Bad Harvest
New Model Army

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

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

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

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

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

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


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  1 Living In The Rose   125 M P H   125 Mph   1984   2 Drummy B (billy Mccann Version)   225   3 Marry The Sea   4 Sleepwalking (instrumental)   51St State   51st State [Live][*]   A Liberal Education   A Liberal Education   Adrenalin   Afternoon Song   Afternoon Song 2 35   Aimless Desire   All Consuming Fire   All Of This   Ambition   Another Imperial Day   Apocalypse Dream   Archway Towers   Arm Yourselves And Run   Autumn   Bad Old World   Ballad   Ballad 2   Ballad Of Bodmin Pill   Bd 3   Bd7   Before I Get Old   Believe It   Believe It 4 01   Betcha   Better Than Them   Big Blue   Bitter Sweet   Bittersweet   Bluebeat   Brave New World   Brave New World [*]   Brave New World 2   Brother   Bury The Hatchet   Carlisle Road   Changing Of The Light   Charge   Chinese Whispers   Christian Militia   Coming Up   Courage   Courage [*]   Curse   Deadeye   Disappeared   Drag It Down   Drifts   Drummy B   Drummy B [Billy McCann Verison]   Eleven Years   Falling   Family   Family Life   Far Better Thing   Fate   Fate 3 20   Fireworks Night   Flying Through The Smoke   Freedom   Frightened   Get Me Out   Ghost Of Your Father   Ghost Train   Gigabyte Wars   Gimme Shelter   Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones Cover)   God Save Me   Grandmother's Footsteps   Grandmother's Footsteps   Great Expectations   Great Expectations [Peel Session]   Green And Grey   Headlights   Here Comes The War   Here Comes The War 4 27   Heroes   Heroin   Higher Wall   History   Horsemen   I Love The World   I Wish   If You Can't Save Me   Inheritance   Innocence   Island   Killing   Knife   La Push   Leeds Road 3Am   Liberal Education   Lights Go Out   Living In The Rose   Long Goodbye   Lovesongs   Lullaby   Lurhstaap   Lust For Power   Mambo Queen of the Sandstone City   March In September   Marrakesh   Marry The Sea   Master Race   Mixam   Modern Times   My Country   My People   No Greater Love   No Man's Land   No Man's Land   No Mans Land   No Pain   No Rest   No Sense   North Star   Nothing Dies Easy   Nothing Touches   Notice Me   Notice Me [Peel Session]   Ocean Rising   One Bullet   Orange Tree Roads   Over The Wire   Paekakariki Beach   Peace Is Only   Poison Street   Prayer Flags   Prison   Purity   Queen Of My Heart   R & R   R.I.P   R.I.P. [*]   R&R   R&R   Rainy Night   Red Earth   Running In The Rain   See You In Hell   Sex (The Black Angel)   Shot 18   Sky in Your Eyes   Sleepwalking [Instrumental]   Smalltown England   Snelsmore Wood   Someone Like Jesus   Song To The Men Of England   Sooner Or Later   Space   Spirit Of The Falklands   States Radio   Still Here   Stranger   Stupid Qestion   Stupid Questions   Sunset   Tales Of The Road   Ten Commandements   Ten Commandments   Ten Commandments [*]   Tension   Than What I Feel For You   The Attack   The Cause   The Charge   The Curse   The Hunt   The Price   The World   These Words   These Words 3 36   Today is a good day   Too Close To The Sun   Trees In Winter   Trust   Turn Away   Twilight Home   Understand U   Understand U 3 33   Vagabonds   Vagabonds [Album Version]   Vanity   Vengeance   Waiting   Western Dream   Western Dreams   Whirlwind   White Coats   White Light   White Light 4 44   Whites Of Their Eyes   Wipe Out   Wipeout   Wired   Wonderful Way To Go   You Weren't There   You Weren't There   Young Gifted And Skint   Young, Gifted & Skint   Young, Gifted & Skint   Young, Gifted and Skint

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