Are You Ardent? by Ordinary Rabbit published on 2023-02-28T11:12:47Z TOF Are you ardent? In the MADNESS of war Guarding his life with your DEATH His SONG on your breath Your LOVE for Him filling your heart Are you still wild? Can you take command? O will you join the attack? Fire true from horseback? Let us ride all ye Redhats & fill afternoon with our arrows High & aloft Fighting forever for Ekkor our God Are you ardent? Let us hear a tale of SONG from Hemlock now! HEM Centuries ago On the shores of the world Travelers tossed by a fault Neath an ocean of salt Washed up without bearings nor hope And the Holy Forest throng The uncanny birdsong Called to them more than the reach They abandoned the beach Wandered into the trees Where they joined in the chorus forever Drifting in time Castaways wed to the Wood Speech & destinies all but forsaken For music & rhyme Artistic extremes and dreams leporine Are you ardent? Let us hear a tale of DEATH from Fury now! FUR I recall my first Far from my worst A man from the bigotted hordes A Captain of sorts At the Battle of Dáktylir Fire had snapped my bow So I rode him down Drove him into a red oak As he slashed at my throat I crushed him back into the Trunk with Ontario’s shoulder Till his breastbone exploded & a hundred branchfuls of snow Shook down like confectioners’ sugar His blood on my face His dying eyes marking who’d furnished his fate Are you ardent? Let us hear a tale of MADNESS from Christoffel now! TOF Ah, quei giorni utopici giù in Toscana! La poesia! La musica senza finale! Gallegiando sul maestrale! E tanti amici demenziale! Feci caprioli su Cheope in la piazza, Tutt’applaudirono! E por un solo momento, Io sapevo cosa significa Essere veramente singolare, La bella del ballo, La Eterodossa! Una sopra, n’una tra, billione Cast’e doverosa ragazze scout in le gonne marrone. Sei appassionata? Let us hear a tale of LOVE from Hobby now! HOB O ye think me proud But I know a tale Round which your others will pale All that SONG on your breath All your MADNESS & DEATH Very well, I will tell of a love so pure Yet so insecure Nothing could come of it but Rivers of blood A testament cut In the breast of the mountain forever A carving away A breathlessly penitent hush In the Song of the Forest forever A pining away A beautiful, terrible rush To the depths of Creation forever A falling away A hopelessness manifest just In the drape of an arm round a shoulder & a heart that would break But that it meant never seeing that face again... Are ye ardent? Comment by Ron James This is a beautiful tune and lyrics. VERY nicely done. 2024-05-04T16:28:30Z Comment by Francois Cormier ??? what languages CAN'T you sing with effortless perfection of passion, you mad talented bast**d ??? 2023-10-01T20:18:04Z Comment by Zachary Luke Wow the intro 🙌 2023-03-07T08:12:47Z