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Bal Sagoth - A Tale From The Deep Woods Lyrics

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  • 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.
  • Gwynedd 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!

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