PYTHIA LYRICS

1. The King's Ruin

She came on a mighty steed across the desert sand
She came with a blade of steel and a burning in her hand
And oh, she sought revenge, from he who did her wrong
And oh she would not rest for all the souls gone

She rode for a thousand days, she rode without fatigue
So driven by her hate and former master's greed
And oh she hated him that king of blind deceit
That man of no regrets in death they would meet

But as with all who are wounded, the cut is so unkind
She loves him still though he hurt her, his body on her mind

And like all men who fall, though he had love and rule
He would betray it all for the King's ruin
And through her love was true and a real love he knew
He would betray it all for the King's ruin

She came like a Valkyrie, a fury in her womb
To spill that traitor's blood, to see hint in his tomb
She rode through the desert sand, his kingdom in her view
She wanted nothing more than what she came to do
And oh she hated him and oh her blood was high
And oh her heart was keen
She tasted his lie

2. Sword Of Destiny

There is a sword beneath the sea that can hold back war's misery
Within a kingdom lost in time, inside a child's mind
It holds the key to endless peace, and so our search can never cease
Our only hope for happiness and end to distress
One fine day we will be saved

Sword of destiny
I feel the beating of your heart
Sword of destiny
It's time to show yourself
Sword of destiny
I feel the beating of your heart

We've left so many dead behind, we left them hurt, been so unkind
We've travelled roads to find a door but we have one law
Been cruel in killing and in shame because we thought to try again
But we are slaves to bloody war, and we know no more
Help us find our saving grace

The road is long but I am able to set you free

Metal in my hand, my heart grows stronger
I can stand my ground for that much longer

There is a dream we must fulfil, in every single iron will
We cannot live our lives at war, we beg for no more
We have to try and try again, and we will search until the end
Until we find the magic blade and we are all saved
Hear me begging on my knees

3. Moon On The Mountain

You were the one that I ran to when I was child
You gave me sunshine and laughter and hope for a while
Always beside me, a shoulder to cry on
But you were a spider creeping inside of me
Watching my every move, saying you know me well
I learned to fear you and your strange devotional

We grew in hate and despair
Every concealing emotion was spent
Your words were poisonous air
And I recoiled from the love that was meant

But there was a time, when I could have loved you
The moon on the mountain shone only for you
There was a time, when I could have loved you
I could have been true, the moon on the mountain for you

You were the thorn in my side, my ribbon of red
You said you'd leave me alone but you stayed in my head
You said that you'd kill me if I ever let you down
But you were trading my secrets all over town
Tried to forgive you and see things in your domain
But you were subtle and ruthless in your cold game

I could not have been more trusting
Oh I loved you, I could not take anymore

But like any moon I wax and wane
I'm fickle when I choose to rise into the sky

Yes there was a time, when I could have loved you
The moon on the mountain shone only for you
There was a time, when I could have loved you
I could have been true, the moon on the mountain for you

4. War Games

You sour everything you do
Your memory is torn in two
They came into a broken home and all your love was made of stone

They think that God will let it go
Their selfish dreams of violence
They think their people do not know
The legacy they've given

There's a broken ring, for the girl who would be queen
For the girl who is a child of war games
There's a fallen star for the boy who would be king
For the boy who is a child of your war games

They disregard the common tool, and play their country like fool
Of Mother Nature's good intent they toy with balance and with sense

You think their bruises will prevail
But every day you push them back
Your strength and purpose will not fail
You will persist

There's no shame in wanting to live life in beauty and in harmony
We cannot go on in bloodshed with our integrity

5. The Highwayman

[Extracts from the poem by Alfred Noyes]

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
And the highwayman came riding up to the old inn-door

His love had died a year ago, a bullet in her breast
The deadly shot a warning that he soon would be next
And so they found him on the road and they killed him like a dog
But still he keeps on riding in moonlight and in fog

Plaiting a dark red love knot into her long black hair
She waits to see him only, singing in her despair

After the sunlight, there comes the rain
Never to see my true love again
After the bullet I still remain
Never to see my true love again

Two lovers that were parted shall never meet once more
Although he keeps on knocking at the old inn door
His horse shall gallop nightly since she met her death
And the inn was burned down years ago with her final breath

And I wander this world and I mourn for my loss
All the gold and silver could 'nair pay the cost
After kisses in darkness a river of blood
Now the Highwayman rides, whilst the moon shines above

Moon shine brightly o'er the heather
Don't deny my iron will

6. Bring Me Home

Walk a little faster baby, you know I love to hunt you
Love to feel your body breaking and every sinew shaking
Move a little slower maybe and I'll forget to need you
Never stray from the path like I said

The skin which I live in burns every moment
I will not give in though I must go
On and on, this world keeps pushing me
It won't be long before I break inside of you

You can throw me away
You can beg me on your knees to stay
You can leave on your own
But I know you want your love to bring me home
You can dance on my grave
You can say that I am just your slave
You can break every bone
But I know you want your love to bring me home

Think a little quicker baby and I'll forgive you for it
Love your heartless selfishness how you don't give a shit
Cut a little deeper darling, the blood will surely drown us
Never stray from the path like I said

Who are you to say we're through?
Who gets the last laugh? Who will rise anew?
Who are you to say we're through?
Who gets the last laugh? Baby it's not you

On and on and on and on
I know you want your love to bring me home

7. Yellow Rose

Spring time, that's the way it goes
Don't forget we stole everything and nothing from the earth
Winter, came to us in time
Shadows and thought crimes
Don't display the colours of your birth

Didn't they tear you down my yellow rose?
Didn't they baby?
Didn't they poison everything that grows?
Didn't they baby?

And when the summer ends, I feel you next to me
I sense your tethered limbs still longing to be free
My yellow rose

I could say it's not like that but memory betrays
Everyone who dares to speak too soon
I would tell you about it but I can't reason with
The tiny child within my past

And when the summer ends, I feel you next to me
I sense your tethered limbs still longing to be free
And with each winter's breath I see you in my dreams
I know without your death I never can be free

Hold it down and keep it together
Hold it down, it can't be forever

Memory betrays anyone who dares to speak too soon

8. Your Eternity

I thought I knew what pain was for
I thought it opened every door for you
I thought you understood me more
Another love another chore to do
Haven't I been your only daughter?
Haven't I been your only friend?
Haven't I always tried to love you?
Haven't I been there 'til the end?
Haven't you been the only one
Who ever wounded me?
Haven't I tried to heal your madness?
Haven't I been your eternity?
All the webs that spiders weave
Could never match the treacheries
All the stars up in the skies
Could not outshine the sacrifice

Now you've changed the rules again
Another chance to wield the pen, for you
Didn't I always keep your secrets?
Didn't I trust you with my life?
Didn't I hope to free your sorrow?
Didn't you cut me like a knife?
Didn't you laugh when everybody turned their backs on me?
Didn't I stand for something better?
Didn't you kill your eternity?

Wasn't I weight enough to shoulder?
Wasn’t I hungry for the lie?
Wasn’t I praying for your armies
When they came for me?

I learned everything about a bleeding heart
And how to play for time, in your hungry eyes
And oh I was the perfect child
I know that now I've mine
And he is so much more than any better parts
And oh given all I know and what I've come to find
I only find it's sad that you've been so tied
And oh I was the perfect child
But I can be no more, the defender of your cause

And in the night there is the truth, I cannot be lost
Wasn't I your eternity?
And now it's time to change the path of my life
And behold to my deeds
And believe in myself for all time

9. The Key

Push, pull, you're the fool
You're the one who knows it all
Every day you walk away
Just to find you're here to stay

You're up, down, going round
Never find some middle ground
Live your life inside a cage
Only you had time to make

There's a door inside this lonely room
That should it be denied becomes a tomb

Look inside your beating heart
There's the key to set you free
Shadows of a broken past
Let it be and you will find the key

Tall tale, full of lies
Never find you're satisfied
Dancing on the thinnest ice
Naughty now and then so nice

You're here, there, everywhere
Never time to stop and stare
Live your life a broken queen
Kingdom built inside a dream

Look inside your beating heart
There's the key to set you free
Shadows of a broken past
Let it be and you will find the key
There's a path of yellow gold
Leading to a better place
Take my hand it holds the key
Hold it tight the secret is in me

Bitter is the heart that wanders
Locked inside an empty room
You will never find salvation
Lost inside a lonely tomb

10. Broken Paradise

I would dance around the world with you
If you would only stay
I would dance around the world with you
And die another day

Quicken the tale, make it complete
There's just no way out of here
Straighten your back stand of two feet
Still there's no way out of here

My blood is only for you
My love is granted I can hear you
My heart feels you inside nee
My blood is granted and I can hear you sing

Somebody get me out of here
Somebody save me from this broken paradise
I can feel you

Mother I can't always explain
It's not my fault, I was born this way

Mother I know, you bore the pain
I wanted life, to begin again

Quicken your heart, dance to the beat
I thought that I heard you cry
Give me a kiss, a trick or a treat
I know that you never lie
Sorry my love, I. know you're complete
There's so much I have to fear
You by my side, on your tiny feet
There's just no way out of here

I'm dancing around the world with you
Here in my arms

But there's no hope, no prayer
No guidance just despair
And when the children dream
I am a queen who must be free

Under the bridge they are lost to the word of the king
They have a wager to win, for his god is a sin
Under the river he condemns each first born to die
For he is lost in his greed and his cruel alibi
Broken Paradise

There he is condemned to suffer the deeds he has done
Rivers of blood flow before him but he finds not the one
Broken Paradise

There in his tower of evil sleeps Herald the king
Bringing a plague to the city, and death to his kin
Demons and spirits revile him and drag him to hell
So he is dead to his daughter and all ring the bell
Broken Paradise

I would dance around the world with you
And die another day







PYTHIA LYRICS