A song about Irish sacral kings in bogs.
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Ghosts of Ancient Kings
~jadziatrax~
(intro: Am Em Dm Em F Dm Em Am)
F Dm Am Em F Dm Am A
you've been here so very long, the hills have all grown gentler
F Dm Am Em F Dm Am Am
life moves on, the world yet turns, and still you dream in splendor
(choruses are bass only)
A G C F
sleep, you ghosts of ancient kings,
F G E A
though we disturb your slumber
2. how did you, so hale and young, come here to wait the aeons?
was your journey swift or slow? do you still taste the seasons?
(chorus)
3. your home lies in the liminal, in earth and sky and water,
but did you plead and did you fight, or were you lamb to slaughter?
(chorus)
(break: Am Em Dm Em F Dm Em Am)
4. once your hair was black as coal, your teeth as white as cloud.
do you dream you're as you were, or do you feel your shroud?
(chorus)
5. once you lived, and thrice you died, with violence deemed holy;
did your death bring harvests full, or was it vengeance only?
(chorus)
6. you're curled and laid so carefully, in withies you were bound;
the ones who put you where you are are dust, but you're still crowned.
(chorus x3, outro on 3rd)