Ix Opera - One Road To Asa Bay lyrics

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One man rode the way through the woods<br />

Down to Asa bay<br />

Where dragon ships had sailed to sea<br />

More times than one could say<br />

To see with own eyes the wonder<br />

People told of from man to man<br />

The God of all almightyness<br />

Had arrived from a foreign land<br />

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The rumours told of a man<br />

Who had come from the other side the seas<br />

Carrying gold cross around neck in chain<br />

And spoke in strange tongue of peace<br />

He had come with strange men in armour<br />

Dressed in purple shirts and lace<br />

Smelling not of beer but flowers<br />

And with no hair in face<br />

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And the bold man carrying cross<br />

Had told all one of Asa bay<br />

The God of all man woman child had come<br />

To them all save<br />

And to thank Lord of Heaven<br />

One should build to God a house<br />

And to save one's soul from Hell<br />

One should be baptised and say vows<br />

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A man of pride with the Hammer told new God<br />

To build his house on own<br />

And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers<br />

Not too long time gone<br />

The rumours said the man with a beard like fire<br />

And the Hammer in chain<br />

By men in armour silenced was and by<br />

Their swords was slain<br />

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Those who did not pay the one coin<br />

Of four to man of new God<br />

Whipped was twenty and put in chains then locked<br />

By their neck to the log (To the log...)<br />

And so all of Asa bay did build<br />

A house of the cross<br />

Every hour of daylight they did sweat<br />

Limbs ached because faith does cost<br />

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And on the day two hundred<br />

There it stood white to the sky<br />

The house of the God of the cross<br />

Big enough to take two dragon ships inside<br />

And all of Asa bay did watch<br />

The wonder raise to the sky<br />

Now must the God of the cross be pleased<br />

And satisfied<br />

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Just outside the circle of the crowd<br />

One old man did stand<br />

He looked across the waters<br />

And blotted the sun out of his eyes with one hand<br />

And his old eyes could almost see<br />

The dragon ships set sail<br />

And his old ears could almost hear<br />

Men of great numbers call out Oden's hail<br />

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And though he did know already<br />

Though he turned face towards sky<br />

And whispered silent words forgotten<br />

Spoken only way up high<br />

Now this house of a foreign God does stand<br />

Now must they leave us alone<br />

Still he heard from somewhere in the woods<br />

Old crow of wisdom say<br />

... people of Asa land, it's only just begun...