmer
Week after week, day after day
As we wait
Soon we'll be too late and
There might be no chance
To rise up and win back
Safety and land
Which was our forefathers' realm
SOLO
I wish we could again
Stand proud but silence reveals
That most our courage lays
Buried deep under the fear
All these fears are hard to bear
Future hangs in balance
Will we go or stay
Enter the fight
Kill for our lives
BRIDGE Grief, decay, and doom...
REFREN Our dukeless lands's meeker...
12. Homage to the Great
12. Homage to the Great
Question my dream and
Laught at my hope
I shan't surrender
Shan't fear for future at all
I believe that wisdom
Of our forefathers will
Forever be praised and
Be always remembered well
REFREN Pay tribute to Great Moravians
Guess whyever strayed Moravians
Great realm collapsed
Many centuries passed
Where history goes
May teach us cherish the past
Who questions your dreams and
Laughs at all of your hopes
May make you surrender
Give up the future and life
REFREN Pay tribute to Great Moravians
Rising forever
Guess whyever strayed Moravians
Pay tribute to Great Moravians
Wonder forever
Guess whyever strayed Moravians
SOLO
REFREN Pay tribute to Great Moravians
Pay to forever
Guess whyever strayed Moravians
Wonder forever
I'm one of the greatMoravians
Deep in my heart
I am the child of the great ones Moravians
Question my dream and
Laught at my hope
I shan't surrender
Shan't fear for future at all
13. Aeons Gone Away
Aeons come and go
Numerous centuries passed
Great empire is lost
Burried by doubt and weird fear
Even today one may be asked
If there is a sense
To learn from past, what our fate is
And where we all go
We may learn from the past
How brave our nation´s once been
We should learn it fast
That fight for freedom is real
Even today that fight is led
To never be stopped
Let´s learn from past, what our fate is
And where we all go
REFREN Aeons come and go away
Will you try to learn
From what´s wrong
In the times that strangled all
Hope of a nation so strong
2x
SOLO
Aeons come and go...
REFREN Aeons come and go away...
Hear the voice Moravian
Hear the voice Great Moravian
It´s your choice proud Moravian
Be the voice, Great Moravian
Hear the voice, my Moravians
Be the voice, Great Moravians
SOLO KEY
REFREN Aeons come and go away...
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