Green and Grey – Damh The Bard – letras

Early one morning, around the first of MayA man in black came walking, into a woodland gladeFollowing the sounds of pipes on this beautiful Spring dayHigh from the music that they madeBut what beheld him within that place?A look of recognition fell across his face »Oh Lucifer, oh Lucifer, why do you appear to me?For I am a man of God, a priest(Chorus)I’m no devil I’m Father to the landI have lived here since the Earth beganNeither black nor whitePriest hear what I sayI’m green and greyThe priest said, « Lucifer, Lucifer you lie so wellI will pray unto my God, go back to the fires of Hell!You fell from Heaven, and you fell from GraceYou want dominion over this place. « The Piper smiled, to the priest he said »I was Lord of Animals, the Wild Hunt I ledUntil your God came here and with his jealous handIt was he who wanted dominion over this landThe priest said, « All evil comes from your hand. « The Piper said, « If evil is, it lies in the hearts of Man. «  »But you lead us, oh you tempt us, to rape, to steal, to kill! « The Piper said, « Whatever happened to free will? « Then the Grove lay empty, the priest told no oneThe blossom lay upon the thorn, the Piper’s tune was doneAnd in the sunlit forest, the animals they bowedAs the Piper lay his Goddess down