The Vulture (Act I & II)

Album: Grey Britain (2009)
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  • When you work for the father
    Your sin is never saved
    You carry the net,
    and he holds the spade.
    You will drag the lakes
    And he will rob the graves.
    You will be remembered.
    No-one will speak your name.

    Live by the sword.
    Die for the lord.
    Call down the vulture
    To dine on the corpse.

    Cursed are the places you have been,
    You lead us there and forced us in..
    Take the girls
    to become the daughters.
    If the horses wont drink
    drown them in the water.

    When you work for the father
    Your sin is never saved
    You carry the net,
    and he holds the spade.
    You will drag the lakes
    And he will rob the graves.
    You will be remembered.
    No-one will speak your name.

    Live by the sword.
    Die for the lord.
    Call down the vultures
    To dine on the corpse.

    Cursed are the places you have been,
    You lead us there and forced us in..
    Take the girls
    to become the daughters.
    If the horses wont drink
    drown them in the water.

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Comments: 1

  • Mathijs from Houten, NetherlandsIt's a very dark song, with some haunting beauty in it. The atmosphere of the whole album overall is just f--king grey and this song espcially creeps me out, superb!
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