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Finest Foal

from The Dark Ages by Cold Snake

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Recorded by Matthew Cullen 2008. Feat Sam Mason, Nina Violet, Mara Carlyle (saw).

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Well I was the finest foal in the field oh how I would run
with the strength of the sun and the wind in my lungs
ne'er was there a freer or faster one,
oh I was the finest foal in the field, oh how I would run.
of all the beasts put out to pasture
I was the chosen of my master.

Well he was the finest man in the kingdom,
bravest lad in the land.
Rich as a king, with a castle grand.
Skin as white as alabaster
I was proud he was my master.

Well there came a war, there came a war and we rode off to fight it
rode through the day and through the night
a thousand riders by our side
there came a war, there came a war and we rode off to fight it speeding forward toward disaster
speeding forward me and my master.

Well I road by the side of an ancient roan
old as the stones but fast and strong
and she told me a tale as we rode a long
was the sad song of an ancient wrong
how could I have known, how could I have asked her
that she died at the hand of her master?

Well before you were grown, said the roan to me,
when you played in the pasture wild and free
your mother was as strong and as fast as ye
and was taken out for to race with a jet black steed
and she rode like the wind, but she could not catch the steed
yeah she rode like the wind your mother, but he could not contain his greed.
And he rode her till he broke her
and she died by the side of the sea.

Well that was the end of the old roan's tale
it was evening and the raven began to scream
and with the hate of the sun and the wind in my lungs
I charged ahead of the rest of the team
I ran till I came to the edge of a stream rushing strong and wide
and I gave a leap and a mighty stride
and my master he fell to the other side
and he laid there, and he laid there, and he died.
Blood flowing out among the astor
laid and died he did my maser.

Now I wander through forest and field and stream
never again to rejoin the team
follow the sunsets dyeing gleam
so I roam a murderous bastard who has killed his only master.

Well I was the finest foal in the field oh how I would run
with the strength of the sun and the wind in my lungs
ne'er was there a freer or faster one,
oh I was the finest foal in the field, oh how I would run.
My mother went where her lot cast her
but not I, for I'm the master.

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from The Dark Ages, released May 15, 2009

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