Dark wings cast a shadow And a field of darkness grows Spreading wings out over sorrow My only choice is to eat the crow
Born of broken oaths Bourne away on broken oak This old shield is turning over Staining red upon the clover
The battlefield quiets Like a lull in a song I was always the shield they were breaking upon --- The giant has fallen And left me alone But I'm building my throne from What's left of its bones
Some would call this murder Others know it's the only way I'm steeped in the blood of brothers A stain that won't seem to wash away
All these Crimson spattered feathers Blow forlorn amongst the heather Dark wings circle over A long shadow growing older
I'll make the mountains weep The watered earth then will heave And give back the planted seed Yeah