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The Rains of Castamere Lyrics
And who are you, the proud lord said
That I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat
That's all the truth I know
In a coat of gold or a coat of red
A lion still has claws
And mine are long and sharp, my lord
As long and sharp as yours
And so he spoke, and so he spoke
That lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o'er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall
And not a soul to hear
And so he spoke, and so he spoke
That lord of Castamere
But now the rains weep o'er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall
And not a soul to hear
That I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat
That's all the truth I know
In a coat of gold or a coat of red
A lion still has claws
And mine are long and sharp, my lord
As long and sharp as yours
That lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o'er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall
And not a soul to hear
That lord of Castamere
But now the rains weep o'er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall
And not a soul to hear
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The song is from novel Song of Ice and Fire (or more popular series Game of Thrones). It is a song referring a battle of Castamere, between the disobedient Lord Reyne of Castamere and his liege lord Tywin Lannister. The history here is that Rayne family were disrespectful to their liege lord of Tytos Lannister (Tywin’s father) by dissonance and ignoring to pay their loans or taxes. The sigil of House of Lannisters is the Lion, but also House of Reyne has red lion on their sigil (in Westeros is common protected families to have similar sigils as their liege lord’s houses). In the first part of the song the “proud lord” Reyne speaks to Tywin Lannister: And who are you that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours. He is speaking ignorantly to his liege lord, referring that Lannisters are nothing more important than his House and their strength.
However the song is written to hail the victory of Lannisters and in the next part of the song the verse refer the complete destruction of the House of Reyne But now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Meaning literally his castle is destroyed, and the great hall (every castle has one of those) is over open sky, and no one is there meaning they are all dead.
Refrences: http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rains_of_Castamere
Perfect voice for an amazing song from an epic series.
Nothing bad could possibly be said of this song. Honestly.
Except if you're the Armies of the North, who were murdered by the traitor of gods and men for violating the guest right: Mercer Frey. After watching the GoT episode, I hope his death is slow and painful.
Except if you're the Armies of the North, who were murdered by the traitor of gods and men for violating the guest right: Mercer Frey. After watching the GoT episode, I hope his death is slow and painful.
But yeah, one thing I noticed is the play on words. "But now the rains weep o'er his hall"--replace the word "rains" with "Reynes."
But yeah, one thing I noticed is the play on words. "But now the rains weep o'er his hall"--replace the word "rains" with "Reynes."
Oh, wow.
This totally references A Game of Throne/A Song of Ice and Fire directly.
Throughout the book, a song Rains of Castamere is referred to. You can infer that it about the Reyne family of Castamere bringing down Tywin Lannister's wrath for slighting their liege lord.
The "lion still has it's claws" line, the "rains weep o'er his hall"
I guess The National are ASOIAF fans!
This song was recorded to be put into the credits of episode 9 of season 2, so... yes.
This song was recorded to be put into the credits of episode 9 of season 2, so... yes.
The song is literally pulled out of the book and it is about Tywins destruction of the house Reyne and they got The National to record it for the TV series as they needed someone to sing it as Florence and the Machines were busy when they needed it recorded
The song is literally pulled out of the book and it is about Tywins destruction of the house Reyne and they got The National to record it for the TV series as they needed someone to sing it as Florence and the Machines were busy when they needed it recorded
They were payed to write this song for HBO's Game of Thrones
They were payed to write this song for HBO's Game of Thrones