Darkness
Breathe the night air, inhale the darkness
Step through the shadows, no fear, regardless
building unseen, but building no less
in the heart of the darkness, I build my fortress
I rock a black flag, no device, no stars or stripes
negation of borders boundaries, my life
Is dedicated, first to the love that we share
second to the fight to breathe the free air
Of liberty, my memory, in this vicinity
Is fi’ina be more then just another casualty
The class war rages all around me
systematic violence on all sides astounds me
& I am profoundly disenchanted
With the empty slogans that ya’ll keep chantin’
But I’m still defiant, unbowed and unbroken,
Sick of the smell of the brain-rot you’re smoking
So you won’t see me tokin, refuse to be a token,
I’d rather be like Frodo in books by J. Tolkein
it ain’t seizing power, power corrupts
I’d rather destroy it, change it on up
So I breathe the night air, inhale the darkness
Step through the shadows, no fear, regardless
building unseen, but building no less
in the heart of the darkness where I build my fortress
I move one step at time, it ain’t fast
in this for the long haul I’ve got to last
past all the people who seem to doubt me
but I know in the end it isn’t even about me
I’m just one man, do what I can and so
I gotta take time to aim when I spit the flow
So, I try to focus, maximize
My efficiency, my demise
Won’t help anyone, – we don’t need no more martyrs
I move like currents in the oceans waters
Deep and slow, cyclical,
the earth keeps spinnin, the winds still blow
nature is ancient, she will prevail
it’s like the moon on the water, the songs of the whales
and my life pales in comparison
so I drink in the music like it’s medicine
let it flow, natural,
the sun will rise and the trees will grow
before us and after us, still the same
we’re just passing through on a 1-way train
let it flow, natural,
the moon will rise and the trees will grow
before us and after us, still the same
we’re just passing through on a 1-way train
Earth and sun, wind and rain
Love and hatred, joy and pain
The things I feel, the world all around me
The beauty of this life every day – it astounds me
Still I’m bitter, cynical, depressed
Somewhere between dedicated and obsessed
with ideas and dreams, plans and schemes
To rip the cage apart at the seems
But I can’t bend steel, I just bruise my hands
Bangin’ on the bars, meanwhile my demands
Go unheeded, ignored, I should take the hint
My whole life I’ve been poor, meanwhile they’ve made a mint
Selling things they never even owned in the first place
they call it “capital accumulation” – more like pillage and rape
clearcuts and stripmines, crimes against earth
so I walk in the shadows till the worlds rebirth
and I breathe the night air, inhale the darkness
Step through the shadows, no fear, regardless
building unseen, but building no less
in the heart of the darkness, I build my fortress
breathe….
just breathe….
breathe.
Liberty T-Shirt
A black T-shirt emblazoned with the lyrics to ‘Liberty’ – the title track off our second album. Make a statement about the insanity of US foreign policy, rep for your favorite celtic hip hop band, and look good while doing it.
Also: as of August 2009 you get a free Download of the album when you buy the T-Shirt.
Liberty (Download)
The second album from Beltaine’s Fire featuring Lynx on lead vocals, Laura on Bass and backup vocals, John on electified Banjo, K8R on Cello and Mandolin, and Cozy T on Drums. Mixdowns and mastering by Dys Uno of Groundsick Productions, Oakland.
Liberty (CD)
The second album from Beltaine’s Fire featuring Lynx on lead vocals, Laura on Bass and backup vocals, John on electified Banjo, K8R on Cello and Mandolin, and Cozy T on Drums. Mixdowns and mastering by Dys Uno of Groundsick Productions, Oakland.
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