Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters


Original Version Double LP Version Japanese Import Version
1. Dea Artio 5:58 1. Dea Artio 5:58 1. Dea Artio 5:58
2. Vastness And Sorrow 12:12 2. Vastness And Sorrow 12:12 2. Vastness And Sorrow 12:12
3. Cleansing 9:55 3. Cleansing 15:56 3. Cleansing 9:55
4. I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots 18:16 4. I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots 18:16 4. I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots 18:16
5. To Reveal 16:14
--- Bonus Disk: Demo 2005 ---
1. Queen of the Borrowed Light 13:15
2. Daggers of Amethyst Crystal 12:24
3. (A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of Twelve Stars 25:55
total time 46:21 total time 1:08:36 total time 1:37:55


Dia Artio

[instrumental]


Behold The Vastness And Sorrow

Behold the vastness and sorrow of this empty land
A dark and fell rider clad in garments of shadow
Is the lord of this place
A cruel and wanton king,
A priest of a black religion is he

The hoof beat of the rider's steed pound a mournful drumbeat upon the dry cracked earth
To this rhythm the world moves

The sun blasts down upon the earth
Until the soil turns to powder and blows away

Lifeless chaos is the order for the rider has mastered the seasons
Ancient kings cairns now have been defiled
The gates of strongholds long breached left swinging lifelessly in the fetid wind
The pillars of holy places lie dead
He rides day and night
The relentless hoof beats echoes


Cleansing

Behold all that you now know... evil, evil

Let's to the darkest place we know
Outside of the rider's domain
To the heart of the wood
To the hidden places
To the clearing in the forest enchanted

Yes, to the darkest place that we know
Outside of the rider's domain
To the heart of the wood
To the hidden places beyond the briar thickets

The dance must begin as dusk gathers around

Our skin drum and rattle
Know the tune
Jaw bone driven through
The skull of a great foe
Bested with wooden spear
The tip hardened in fire

Bathe in the clear cold stream
Fresh water from the unsullied endless spring that flows from the mountain
We will sing the most ancient song
Spark the fire upon dry tinder

The dance must begin as dusk gathers around

Our skin drum and rattle
Know the tune
Jaw bone driven through
The skull of a great foe
Bested with wooden spear
The tip hardened in fire


I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots

The torment has ended
The beast has done his work
Great fires rage outside of this wooded sanctuary

But soon they will be quenched by a purifying rain
The embers of the ceremonial fire burn to ash
A new warmth stirs within the center of the earth
I am alone here no more

The wood is filled with the sounds of wildness
The songs of birds fill the forest on this new morning
This will be my new home
Deep within the most sacred grove
The sun god is born anew

I will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots of the deepest hollow next to the streambed
The quiet hum of the earth's dreaming is my new song

When I awake, the world will be born anew


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