Ten Years on the Tundra Songtext
von Oak, Ash & Thorn

Frost, ice
Rape me well, I say
The sun rises never again
On the old and grey
Winter buries the decade in
Blink of an eye
As I gaze back along my tracks
And I see nothing but snow

Tundra, bury me
Bury deep my tired bones
The wasteland breaks a man
And leaves him seeking death again

Craving ever thee -
The cleft divine in warmth exposed -
So tundra hear my plea
And bury me


Endless storm of revery
This vile curse of inheritance
That was laid upon me
Punishment justified
This I will not deny
But one last time, across the rime
Make my blood to flow
To flow
Tundra bury me
Bury deep my tired bones
The wasteland breaks a man
And leaves him seeking death again

Craving ever thee -
The cleft divine in warmth exposed -
So river, hear my plea
And drain the last of me

Frozen dead
Rise from your grave again
Grip my hand
Out of the earth
Praise the sun
That it illuminate
Our cold roots
Bring them to life

The cries of the loyal still echo
Over the treeless expanse
To not one of them do I hearken
Too hard has grown my heart


But fruits the likes of these
Are seldom won
And least of all by we
The men resigned to die

Tundra bury me
Bury deep my tired bones
The wasteland breaks a man
And leaves him seeking death again

Craving ever thee -
The cleft divine at last exposed -
And so river, I beg of thee
Drain the last of me