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These are the Ruins
04:04
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They keep telling me I was born guilty
Try to shackle, chain and break me
Two generations have betrayed us
Have left only scorched earth and thus…
These are the ruins
And this is the way
To the light, out of darkness
Nevermore, lead astray
These are the ruins
And this is the way
Out of damnation
On to victory day
Far beyond the point for negotiation
In the dusty remains of a former nation
No honor and just thieves among us
We’ve got nothing left to lose and thus…
These are the ruins
And this is the way
Standing together
One and all, come what may
These are the ruins
And this is the way
Straight through the fire
On to victory day
Our future is a ruse and our past is a lie
In the hour, the eleventh, pulled the wool from our eye
Born too late to save it all but revenge belongs to us
Heard the call, took up the gauntlet and thus…
These are the ruins
And this is the way
See the light in the darkness
Nevermore, lead astray
These are the ruins
And this is the way
Gather the forces
All and one, make them pay
These are the ruins
And this is the way
After the fire
We’ll see their judgement day
These are the ruins
And this is the way
Out of damnation
On to victory day
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2. |
Swelling Drone of Bees
02:27
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White Blossoms
Wide with anticipation
Swelling drone of bees.
In the humid dawn
Fleecy clouds move slowly by
April's crescent moon.
Suddenly mountains
Appearing, disappearing
Lightning silhouettes.
Circles expanding
One ring into another
Puddles in the rain.
In the spring twilight
All that remains this day
The nightingale song
This morning at dawn
A joyful promise of Spring
Canada Geese honking.
A windy Spring day.
Small sailboats in the distance
Bobbing on the waves.
In the late Spring night,
A brainless dog barking
At its own echo.
White Blossoms
Wide with anticipation
Swelling drone of bees.
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3. |
Anthem to Freedom
02:13
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Here’s to the men who’ve fought and died,
To keep our country free.
For if they’d waved the flag of truce,
We’d fall to tyranny.
History’s been plagued by wars,
Since the world began.
They’ve gained the right for us to stay free,
In our native land.
Heroes who have fought these wars,
In Valhalla they’ll reside.
For from their flaming funeral pyre,
Their souls sail with the tide.
The world will always be plagued by wars,
‘Til the end of time.
To lose a battle without a fight,
Would be our greatest crime.
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4. |
Wasted the Day (Demo)
03:31
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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
Thomas Jefferson to W. S. Smith, 13 November 1787
Verse:
So thirsty for many years
But the calls fell on deaf ears
Thus always (1) – to water the tree (2)
But you thought you’d keep it all for free
Chorus:
Squandered away
What they left you to hold and to guard
An oath to betray
Squandered away
The ruins all ashen and charred
Just wasted the day
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Charles Yancey, 6 January 1816
Never thought it would fall
Never thought you’d lose it all
Didn’t heed the gun – advise (3)
Didn’t want to pay the price
Chorus:
Squandered away
What they left you to hold and to guard
An oath to betray
Squandered away
The ruins all ashen and charred
Just wasted the day
"To attain all this, however, rivers of blood must yet flow, and years of desolation pass over; yet the object is worth rivers of blood, and years of desolation."
Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 4 September 1823
Verse:
Dissolution (4) – but just for you
And all your power they took that too
No rights to claim (5) – just bend the knee
You broke the axiom of liberty (6)
Chorus:
Squandered away
What they left you to hold and to guard
An oath to betray
Squandered away
The ruins all ashen and charred
Just wasted the day
What’s left to say
But a curse to the end of the earth
To see their decay
What’s left to say
If there are any left of some worth
Somehow make them pay
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, August 1, 1816
Footnotes:
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(1) Sic semper tyrannis -> thus always to tyrants
(2) The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. (Thomas Jefferson)
(3) As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. (Thomas Jefferson)
(4) When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous to the state, and calls for an exercise of the power of dissolution. (Thomas Jefferson)
(5) A free people [claim] their rights, as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate. (Thomas Jefferson)
(6) It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan. (Thomas Jefferson)
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5. |
Defiance (Live)
02:50
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I never bent
And I never broke
I stood my ground
Like a mighty oak
Never surrender
Never back down
Never let this world
Push you around
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
I thought my thoughts
And spoke my mind
My head held high
And straight my spine
Never surrender
Never back down
Never let this world
Push you around
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
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6. |
All without Me
02:04
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Always heading for the abyss
Following the sound of the pipe
No brake and no rest
No questions, nevermore
And the pressure heavily weighs ...
So arbitrarily and indiscriminately
Do it all …without me
Spies have spotted me
Are eagerly writing the report
And it doesn't matter, who rubberstamps it
Tribunal or court of law
Here I stand, can do no other ...
Pastoral … solemnly
Do it all without me
No cut and no jab
Do it all …without me
All without me
No voice, no sound
Felt it from the start
Never trusted any count
Investigate what is hidden and forbidden
Who …could be behind it?
It was voted, with a questionable majority
But do it all without me
The opposite of freedom
Do it all ... but without me
I am telling you, emphatically
Do it all without me
Let's put an end to this
Do it all …without me
All without me
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Miel Noir Germany
Miel Noir started out as the solo-project of Dimo Dimov. Later Marcel P. joined the
project.
Ever since, Miel Noir has undergone a radical expansion, turning it from an experimental 1-man-project into a full-blown band, covering a wide variety of styles.
The first album of Miel Noir as a band, HONEY & ASH, was released by Steinklang Industries in 2011
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