Track Insight / Lyrics
Sown in silt and heavy loam
This stone castle is my home
Prunus padus in the breeze
Kings are shaking like the trees
Bury the seed in the deep
While the tired peasants sleep
Iron Root, grip the frozen ground
Where the hidden crowns are found
Iron Root, drink the winter red
Till the old regime is dead
Sallow skin and velvet glove
War is all I know of love
Tax the grain and burn the field
Force the stubborn lords to yield
Bury the seed in the deep
While the tired peasants sleep
Iron Root, grip the frozen ground
Where the hidden crowns are found
Iron Root, drink the winter red
Till the old regime is dead
Salix alba by the stream
Power is a waking scheme
Write the law in ink and blood
Wash the lineage in the flood
Nitrogen feeds the greedy vine
Crossing every border line
Dig the trench and plant the stake
Wait for every bond to break
Iron Root, grip the frozen ground
Where the hidden crowns are found
Iron Root, drink the winter red
Till the old regime is dead
Patience is a botanist's art
Tear the map and chart the part
One small seed can crack the wall
Watch the golden empire fall
Iron Root, grip the frozen ground
Where the hidden crowns are found
Iron Root, drink the winter red
Till the old regime is dead
Black gold, deep hold
Iron Root, take hold