Based on Green Rider by Kristen Britain
Lyrics and music by Katt McConnell
lyrics
Ancient magic stirs that should never be released—
There’s a quiet, subtle sabotage to bring about the fall.
He bound us to his bidding with one and two apiece,
Now we all haunt the footsteps of the one who broke the Wall.
The Gray One calls me…but I won’t answer,
For I’m no pawn and I know my rightful track.
The Gray One calls me—I hear him louder,
Held in thrall by these arrows in my back.
He thinks me bound in servitude, but underestimates
The will of one determined to see a quest succeed.
He thinks he can control me, but ever more he waits,
For I must guide the footsteps of the one who’ll do the deed.
(chorus)
It shouldn’t be her burden—but life is seldom fair,
Now she’s as much a part of this as I had ever been.
Torments lie ahead of her worse than I had had to bear,
For danger stalks the footsteps of the ones who wear the green.
(chorus)
Somewhere down the road when the evil is revealed,
This girl will do my duty in my place.
And in her desperate hour will her magic be unsealed,
And the dead will speed the footsteps of the rider who must race.
(chorus)
Break the arrows...
Break the arrows...
credits
from Faces in the Fog,
released April 10, 2014
Katt McConnell - Main vocal, whispers, bodhran, engineering, mixing, mastering
Riley McConnell - Guitar arrangement and performance, backing vocal performance, whispers
Jen Midkiff - Backing vocal arrangement and performance, whispers
Barry Childs-Helton - Backing vocal performance, whispers
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