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When I was young and virile

 With witches I would run

 When Cathbad took my arm and said:

 "Don't stare into the sun, boy

 Don't stare into the sun

 The fire will burn your eyes boy

 Don't stare into the sun"

 So I was bound upon the walls

 Inside the burial mound

 For three long days and three long nights

 I didn't see the sun, no

 I didn't see the sun

 The darkness cloaked my eyes

 And I couldn't see the sun

 And then they lifted the stone

 And Cathbad rose from his throne

 A branch of red had stung the eyes of

 Heroes he had known

 A shaft of shimmering light

 That burned my eyes with its might

 Came piercing through the hole upon the roof

 At winter's height

 And so the round hall took me in

 Warped warriors everyone

 A hero-harness worn by all

 We fought beneath the sun, yes

 We fought beneath the sun

 The fire burned our backs as we

 Fought beneath the sun

 I soon decided to stride

 Across a river so wide

 To a hut upon the far shore of the

 King's own chosen bride

 She took me into her lair

 We rolled like thunder in there

 But after several visits the King's guards

 Became aware

 They broke down the door

 And stepped in the room

 And found us together in her bed

 They chained me outside

 Before I could hide

 And told me the King would have my head

 I gathered my strength

 To pull at the chains

 And slowly the pole began to rise

 Up out of the ground, not even a sound

 I broke away fast as lightning

 Now I run across the plains

 My fortune is my bane

 I've nowhere left to hide

 I'm trembling inside

 I pray to Mother Earth

 To offer me rebirth

 But bad tastes in my mouth

 Turn all my footsteps south

 Where Drunes abuse her power

 And turn her soil sour

 Is where I have to go

 With Crom Cruach from below

 And Carnun from above

 I've wasted all for love

 But when the King is dead

 I'll go back to my tribe

 And claim my rightful bride