The Disenchanted Forest lyrics

Song information

Artist: Skyclad
Album: Folkemon

Lyrics

[The farm hand's ghost:]
"My kin and I had laboured hard
To reap the yearly harvest
Lain weary on our gathered sheaves we
Cracked a vat of ale. poured a toast;
Began to boast of who could sup the hardest
Slumped in drunken slumber
At the height of wild wassail...

I woke to find my brothers gone
That autumn eve so balmy
Yet gazed in wide-eyed terror
To the barley fields nearby
Struck dumb I swore;
Stood before a mighty woad-duabed army
Believed my wits deceived me
'Til I heard their battle-cry."

[The lord of the trees:]
"Smash the axe and sow the seed;
Don't cause the oaken heart to bleed!"

[The farm hands ghost:]
"When he that led this heathen horde
Cast-off his ivy mantle;
Cohorts raised honed halberds
Flying pennants of leaf-green
From below approached the foe;
A fierce scythe-bearing hantle
Captains sat triumphant
Upon coughing, steel machines."

[The forces of progress:]
"Break the bough and strip all of it
Fell this forest, make a profit!"

[The farm hands ghost:]
"Opposing forces clashed
Beneath a red sky cracked by thunder
Entrenched beneath the hedge-row
I'd observed it quite unseen
One side stood to save the wood:
T'other planned it's plunder
I chose to fight for nature's right;
Grabbed a fallen skean

All who would one flower destroy
Must first cut down this didycoy!

We fought until the last that day
To gain a hard-won victory
Sucked in by the thirsty earth
I watched my life-blood ebb
Though I died at least
I'd tried to play some part in history;
A momentary trembling
On the threads of wyrd's web."

[The lord of the trees:]
"Are there more so brave and honest;
Who would die to save my forest?"

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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