Intro:
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From times of old
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Lingering
In the wind
Fire still flicking
1.
Many centuries past
Collective memories kept alive
We’ve arrived at last
Our final moments, we realized
In a distant wood
Harken back to our ancient land
We would go if we could
But now were bound, leg and hand
2.
Built our towering walls
Protected us from the storm
Worshipped our Pagan Gods
Our ancestral ways since we were born
Undisturbed ancient ways
Not for long, sands of time will bring
Change to our only place
Until that day, to our gods, we cling
Chorus:
Heretic, Heretic
We were glorious in power above all
Heretic, Heretic
We exacted our will on the world, until our fall
Soon to be burned to ash
Our bodies hung on crosses, we will pass
From this land forever gone
But the memory of our ways may linger on
Our shrines crushed and broken
Our ways taken and stolen
We, deniers, we heretics
Crushed by an unforgiving first
3.
One day a king rose
Far away from our cold distant shores
Us keepers of ancient lore told
Sacrificial practices abhorred
Inhabitants of our isle
We looked across the sea, we feared
The winds they changed in just a short while
We were hunted, from our lands our gods cleared
4.
Constantine made his mind
In a battle one day
The cross came to him, he’d find
He would have his way
Deniers of Jehovah we stood
Defiant against the empire
Eternal guardians of our wood
But soon we burned upon the pyre
Chorus:
Heretic, Heretic
We were glorious in power above all
Heretic, Heretic
We exacted our will on the world, until our fall
Soon to be burned to ash
Our bodies hung on crosses, we will pass
From this land forever gone
But the memory of our ways may linger on
Our shrines crushed and broken
Our ways taken and stolen
We, deniers, we heretics
Crushed by an unforgiving first
5.
Forbidden from our hallowed spaces
Condemned to wither
Lost all life from our children's faces
With cold came winter
We used to sail the sea
Take our sword to foreign lands
But now we are bound to be
Peoples without our gods or land
6.
We worshipped the forest then
Then the worshippers of Jehovah came
With fire and war and men
Were far too much for our might or our blade
Our temple now lay in ruin
Overrun by the forces of time
The halls that once stood, our grand rooms
Forever gone, we lost our light
Chorus:
Heretic, Heretic
We were glorious in power above all
Heretic, Heretic
We exacted our will on the world, until our fall
Soon to be burned to ash
Our bodies hung on crosses, we will pass
From this land forever gone
But the memory of our ways may linger on
Our shrines crushed and broken
Our ways taken and stolen
We, deniers, we heretics
Crushed by an unforgiving first