I feel through the ancient sunsets
I feel through the wind and the trees
I once had a girl and the hillsides
and a fighting family
I loved my family
and my sword.
I think of whoring 'til sunrise
I think of the day I will die
I know my path is destined
I trudge it with a smile
I laugh with the beautiful children
I cry with the wrinkled hag
I cry...
Heathen yes we are
Heathen yes I will
accept what we are
Heathen through our death
I don't need your salvation
This god is not for me
I once had the girl and the hillsides and a fighting family
take it as read despite what you said
I have no need for change
I cry...
Heathen yes we are
Heathen yes I will
Accept what we are
Heathen through our deaths
This is my way - there's no contest
I hail all the gods of the wind and the rain
Of pleasure and pain and more
I climb to the top of the hillside
My beautiful girl by my side
I swing my sword at the sky
And we cry
Heathen yes we are
Heathen yes we will
Accept what we are
Heathen through our deaths!
A more melody-driven album than Battle Staffs... with a tighter feel to the song structures, but still retaining that rich, doom-sodden heaviness. This release came out four years after Battle Staffs... and it’s always good to see a band further develop their sound, without losing one drop of the raw energy that drew you to them in the first place Ken Goodey