The Disenchanted Forest Lyrics - Skyclad

[The Farm Hand's Ghost:] 

"My kin and I had laboured hard 

To reap the yearly harvest. 

Lain weary on our gathered sheaves we 

Cracked a vat of ale. Poured a toast; 

Began to boast of who could sup the hardest. 

Slumped in drunken slumber 

At the height of wild wassail... 

I woke to find my brothers gone 

That Autumn eve so balmy. 

Yet gazed in wide-eyed terror 

To the barley fields nearby. 

Struck dumb I swore; 

Stood before a mighty woad-duabed army. 

Believed my wits deceived me 

'til I heard their battle-cry." 

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[The Lord Of The Trees:] 

"Smash the axe and sow the seed; 

Don't cause the Oaken Heart to bleed!" 

[The Farm Hands Ghost:] 

"When he that led this heathen horde 

Cast-off his ivy mantle; 

Cohorts raised honed halberds 

Flying pennants of leaf-green. 

From below approached the foe; 

A fierce scythe-bearing hantle. 

Captains sat triumphant 

Upon coughing, steel machines." 

[The Forces Of Progress:] 

"Break the bough and strip all of it. 

Fell this forest, make a profit!" 

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[The Farm Hands Ghost:] 

"Opposing forces clashed 

Beneath a red sky cracked by thunder. 

Entrenched beneath the hedge-row 

I'd observed it quite unseen. 

One side stood to save the wood: 

T'other planned it's plunder, 

I chose to fight for Nature's right; 

Grabbed a fallen skean. 

All who would one flower destroy, 

Must first cut down this Didycoy! 

We fought until the last that day 

To gain a hard-won victory, 

Sucked in by the thirsty earth 

I watched my life-blood ebb. 

Though I died at least 

I'd tried to play some part in history; 

A momentary trembling 

On the threads of Wyrd's web." 

[The Lord Of The Trees:] 

"Are there more so brave and honest; 

Who would die to save my forest?"