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KNEEL, CONQUISTADOR
Kneel, Conquistador, let the flames rise up from your Heart! / There is nothing to conquer here on this charnel ground floor / Kneel, Conquistador, let the flames rise up from your Heart! / That sword cannot serve you anymore / They bound you in irons and fed you on glory / You were just a boy, where have we heard this story? (Shame! Mortal chains!) / They conscripted the poor, smeared blood on your door / Promised you gold & slaves & more. (Shame! Mortal chains!) / They sent you away from Valencia’s shores / Said, “Kill everything that we deplore!” (Shame! Mortal chains!) / So you followed the rules, you obeyed their orders / And the innocent were drawn & quartered. (Shame! Mortal chains!) / Why are you killin’ for what do you die? / Merchants & brokers pile skulls on high (Shame! Mortal chains!) / While back at the palace the profits rise / They don’t care ‘bout the ghosts in your eyes. (Shame! Mortal chains!) / Where are the Elders? Where are the Kings? / Where are the ones who’re supposed to teach you ‘bout these things? (Shame! Mortal chains!) / They’re kissing the ring on some Inquisitor’s hand / They don’t give a damn whether you fall or stand (Shame! Mortal chains!) / There’s blood on your face, there’s blood on your hands / There’s blood all over that ancient land. (Shame! Mortal chains!) / Throw down your sword & lift up your soul – It’s not too late to rise up & say No! / … It is only yourself you must conquer here at last /…This sword cannot serve you, it never has…

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from ANCIENT CHAINS, released December 7, 2020

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John Terlazzo & Voices in the Hall York, Pennsylvania

Voices In The Hall: Songwriter / Poet John Terlazzo on vocals, guitar, Indian harmonium, Kristina Machusick on vocals, flute, recorders & Paul Wegmann on vocals, lead guitars. Together
they have become one moving, breathing creature, offering up a rich array of "Modern Surrealist Gypsy Folk", & described as "Marc Chagall gone aural" and "Leonard Cohen meets Rumi".
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