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On the streets of the Old Town
Silence gathers all around
Children tucked in for the night
Taught by fools who fear the light
Like the laughs of little girls
The floating thoughts of craven churls
And tyrants trapped in inner worlds
Plotting nightmares to unfurl
A mocking jester laughs at me
Jeering asks: “are you not free?!”
We learn how tight our chains can be
Searching blindly for a key
And there are few ways left to win
When you’re blamed for Father’s sin
The jester laughing with a stupid grin
Am I the Fool or the Magician?
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In age old house of tendril and bine
In soporific fields she lay repine
A hazy dream, she drifts away
Forgets the world both night and day
So sticky sweet and scented of fruit
A cloak of green his flowing suit
His hands in hers, they dance and play
Forget the world both night and day
A bee buzzes long in search of his throng
Sunset is drawn, the inverse of the dawn
Warm barley blows, worn are our clothes
Dappled in the sun’s rays, in sweet repose
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Words by Dr. Emil Pales
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Black Madonna at the Gate of Dawn
Cobblestones and bloody thorns
Black Madonna at the Gate of Dawn
Beggars tears and drunken scorn
Black Madonna at the Gate of Dawn
A terrible beauty, yet to be born
Black Madonna at the Gate of Dawn
Darken the soul and the flesh is torn!
Hey! Hey!
Do what they say
Hey! Hey!
You’re fading away
Hey! Hey!
Let me tell you today,
Life isn’t sickness
Blood is your witness!
Hey hey!
the inner decay
Hey hey!
Dissolve it away
Hey! Hey!
I’ll tell you today
You’re chained til you choke,
It’s a bloody joke!
Black Madonna
Broken tower on a castle hill
An iron wolf is howling still
the thinking and feeling, the blood and the will
come crashing down as the rivers spill
Shrouded Mother hangs overhead
an Immaculate heart fills souls with dread
With feelings of how they could be living instead
If only they tried, they could make gold from lead
Hey! Hey!
Do what they say
Hey! Hey!
You’re fading away
Hey! Hey!
Let me tell you today,
Life isn’t sickness
and your blood is your witness!
Hey hey!
the inner decay
Hey hey!
You can dissolve it away
Hey! Hey!
Let me tell you today
You’re chained til you choke,
It’s a bloody joke!
River’s water
Darkest mother
Sword-bearing father
Black Madonna
(Black Vilnius)
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They Speak to Us
04:28
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They speak to us
When joy turns to dust
They speak to us
When all inside is empty
They speak to us
A silence from the void
They speak to us
When all hope is destroyed
They speak to us in a silent flame
Speak to us in a lover’s name
They speak to us in the growing of the grain
They speak to us
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Raganų Ratilai
03:43
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Deep down low, where the mushrooms grow
Where they grow, I know
I know, I know, I know where the mushrooms grow
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Arms of the Mountain
06:54
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The arms of the mountain call you home
Is there an ending to love? There is an ending
When the arms of the mountain call you home
Is there an ending to love? There are no endings
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In the May Queen’s fading astral light
Shine the seven rays against the night
in a wreathe of flowers, dress of white
fading smile as her radiance disappears from sight
The sun, the moon, the stars are falling down
And the greatest of our men lie underground
The photograph will fade
The cobblestones decay
Wither away
Wither away
And the Queen of the Light
She takes her place on the right
And the King of the Sun
his time has only begun
In the passing of time
You see a cycle divine
The sun, the moon, the stars are are rising now
And the king of all our souls passes us the crown
The cosmos in our hand
The seeds beneath the land
Here we stand
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Sunrise
02:37
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Words by Rudolf Steiner
Translation by Michael Tellbach:
The radiance of all worlds' beauty
Compels me from the depths of the soul
To unleash the divine powers of my nature
And soar through all worlds
To part with myself
Only to seek myself, with confidence,
In the light and warmth of all worlds.
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Crooked Mouth Vilnius, Lithuania
Founded by Ian Campbell in western Canada in 2012, CROOKED MOUTH has developed their own style of post-industrial folk music, blending influences from the original neofolk wave , with the obscurities of 60/70s acid folk, archaic folklore groups, post-punk music, and the contemporary underground. ... more
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