Skyclad - R'vannith Lyrics
I still hear the screams of my lover torn from meStill taste the salt of her tears on my faceAs they left me for dying my shattered corpse writhedOn a pyre of anger - I choked on the stench of disgrace.Flint and bone are all we wieldAgainst the might of Roman steelWhile eagles stare with mocking eyesTheir legions cut us down to size.R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith she criedAs the last of her kinsmen fell dead by her sideOh why could I not stand with my warrior queenThere to share sweet release in a death swift and clean?From out of the wildwood they came down upon usThese olive-skinned butchers that shone like the sunWith hate in their dark eyes they robbed us of our livesBut left me to weep when the slaughter was done.Invaders came to violate - to subjugate and legislatePut our homes and farms to fire to feed the greed of their EmpireR'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith I criedAs I grieved for the fallen - and wished I had diedI heard ravens laugh - stripping the flesh from her bonesWell fed by the Senate and People of Rome.Two thousand years pass by - yet still they hold sway hereTheir Empire is holy (its motives the same)They have traded their spears for the cross that man fearsThose who nailed Him up high now rule in his name.Invaders come to violateTo subjugate and legislateBelieving their forefather's crimesGive them the right to twist our mindsR'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith we'll cryWhen the last of our freedom is crushed by a lieNew legions of pious hypocrisy rideTo baptise us in blood (an unstoppable tide
