The Middle Kingdom-Cruachan

[ti:The Middle Kingdom] [ar:Cruachan] [al:The Middle Kingdom] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Middle Kingdom - Cruachan [00:08.82]We who are old yet fair of face [00:10.87]Thousands of years this world did grace [00:12.99]Beneath the earth away from men [00:15.01]Our Middle Kingdom it lies hidden [00:17.34] [00:25.74]With sword in hand and our shields by our sides [00:28.11]We march in hoards we will never subside [00:30.02]Our D Danann form has passed with time [00:32.15]But still we love music and still we love wine [00:34.44] [00:42.92]We are of the forest we are of the earth [00:45.15]Our heads full of knowledge our ways full of mirth [00:47.08]We know all the answers to questions unasked [00:49.23]We live in the light with no fear of the dark [00:51.50]It must be said we have dark evil breeds [00:53.62]Who plague mankind with their mischievous deeds [00:55.68]The Phooka the Merrow the wailing Bean-shee [00:57.96]Are hideous creatures as dark as can be [01:00.19] [01:17.16]Avoid the lone thorn tree that grows in the field [01:19.38]Do not cut it down with the axe that you wield [01:21.50]It coarses magic from branch to root [01:23.59]And woe to he who eats its fruit [01:25.84]Of itself the tree did grow [01:27.90]From faerie magic cast long ago [01:30.15]Therefore we bid you to let it stand [01:32.34]Ill fortune to those who ignore our command [01:34.41] [01:51.74]We who are old [01:53.71]We are revered born of the earth [01:57.96]Immortal and feared [02:00.11] [03:42.35]In the dead of night see us dance on the hills [03:44.66]On fiddles and flutes we play jigs and reels [03:46.77]The sky is ablaze with a myriad of light [03:48.77]Our faerie music is heard through the night [03:51.13]We who are old yet fair of face [03:53.25]Thousands of years this world did grace [03:55.28]But modern man and his cynical ways [03:57.33]Are bringing us to the end of our days