Blood of Earth, Blood of Man

from Live at Spiderhouse Ballroom by Gabhar

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Oak wears mistletoe upon its crown
And ash wears ivy from the ground
The brambles they grow to clothe the field
And rowan is woven to make a shield

And the rulers of beasts and man
They have forgotten their ties to the land
So when blood is spilled from sap and stone
They'll sit there starving upon a plastic throne

Nature's uncaring to our plight
We're on our own to make our wills take flight
So when blood is spilled into the sky
It falls to the ground and makes the trees grow high

The apple's branches make a fork in the road
As aspen is trembling in the bitter cold
The blackthorn it cuts into our hearts
As birch bark is falling to make a new start

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from Live at Spiderhouse Ballroom, released February 24, 2013

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