Waylander Reawakening Pride Once Lost 1. Sunrise Radiance Dazzling brilliance Shone upon another day Lugh, o God of the sun God of the sun Burning fire Sustaining life Lugh, o God of the sun Help, help us face Help us face dawn 2. Born To The Fight Blooded to the battle Born to the fight Sowed in the soul Thrill of the fight Taking no prisoners To die for a cause Honour and glory To win without loss Prowess and power Stealth and speed Practice of combat Take pain without heed Boundless endurance Man without peer Natural instincts Stay alive through it all The world was young The laws were true To kill or be killed These men were proud And true to their word Not modern day cowards Who kill in cold blood 3. With Veins Afire A brooch upon his ample chest Bedecked in simple splendour Glistening fear upon his brow His mouth as dry as bone Sharpened sword his father bore Strapped to his side so proud Virgin blood enters the fray onward to fatal embrace And with a sound like the heavens bursting asunder Shield upon shield Blade upon blade Flash of spear Lifeblood flowing And in the midst of it all Pungent stench of fear With veins afire I will kill With veins afire I will maim With veins afire I exalt in the letting of blood With veins afire I revel in the crimson spray The heart knows how it feels to beat wings like a bee Darkening mists which make it much clearer to see Nothing can halt the dance while he is in motion To overcome tastes to him sweeter than any potion Glistening scarlet globules leaving tralls upon the air Savage and unyielding, maim and overcome Grisly sense of satisfaction, my dark side reigns 4. Emain Macha O'er the seven hills of Macha In an age now passed by Lived a people once forgotten Beneath an ancient sky For protection they had warriors Unsurpassed on Eireann's shore Warriors of the Craobh Rua An eternal name in lore The Ri he dwelt at Emain And Ri of Uladh's land And the people they had plenty Under Are-Ri's mighty hand Cruinneach in your aprogance And boastfulness and pride Evoking a curse Upon your own kind Curse of a woman! Due to man's boastfulness And the follyness of man Man, may yet pay due A curse I place on you A curse I place on you A weakness like a woman hear her time Once in every cycle, Ulaidh's strenght Will fail to shine, fail, fail to shine Man may yet pay due A curse I place on you A curse I place on you But in Ulaidh's hour of need Mighty lugh did pay heed He beget at son at Bru na Boinne Under a stone of great tragedy Setanta as a boy, as a boy, as a boy Cu Chulainn, as a man, as a man, as a man Standing alone against Connaught's might One against all, the eternal fight Champions they came Champions they did fall Standing alone Cu chulainn, slew them all! For the pride of Emain Macha, Emain Macha, Emain Macha For the pride of Emain Macha, Emain Macha, Emain Macha For the pride of Emain Macha, Emain Macha, Emain Macha That special seat of power 5. Gaelic Dawn In this modern world of nightmares We all need our majestic dreams 6. Once Upon An Era Drift back to an era now gone Kindred spirits fought to overcome Druids held sway over kings And the thrill of the hunt prevailed People were one with the land And harmony reignet in the cycle of life I too am of the earth Celtic fire burns in my veins I too am a warrior born I fight the pain and misery My spirit forever flys free Almost any path is secret Until you've travelled it yourself Universal flowers abound Try to choose the right path A stairway to a higher plain Live for this world and the next The standing stones The stone circles A life so complex Yet so simple Once upon an era I enter the fray ungrieving In my heart of hearts believing That the path of many futures I will awah si oicly Enduring the endless knot My belief will see me through Celtic fire!! Warrior born!! 7. A Hero's Lament As the dark clouds they do gather I sing my last lament For the ravens they do gather My strength is almost spent My life force it dispreses The darkness now descends My death is close at hand [x2] To Gae Bulg*, my companion I have put my trust in thee But the darkness of the grave Claims us all, eventually I bid farewell to my loved ones They and my kinsmen, please remember me Through sacred Lugh, my father My name will never die The deeds I have achieved Insures my name amongst my brothers Throughout the sacred green of Eireann My name will echo in the valleys Cu Chulainn Hound of Ulster Cu Chulainn Bane of Medhabh Cu Chulainn Hound of Ulster Cu Chulainn Champion of men Son of an immortal Immortal he shall be Journey to the other world To live eternally From Emain Macha To Tara's hall Your name will live as legend And to your memory I give a toast Dwell with the fairy host A farewell to a hero Your mortal days are gone Your soul now doth fly As free as the sun [Gae Bulg means "Death Spear" in Gaelic and was the spear of a hero from Irish mythology named Cuchulainn, for whom the song is written] 8. King Of The Fairies I domhan anseo nach bhfuil anseo I chnoic draiochta, ag conai go saor Daoine alainn, tuatha de danann Is Ri Na Sidhe An Ri, An Ri, Ri Na Sidhe Ri, Ri, Ri Na Sidhe 9. Keen Of Knowledge Truth, the root of the tongue Wisdom, the breath of speech Secrets untold, guarded forever Shared with only the gifted few Keen of knowledge, clear of vision Earth's all consuming passion Vital being to a life Ruled by laws of the universe Serenity beyond definition Tranquillity beyond words Bold in righteousness Valiant in justice In the sacred grone at nightime Rites performed, so divine Invoking the power of the gods Within constraints of nature's laws And in the stones The circle of stones Activating power And from the earth And the air And the universe Answer my call 10. Victory Feast Tonight we feast O brothers of my clan Tonight we feast O brothers of my blade Let there be drinking Eating of flesh Let there be boasting Tales to be heard Let there be gloating Counting of heads Raise a toast to victory! Adorned with our sacred road Armed with our keen edged swords Scream aloud our battle cry Bua no basii bua no basii See our enemies tremble with fear Bua no basii bua no basii Scream aloud our battle cry Bua no basii bua no basii See our enemies tremble with fear Bua no basii bua no basii Our foes are vanquished Time to make merry Raise your alehorns And hear the toast On the battlefield Our comrades our lying Dedicate our victory To their memory 11. Awakening A mistery around me Eminating from the land Only true kindred spirits May even hope to understand A voice I hear which is calling out to me A message all around when my mind is free Speaking in whispers thrown from the wind Out from my surroundings calling out to me Haunted by the canopy of green I blaze of blue and emerald fire A finer sight I've rarely seen And I dine on awe alone Swirling ashadows Dance upon the water still And sky and cloud vie for prominence On the surface calm A lone deed Creating ripples alike waves And all along the surface Now consequence in journey I breathe I feel my lungs I breathe I feel my soul I breathe I fill alive I am alive! Green surrounds me The wind in my hair Fast flowing waters The hills and the vales Ignited by passion Most purent by far My life I now fashion I live for his hour Free to live Free to roam Free to think Free as the wind Elation I peel So hard to comprehend As i stand alone Upon Anu's land I have come home I have been found The way it once was Is as it shall be All music by Waylander All lyrics by Ciaran / Waylander Recorded at Stage One Studio Engineered and produced by Andy Classen Mastered at DMS Studios