An old man

An old man walks in the street,
Looks at the youth around him,
Doesn't understand why they're so rough,
Doesn't understand what makes them laugh.

He lives alone in another place,
That does not exist anymore,
Nothing fits with his tastes,
And wonders what's God's waiting for.

__________________________

The dreams he lived for,
The mistakes that made him grow,
The causes he fought for,
All the letters he wrote

This father who taught him all,
All these things he can't share...
This mother he loved so...
This brother he'll never know...

The girls he courted to,
Lay down in their graves
With his regrets and his youth,
Is there any god, any break ?

Celts

"Ice is now melted, but still you shiver,
What's rising up, makes you sick and sad.
This wind of hate that all blows away,
Blows even the cold of this end of winter.

Rivers are swollen, mountains await,
Horses in line, the war arrives...
Our King, his army fought, they lost their lives
Our Queen, sword in hand, died by his sides...

For many years, we used to ride,
We used to hunt, we used to laugh.
For all, hand in hand, yes, we were friends,
There was no lie, there was no clan.

But now they're gone, we have to fight,
No other way, to keep our lives,
Buclers and axes, wait for the fray,
Bows and spears, wait for the fate.

Here are my thoughts, here are my thanks,
For all the ones who crossed my path,
For all the things, that built our past,
For all the years, we stole from History.

The fear grows, as the haze breaks up,
The sun glows, on cairns and dust,
The long silence ends in a war cry
The ground rumbles, the horsemen attack..."

Escape

Found a job, he had no choice,
Need to work, what counts a voice ?
Push the door, there's no way back,
Jammed in his collar, he joins the staff,
It's not his place, feels unwelcome,
Air has a taste, he's never known...

Now chained up, to a desk,
Now chained up, to a pay,
Then looks outside, watch the sky,
And dreams to fly, away...

Here everything seems wide and quiet,
Everything is colors and clouds,
But you're locked, into the system,
You're locked, into the golden cage,
Here there's no limit, no up, no down,
There's no limit cause there's no-one
Just the wind, sweeping the walls,
Just the wind, tearing everything...

You're chained up, but you're wild,
You're eaten, but you're alive,
You cannot move, you cannot breathe,
You don't speak, but don't forget...

Here everything seems wide and quiet,
Everything is colors and clouds,
But you're locked, into the system,
You're locked, into the golden cage,
Here there's no limit, no up, no down,
There's no limit cause there's no-one
Just the wind, sweeping the walls,
Just the wind, tearing everything...

Chained up, to your desk,
Chained up, to your pay,
But still outside, and watch the sky,
Dreams to fly, away...

Forever

Imrinn

Here she found, the ruins of her camp,
And lifts up the cranium of a man,
Swearing revenge,
For her friends.

Imrinn you're sick - disgusted -
You scream out, with pain
Now War is your life, now Crime is law,
You bury the remains, in Rage.
"I'll track them, till the last one,
I'll burn, their eyes".
Imrinn rebuilds her life, slowly,
Imrinn seems quiet, but only waits...
__________________________

Imrinn has walked,
The shame will turn to pain,
On a hill,
The flag,
And a crowd,
All around,
Here she came,
Then they died...

I knew, this time.
I was, by her side.
That night, on the hill, close to them,
She opened arms, and prayed...
The ground suddenly rose
Then opened, took fire.
Men were howling, indisbelief,
I saw them melting, I felt pain...

High & Short

In this jail, it's my last night,
My will is gone, I won't survive...

As the hours go by,
On a hill they build the gallows,
They joke, and they laugh,
They'll work all night long. …

Inside my cell,
I hear their songs,
Inside my cell,
They're all around

At the first light of dawn,
They'll un-lock the door,
They'll take me to this place,
They'll bring me to death.

Inside my cell,
I can't close my eyes,
Inside my cell,
Alone and tied.

Walls of stone have seen more
That a man could ever hear,
The wood of heavy doors,
Oozes with blood and tears.

Light... lies...
Distorts... strangles...
Lights... lie...
Reheat... the mads...
All turns, and dance and dance,
So fast, and faster,
All burns, and dance and dance,
So high, and higher,

Seconds, minutes, hours
Through the fingers, in a rage,
Seconds, minutes, hours
Of a man, in a cage.

Last hour
Through the fingers, in a rage,
Last hour
Of a man, in a cage.

Last minute
Through the fingers, in a rage,
Last minute
Of a man, in a cage.

Last second
Through the fingers, in a rage,
Last second
Of a man, in a cage.

Lost, lost, lost,
The fingers and the rage,
Lost, lost, lost,
The man and the cage...

Lost, lost, lost...

Red rose

Morning, the cracking of the stairs,
Morning, they opened the doors,
Not the eyes, 'till the end,
With the light, starts the fight...

"Oh please now, don't you see
All this goes too far,
Will we end our lives
Like children in war"
'doesn't speak very well,
Feels stupid when she laughs,
When he tries to explain,
How sincere are his words

He sits,
He waits,
And aches in vain,

A rose in the heart,
Turns, tears, bleeds.
A hole in the heart,
His two fists, could stand inside.

A man under a tree,
They talk about a child,
That used to come,
That used to laugh.
A man under a tree,
Talks about a child,
That used to dream,
That used to fly.

A man under a tree,
They talk about the child,
That used to come,
That used to laugh.
A man under a tree,
Talks about the child,
That used to dream,
That used to fly.

Nothing's wrong, all is light,
The logic of her heart,
She wakes up, she's certain,
In the silence of her mind,
That she's right, and act well,
That 'she'll win all the times,
'She's clever and so bright,
So subtle, so fine

I saw her when he died,
So clean, not a cry,
Not a tear, not a sign
No whisper, not a sight...

Under bombs

WITCH-HUNT

Watch the Haze,
That floods the Hills,
Rises Hatred,
Over trees.
Low we talk,
Low we plan,
Overrunning the land,
Picking locks.
This torch is a single corpse,
There's no-one,
There's no sight,
Who've seen us walk,
We start our work,
Breaking the panes,
Breaking the signs.

Night has come,
We're here to fight,
To join this place we marched for miles,
We said this time, all went too far,
That nothing more could change our minds.
Night is ours,
So start the fight.

With a scream, our arms bring hell,
Who imagined there was a law,
There's a cliff where a hangman,
By the trees, read your soul,
Sun has gone and sealed their fate,
There's no one who dares to lie,
His eyes are white, he has no face,
And shows you, who you are.