Unpublished (Due to size constraints) lyrics and explanations for our tracks on European Fastness - A Grindcore Compilation (Various Labels - 2009):
1. Dún Fother - Once a fearsome stronghold/Built from an outcrop of sandstone/Over the centuries turned to ruin/Though its past is far from forgotten/Used as a prison/To crush the rebellion/Seaside stockade/Dún Fother/Incarcerated/Interrogated/Some swore allegiance/Given bonds for good conduct/Others sent Northwards/To outside Cala na Creige/Upon arrival they were locked in a dark room/Get away/25 tried to get away/Escape/15 recaptured/Lashed to low benches/Tortured for hours/With hot burning embers/Once the threat was over/Those still alive were deported/Sent across the seas/To help increase the empire.
Exp: Dún Fother is the original name for Dunnotar Castle based just outside Stonehaven (Cala na Creige) not far from Aberdeen. In 1685, 122 men and 45 women from across Scotland were imprisoned in the cellar of this castle (The Whig's Vault) for refusing to accept the Episcopalian style of Church which King Charles imposed upon Scotland.(Note: Initial numbers of protesters to this imposure had been far higher yet many chose to swear allegiance after arrest rather than face prison.) Conditions for them were grim, the cellar had no sanitation, was water logged and food/water were scarce. They were held from the 24th May until the end of July 1685. 37 finally took the oath of allegiance, 25 escaped, though 15 were recaptured and horribly tortured and 2 died during the escape. Five more died during their imprisonment. Those who would not sign were deported to the West Indies; 70 of them died on the voyage. The names of the 167 men and women are listed at the Castle.(Dunnotar Castle -
http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk /
http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/dunnottarcastle.php)
2. Falin at Dawn - Daybreak approaching ever faster/Forging unknown deadly paths/Dwelling upon Highland crags/This mythical spirit - Lurks in the dark/Falin/Unknown form/Haunting me/Where he’s walked/I’m blind to see/Falin/Unknown form/Haunting me/Where he’s walked/Means death to me/Falin at Dawn.
Exp: A Scottish mountain demon haunting Glen Aven. He had a head twice as large as his body and inhabited the highest crags of the mountains. This was a dangerous spirit having no natural form and appearing very occasionally. He was only seen about the break of day and any creature who crossed the track along which he had been, before the sun had shone on it to dispel his evil - Was doomed to certain death!(Falin, Fabulous Beasts in Myth and Legend -
http://www.mostly-medieval.com/explore/mytheg.htm)
3. Anstandsrevoltenaufruf (Deutsch) - Höflichkeit wird groß geschrieben/Wahrheit gleicht sich schmiegsam an/Alles wird hier übertrieben/Bitte, danke dann und wann/Etikette untermauert unsere Stärke/Wohlerzogen gehen wir in Sicherheit/Kreativität - Ummauert/Unser Leben - Übermauert/Zermauert - Unsere Freiheit/Bringt uns Ödnis - immer/Presslufthammerfreitag!/Sie geben mir ‘ne Tür und ich/Zertrümmer mir mein Hirn/Zucker - Das süße, betäubende/taatlich verordnete Glück/Ignoranz wird groß geschrieben/Kritik gleicht sich schmiegsam an/Alles wird hier übertrieben/Anmut? Stell dich hinten an!
Decency Revolution Appeal (English) - Politeness capitalized/Truth leans merging on it/Everything over the top here/Please, thank you now and then/Decency the foundation of our power/Well behaved we walk in security/Creativity - In walls/Our life - Under walls/Our freedom - Shaped by walls/Brings us boredom -Always/Pneumatic drill Friday!/They give me a door and I/Drill down my brain/Sugar -Sweet, mind numbing, government given pleasure/Ignorance capitalized/Criticism leans merging on it/Everything over the top here/Nobleness? Go queuing!
Exp: It faces two main problems - Exaggerated false politeness and escapism. Some people feel superior, if they know how to talk posh and what spoon to use at the dinner table. They become arrogant. So we look up to them and copy them. But so we build our own prison of mind. There are so many rules how to behave, even how to move, what phrases to use - e.g. not to offend anyone or to impress people - that it imprisons creativity, thus the whole life, thus freedom. From all the walls we make, we get bored and need somewhere to escape. So, here comes the weekend - Noisy, destructive, mind fucking as a pneumatic drill. The government and the public accept the outbreak through drugging, gives a “door”. It is even really good for the government, because people don’t care about politics, if they have their hands full with worrying about their daily lives. So the state encourages distraction, gives “sugar”, so as charity events, public holidays, historical remembrance days and appeals. People tend to feel comfortable, if they don’t have to feel responsible for others, don’t criticize anymore, ignore public issues. The last line “everything over the top here” refers to the weekend blast and that even ladies lose their nobleness, when they loosen their decency. At the beginning, the same line means exaggerated politeness. (Explanation, Lyrics and Vocals on this track by Anika Patzold -
http://www.myspace.com/corpsepaintbarbie)
4. Loss & Gain - They came first & deprived us/Of our freedom - To fight, to protect/Things were moving, improving/Better cannon and new ways of killing/The tacksmen exiled/And the chiefs with the love of gold/But the mountains remained/And the deer were still on Creag Uanach/They came and took away/Our means with the land/We kept the ties with earth/Scraping a living/They came and gave us/New education, new equipment/No need left for crofts/But the mountains remained/They deprived us of the ancient knowledge/The old tales of the old ways/Our heritage and in their place they put/New songs to make a new heart/They gave us cars, supermarkets/Gear without end, development boards/Fish farms, shellfish farms/Deer farms, nuclear power/Electric light, water on tap/Visitors, people who stay/People who stay, people who frequent/They came and gave us/But the mountains will remain/They gave us money/All the city's mod cons/Sin and grace/Rubbish and polluted water/Great wide roads through the glens/They found what they sought/Nature enslaved and power/Over life and death/A finger on the button, like a god! Isn't it wonderful how well you have done?/But the mountains will remain.
5.The Harvest - From the womb, seeds are planted/What can you achieve? What can you be?/Educated cultivated, Ready for the harvest/Pressure builds, nerves in tatters/Daily grind, trivial matters/Bleeding apathy, into uncertainty/Educated, cultivated, ready for the harvest/Feeling tired, disenchanted/When does the harvesting stop?
Exp: From the day we are born most people are pushed in a certain direction, put to school, taught a certain way and encouraged to choose a career - Similar to cultivating and harvesting a crop. This song addresses feelings of frustration and discontent regarding this way of life.