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It cannot be seen but there's blood on the green
Only God knows I'm innocent
Take me, take me home
A dark seed reigns in me like the Storm rules over the sea
I challenge thee, do not cross this bridge alone
Don't dare me now
The threatening shadows will pass by
They're getting closer now
Open your eyes
Wake up my dear young friend
And hate shall fade away
I will not move, yet
I'll stand still instead
There on the battlefield he stands
Down on the battlefield he's lost
And on the battlefield it ends
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
The field's been left in sorrow
The father and the son they're gone
The Sun shines bright and anger rises
Lorn and lonely torn apart
Don't you think it's time to stop now
We were charmed and fooled by the old serpent's kiss
Let's pray that heaven is on our side
Through violence and horror shall honour arise
So let's pray and blessed shall be our leader
We follow the noble and bright
Don't you hear me crying, crying
Come take me away
I hallow thy name
There on the battlefield he stands
Down on the battlefield he's lost
And on the battlefield it ends
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
That's what the minstrel sing
Join in the horrible screams
Take part in murderous deeds
Renowned be the lion-hearted
Join in the minstrelsy
Wailing in endless grief
It eagerly longs for more
Broken bodies lay down on the ground
Blood sheds all over the place
The green will be stained forever
And hate reigns all over the field
They keep struggling on in anger
Fiercely intense outrageous, too blind to see
And in pain they keep on singing
We claim the land for the highlord
God bless the land and our highlord
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
Only God knows I'm innocent
Take me, take me home
A dark seed reigns in me like the Storm rules over the sea
I challenge thee, do not cross this bridge alone
Don't dare me now
The threatening shadows will pass by
They're getting closer now
Open your eyes
Wake up my dear young friend
And hate shall fade away
I will not move, yet
I'll stand still instead
There on the battlefield he stands
Down on the battlefield he's lost
And on the battlefield it ends
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
The field's been left in sorrow
The father and the son they're gone
The Sun shines bright and anger rises
Lorn and lonely torn apart
Don't you think it's time to stop now
We were charmed and fooled by the old serpent's kiss
Let's pray that heaven is on our side
Through violence and horror shall honour arise
So let's pray and blessed shall be our leader
We follow the noble and bright
Don't you hear me crying, crying
Come take me away
I hallow thy name
There on the battlefield he stands
Down on the battlefield he's lost
And on the battlefield it ends
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
That's what the minstrel sing
Join in the horrible screams
Take part in murderous deeds
Renowned be the lion-hearted
Join in the minstrelsy
Wailing in endless grief
It eagerly longs for more
Broken bodies lay down on the ground
Blood sheds all over the place
The green will be stained forever
And hate reigns all over the field
They keep struggling on in anger
Fiercely intense outrageous, too blind to see
And in pain they keep on singing
We claim the land for the highlord
God bless the land and our highlord
War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore
Lyrics submitted by Equilan
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I actually think this song is partly about Nargothrond and Turin Turambar. Maybe Hansi thought the other meaning actually resembled this story and decided to place some hints to it. Surely the term "god" is 180 degrees away from anything lotr but there are a few hints.
"(a dark) seed reigns in me (like a) storm rules over the sea i challenge thee, do not cross this bridge alone"
Dark seed is obviously the curse of morgoth. The bridge is the bridge of nargothrond which Turin counseled to build. Yet, you would not expect Turin to think something like "storm over a sea".
"open your eyes, wake up my dear young friend and hate shall fade away i will not move yet i'll stand still, instead"
It seems like it represents the charm of Glaurung and the optimism of Turin afterwards.
"there on the battlefield he stands down on the battlefield he's lost and on the battlefield it ends"
Turin is charmed after the battle of Tumhalad (where, in silmarillion, it's strangly emphasized that Battle of Tumhalad took place in a "battlefield".) Hence it's a bit confusing.
"war and anger shall reign the clash of iron can be heard by blindness you're driven insane i'm lost in anguish and grief sorrow won't wane till you die a shattered body deeply hurt and darkness will cover the light it's gone forevermore (it's gone forevermore!)"
Turin is emphasized to have a long and a black sword.(Gurthang) It might be the most emphasized sword in Silmarillion. So this can explain the clash of iron which i think it's not lotr related. A shattered body? Findiulas?
"the field's been left in sorrow the father and the son they are gone the sun shines bright, and anger rises lorn and lonely, torn apart don't you think it's time to stop now we were charmed and fooled by the old serpent's kiss"
Father and son.. It could be a hint to Hurin and Turin because they share a similar fate. (This is a long shot)
Old serpent is obviously Glaurung. Tumhalad is a plain and it can explain the green references in the song.
This all is a long shot but it worths a try :p
I'm not sure if this song is in fact in any reference to the silmarillion, but it likely could. Blind Guardian has a lot of songs that seem to intermingle several different stories that have overlapping themes and try to combine them in a single song and pull it off quite well by remaining a rather vague in the lyrics. <br /> <br /> "The green will be stained forever"<br /> Makes me mainly think of the green mound which became an infamous landmark that the army of Morgoth in the area learned to fear since for a decent amount of time Turin hunted the area. It could be a double meaning claiming the green is stained, by it being stained because of Findulias' innocent blood which was spilled and could have been saved by Turin, and also to a lesser degree, that the area around the hill had a lot of bloodshed because of Turin.<br /> <br /> Either that or it could possibly refer to the area where Turin killed himself and his mother came by and wept and died of sorrow as well. I'd have to look up the sentence, but I think there's some special reference to that area and being green.<br /> <br /> Nice breakdown though!