Ragnarok 02 - Rekindling An Old Flame Lyrics

Out of the South from the deserts of Muspell they came,on
their banners the cross of their lord,to bring a new
wisdom to green land of plenty,to bring us salvation with
fire and sword.They came here to tell us the nature of
God,but if their god knew Nature as well as does Wodthen would they have still piled our priests high on the
pyreand polluted our green land with blood and with fire?
They promised great riches and wealth when we
die,and forced us to starve and our children to cry;a tenth of our harvest, a tenth of our grain,all of our
freedom, get none of our pain;but Nature's the one
who did suffer the mostas they stole all Her glory with
their idle boasts,for they claimed that their god made
them lords over alland that all things must bow before
them or must fall.Where once our days were timed by
hands of Fateand we lived in the balance with plenty for
all,priests turned the tables, they b[r]ought the
imbalance,they said they should live e'en though
Nature must fall;tore down the forests to feed the new
millions,used Mother Nature to conquer disease;fools, can't you see, have you no understanding?rose in the cornfield must burn with the weeds.Tied to the stake, is it a dream, some mistake?What's my crime? Will I awake?Am I evil? Have I
wronged thee?Fire burns my eyes, sears my flesh,
drowns my cries.Skin is black, in twitches it cracks.Is this your mercy? Is this the mercy of your god?Who is this god that I hear you call Satan?Just a
figment of Christian mind,yet still you burned kinsmen and
women as his.Tell me priest, are you really so blind?Hear the screams of the cat in the basketas the
priest hung him over the fire.What was his crime? Where
was his jury?Tell me priest? Did fuel your desire?See the wood ring all blackened and barren."We
must burn out this Heathendom haunt".How do you justify
wanton destruction?Tell me priest, did the trees your god
taunt?You preach that the end of the world will
bring your salvationand so you await Armageddon with
baited breath,proclaiming to the masters of She who
prevents the ascension,and, to fulfil thy desire, you
would sentence us all to death.They've planted
their seed among us for so long,tis time to root out that
which does not belong;only chance left, our world's
life to prolong.The harvester's ready, the scythe has
been whet,too long have the masses played russian
roulette,putting the gun against Earth Mother's
head.Hurry my brethren, there isn't much
time,gods call for vengeance divine.See that the
punishment fitteth the crime.Earth Mother's patience
has lasted so long.Be sure that Her fury will be just as
wrong.Burn the priest, just as in thy name so many
have burned before thee.As many were beaten to death on
the wheel then so in their name I scorn thee.Burn the
priest for thy time has passed, thy words and thy teaching abhor
me,for if you would rally the end of the world then thy
world must end before me.The time it has come to
light a new pyre,take up thy torches and strike up the
fire.Witness the flames reaching higher and higher.Old wood must burn to give way to the new.New shoots
grow out from a faith that is true;out from the world
which our forefathers knew.For all of our fathers
who died at the stake,make the amends for that b_____
mistake.This land, once ours, must be ours to retake.Where once the alters [guessed "altars"] of our gods did
lie,churches of Christendom rise to the sky.Where
once rose flames, now let flames rise on high.Burn
the priest, just as in thy name so many have burned before
thee.As many were beaten to death on the wheel, then so in
their name I scorn thee.Burn the priest for thy time has
passed, thy words and thy teaching abhor me,for if you
would rally the end of the world then thy world must end before
me.Out of the South from the deserts of Muspell they
came,on their banners the cross of their lord,to
bring a new wisdom to green land of plenty,to bring us
salvation with fire and sword.You came here to teach us
the nature of God,but your god forgot Nature and you
forgot Wod.Now it is your turn to burn on the pyreand our green land will be cleansed with blood and with
fire.