Lyrics of The disenchanted forest

(the farm hand's ghost:)
"my kin and i had laboured hard
To reap the yearly harvest.
Lain weary on our gathered sheaves we
Cracked a vat of ale. poured a toast;
Began to boast of who could sup the hardest.
Slumped in drunken slumber
At the height of wild wassail....

I woke to find my brothers gone
That autumn eve so balmy.
Yet gazed in wide-eyed terror
To the barley fields nearby.
Struck dumb i swore;
Stood before a mighty woad-duabed army.
Believed my wits deceived me
'til i heard their battle-cry."

(the lord of the trees:)
"smash the axe and sow the seed;
Don't cause the oaken heart to bleed!"

(the farm hands ghost:)
"when he that led this heathen horde
Cast-off his ivy mantle;
Cohorts raised honed halberds
Flying pennants of leaf-green.
From below approached the foe;
A fierce scythe-bearing hantle.
Captains sat triumphant
Upon coughing, steel machines."

(the forces of progress:)
"break the bough and strip all of it.
Fell this forest, make a profit!"

(the farm hands ghost:)
"opposing forces clashed
Beneath a red sky cracked by thunder.
Entrenched beneath the hedge-row
I'd observed it quite unseen.
One side stood to save the wood:
T'other planned it's plunder,
I chose to fight for nature's right;
Grabbed a fallen skean.

All who would one flower destroy,
Must first cut down this didycoy!

We fought until the last that day
To gain a hard-won victory,
Sucked in by the thirsty earth
I watched my life-blood ebb.
Though i died at least
I'd tried to play some part in history;
A momentary trembling
On the threads of wyrd's web."

(the lord of the trees:)
"are there more so brave and honest;
Who would die to save my forest?"