Wars of great kings and clash of armouries
Whose swords no man could tell, whose spears
Were numerous as wheat field's ears
Rolled over all the great lands, and seas
Were loud with navies, their devouring fires
Behind the armies burned both fields and towns
And sacked and crumbled or to flaming pyres
Were cities made, where treasuries and crowns
Kings and their folk, their wives and tender maids
Were all consumed. Now silent are those courts
Ruined the towers, whose old shape slowly fades
And no feet pass beneath their broken ports
I need no call of clamant bell that rings
Iron tongued in the towers of earthly kings
Take a ride on, ride on,
on your rotting horse
on that deadly ground
Take a ride, ride on,
on your rotting horse
with a pounding sound.
[08:25.00]Wars of great kings and clash of armouries
[08:25.00]Whose swords no man could tell, whose spears
[08:25.00]Were numerous as wheat field's ears
[08:25.00]Rolled over all the great lands, and seas
[08:25.00]Were loud with navies, their devouring fires
[08:25.00]Behind the armies burned both fields and towns
[08:25.00]And sacked and crumbled or to flaming pyres
[08:25.00]Were cities made, where treasuries and crowns
[08:25.00]Kings and their folk, their wives and tender maids
[08:25.00]Were all consumed. Now silent are those courts
[08:25.00]Ruined the towers, whose old shape slowly fades
[08:25.00]And no feet pass beneath their broken ports
[08:25.00]I need no call of clamant bell that rings
[08:25.00]Iron tongued in the towers of earthly kings
[08:25.00]Take a ride on, ride on,
[08:25.00]on your rotting horse
[08:25.00]on that deadly ground
[08:25.00]Take a ride, ride on,
[08:25.00]on your rotting horse
[08:25.00]with a pounding sound.