Suidakra Echoes of Yore 1. Wartunes Cold and lifeless lay the plains of lore Until finally silently a spirit evoke And timeless clansmen rose By the sound of the old Celtic tunes of war Rise... And feel the deadly breeze The scent of burning flesh For my blade thirsts for Another war Curse of the might to take Oh it`s a human bane To fan the fires To cause an higher aim Here we stand Brothers in war From the four Winds of the land High on the hills We stay proud and brave For Freedom is a right And serfdom a grave Death to our foes... War!!! Legions of greed Of fire and light A thousand pikes Fight as one man Stormlike enraged They fight `till they die The one to enthrall The other to survive 2. The Quest Arthur: Still the giants dance at salisbury plain Still my spirit wanders to reach this higher aim Straight to foreign shores of distance we call the gods for a quest of truth and wisdom As long as you see the giants dance My spirit wanders through the land Gwalchmei: Led by the strength of bran and the timeless kings of Avalon The four winds of the land I will strive for the caldron Bedwyr: Led by the swiftness of winds I will wander through the farest glens My sentence is my deed Is there a view of sense unknown? Arthur: Craving for some armament to outlast this cold royal path I can hear them call The king must fall Strayed by the four winds Over the land and far away through the dark and cold Hear my song of grief but there`s a tune that gone astray while the world grow old Menw: Each tone that ever met the wind finally reaches Math and so me sight and breathless I am believe and trust is a value for the weak 3. Havoc Woe... when fear is our bridle Lost in the claws of decay Oh, Tomorrow's a grinning skull That leads our way Sweet oblivion rocks us In a cradle of darkness Reel to the first tune In the crescendo of death Each delight becomes a jeering guilt Our mohters viscera sticks bleedin' in our throat So we grunt and we belch without any dread Prelude the eventide of the tellural breed Just like a desease Our race increase Just like a noctural dream We'll fade away one day Oh father tell me why The last flower died in my hands For castles in the air They burned down the ground And a hand full of dust For my life Hark! To our mothers scolding Discord is the harvest of greed Trust no pray into the emptiness Still havoc feasts ... on mankind 4. Morrigan Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... 5. Rise of Taliesin See the winter is coming Falling leaves dance to a silent tune I`ll take their hands I`ll make them stand When they`re all alone Years passed and the dawn of light Spread through time to leave tales behind The Queen of witches Gathered the wisdom For a year and a day Gwion takes care of the cauldron The spell is broken Flown into the youth They`re hunting and chasing Through the hills and braes The queen of witches swallowed the young lad So in year and a day Taliesin the wise rose from the dead [Chorus:] Praise the one who breaks the circle The one who dyes all grey away Laud the army of dwarves and elves Companions for the final day Now see the man in legends veiled A wise, a brave, of fortune hailed Now hear the man and his flaming rhyme Divinely anthems for glorious times The king of mortal And the source of wisdom For a year and a day Taliesin`s the guard of the cauldron [Chorus] 6. Hall of Tales There's darkness everywhere in the hall of time but a low glowing fire shines on lonely silhouettes nigh colums of chilliads with runes of fate scalds, bards and minstrels stare into the flames Their lonely voices soar into the silence like a glint into the feeble light some runes start to shine in silvery letters forgotten stories of ruins and never ending blight: Far away from now in sunken times a fair young maiden followed the wind a will - o''- the - wisp led her astray into a vale of bleakness and grief Thousands of men - struck the marching tune so they died and she greets seeding tears and waiting for harvest Far away from now in sunken times a travelling lad followed an old path his thoughts stray constantly to the sky where elves and wyverns fly his colleen by his side with so bright eyes shillelagh won''t ever fly again Far away from now in sunken times an old bard sung with the wind the trees on an old path told him of a place his thoughts still long for A hall of ancient wisdom and lore in the eclipse of abandoned time: There's darkness ... 7. Pendragon's Fall Myrddin: Oh, remembering the words The vision of the sage He summoned all the heathen breed A black hearts dream of a new age Taint and vicious life he cried Strongest of his kind Shattered by a fateful might A carnal spell devoured his fiery mind Distrust and treason The strong will survive Is no virtue of reason While the whole land is moaning Oh, who`s worth to be king Revange! Hunt the king of Cornwall down The troops will march For they adore the cauldron All is fading to ashes, turning to war Oh, all you woeful warriors For yon weakness`ll never be strength Cold and fearless you adore The lies of a madman right till the end And in a night of roaming shadows With a spell on his face He seduced the unaware widow Oh what murderous embrace So fate took its course With less rhyme than reason War and hate Will bear brighter days The night passed Its crown to the king of dawn This dream will last Till the day This new kingdom will come 8. Banshee That is not dead which can eternal lie yet with strage aeons even death may lie (H.P. Lovecraft) I bewail my destiny a foible of mine but her voice tortures my mind I yearn for her bosom I fear her sway my eternal blemish is her embrace She whispers: chose a realm - these two are the preferred ones: Hell - where your soul reduces to ashes Heaven - where you'll be drowned 9. Warpipes Call Me So long he is gone With a pale servile face His way led right through A cold bloody haze His yell pierced the cold frosty mornin' As he erased someone wicked with evil Chorus: So like millions before He died in his gore And those who survived Died in their minds But those who does not care Were dead before Who loves his sword Even loves war Four children he left behind With a mournin' mother All their dreams return nevermore This hope is lost - killed in war Bridge Chorus 10. Lays from Afar Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar