R'vannith Lyrics - Skyclad

I still hear the screams of my lover torn from me 

Still taste the salt of her tears on my face 

As they left me for dying my shattered corpse writhed 

On a pyre of anger - I choked on the stench of disgrace. 

Flint and bone are all we wield 

Against the might of Roman steel 

While eagles stare with mocking eyes 

Their legions cut us down to size. 

R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith she cried 

As the last of her kinsmen fell dead by her side 

Oh why could I not stand with my warrior queen 

There to share sweet release in a death swift and clean? 

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From out of the wildwood they came down upon us 

These olive-skinned butchers that shone like the sun 

With hate in their dark eyes they robbed us of our lives 

But left me to weep when the slaughter was done. 

Invaders came to violate - to subjugate and legislate 

Put our homes and farms to fire to feed the greed of their Empire 

R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith I cried 

As I grieved for the fallen - and wished I had died 

I heard ravens laugh - stripping the flesh from her bones 

Well fed by the Senate and People of Rome. 

Two thousand years pass by - yet still they hold sway here 

Their Empire is holy (its motives the same) 

They have traded their spears for the cross that man fears 

Those who nailed Him up high now rule in his name. 

Invaders come to violate 

To subjugate and legislate 

Believing their forefather's crimes 

Give them the right to twist our minds 

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R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith we'll cry 

When the last of our freedom is crushed by a lie 

New legions of pious hypocrisy ride 

To baptise us in blood (an unstoppable tide).