Bad Harvest

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[Verse 1]
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    I was raised in the years of the harvest
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There were fields to the far horizon turning to the sun
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    I have killed more than I could eat
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I live in a house filled with  bones
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    But now the rain doesn't fall
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    And the wells are running brackish and dry
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    We stare out across the shrivelling fields
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At the pitiless blue of the pitiless sky

[Chorus]
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Bad harvest is come, we're gathering dust
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The scavenger birds are returning
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La Muerte parades through the capital streets
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Soon they'll be hunting for witches for the burning

[Verse 2]
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    I can hear in the far-off distance
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The sound of the men making ready    to come
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    I can hear them saddling horses
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And the sound of the hounds howling scenting the kill in the air
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    I can taste fear on my tongue
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   I can feel fear in my heart
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    We'll be running and stumbling through the thick dark woods
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Through the barren fields through the empty towns

[Chorus]
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Bad harvest is come and the wars they are lost
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Whatever is left will be returning
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La Muerte parades through the capital streets
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Soon they'll be hunting for witches for the burning

[Bridge]
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Beneath the towering clouds of rusting red
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As the sun bleeds into the horizon
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The churches of the new gods are closing their doors
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And the hard old gods are vengeance-bent on their returning

[Intro]
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[Bridge]
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The gardens of the ruined towers glow with burning crosses
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While the kings are in their counting houses counting out their losses
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   Trust to the stories, my love - it's what they are for what's happening now has happened 
before

[Chorus]
    B5
Bad harvest is come, we're gathering dust
     D5                   B5
The scavenger birds are returning
      B5
La Muerte parades through the capital streets
            D5             B5
Whatever is left will be returning
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And now they'll be hunting for witches for the burning
                C5                     B5
They'll be hunting for witches for the burning
                C5                     B5
They'll be hunting for witches for the burning
                C5
They'll be hunting for witches for the burning