Meadowlands of Aras a Pax Dei song

Описание: [Intro – lone acoustic, soft fiddle]
Sun’s risin’ red over timber and stone
Rooster sings but I’m already gone
Boots in the dirt where the frost still lies
Breath like smoke in the morning sky

From the heartlands of Inis Gallia
Fields roll wide where the wheat grows tall
Kerys wind through the tall pine trees
Merrie’s rivers hum low and sweet
Anjou hills where the church bells ring
That’s the soil that made a man of me

[Pre-Chorus – drums step in]
Yeah, I’ve bled on bark and I’ve knelt in rain
Built these walls with sweat and pain
Every nail and every scar
Spells out just who we are

[Chorus – full band, soaring]
From the meadowlands of Aras I work the soil
Cut lumber till my hands are splintered
Under heaven’s open royal blue
I raise these beams like my daddy told me to
From the meadowlands of Aras I stand loyal
Through the winter winds that whisper and coil
This land and I, we don’t bend easy
Pax Dei runs in my blood so freely

[Verse 2 – steady groove]
Sawblade singing like a Sunday choir
Sparks fly up from the blacksmith fire
We raise barns high, we plow straight lines
Trade sweat for bread and a little peace of mind

From Inis Gallia’s emerald plains
To Kerys roads cut deep by rain
Merrie moon on a river bend
Anjou dusk where the long days end
Every border stone I’ve laid
Carries the prayers my mother prayed

[Pre-Chorus – build harder]
Yeah, we don’t scare when the wolves cry near
We’ve got calloused hands and stubborn fear
Turn hard ground to something blessed
Hammer hope into every chest

[Chorus – bigger, layered harmonies]
From the meadowlands of Aras I work the soil
Cut lumber till my hands are splintered
Under heaven’s open royal blue
I raise these beams like my daddy told me to
From the meadowlands of Aras I stand loyal
Through the winter winds that whisper and coil
This land and I, we don’t break easy
Pax Dei runs in my blood so freely

[Bridge – half-time, emotional]
When the night falls heavy on the fields
And the lantern’s glow is all that shields
I look at what these hands have done
And thank the Lord for rising suns

[Beat swells back in]

We ain’t kings with crowns of gold
Just dirt-road hearts and spirits bold
But every board and every seed
Is faith made flesh in word and deed

[Final Chorus – key lift, gang vocals]
From the meadowlands of Aras I work the soil
Cut lumber till my hands are splintered
Under heaven’s open royal blue
I build this life straight, strong, and true
From the meadowlands of Aras I stand loyal
Through the storms that try to spoil
We rise again, we stand together
Pax Dei now and forever

[Outro – steel guitar rings]
Yeah, Pax Dei now and forever…
From the heartlands… we stand together…