Blood Among The Leaves And Water

by Goblin Hovel

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1.	Cerulean 06:58	lyrics	buy track
Flicker out of sight The pictures all wear her face She won’t lift her hands I mourn her more than fear her. The hurt and senseless slaughter Her blood among the leaves and water Painted in her mourning dress In the colored earth that covers her The blue aura terrifies me so . . . I won’t let her leave empty handed. Empty air has never felt so close . . . Echoes Warnings of the actress Painted in white and blue Echoes . . . Sealing Away the sordid sorrow Wearing her like a ring Ceiling . . . Fearing The moment she returned for revenge The hour hands hold more than hers do Fearing . . . Mourning The poisoned outlast the joyful This very song a curse to end the Morning
2.	Rogue's Reel 04:06	lyrics	buy track
I left my home and I left my job Went and joined the army If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been so barmy. Poor old soldier, poor old soldier If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been so barmy. Gave me a gun and a big red coat Gave me lots of drilling If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have took the shilling. Sent me off on a real old boat hell, she was no beauty far away to the wars we went Afore to do my duty Fought the Russians, or was it the French? Really couldn't tell, sir All I know is they fought so hard They sent us all to hell, sir. I was sent home in a big old box To rest was my intent, sir They sold my gun and my big red coat And into the ground I went, sir. rose in the churchyard to walk one night That was how they found me Back to De Soulis in chains I was sent And to the earth they bound me. got me a pike and a bloody red cap and sat on the heath I did, sir and now that I list for a soldier again The devil himself’s me master.
3.	Nerlhein 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Mochk bloskynne luyse tol fuljh Fur dur vor vendre, jich gyf yn gjyfr Yn prauye yv trangfvulkes kryft Din Merkuirt undyst kam teum furkholdt ys hamunschke Lonckt din drygma tol glyz “hjur vor undrehg ess otvo hjur” “jich skal vigr dur Andre follr tol murnkle Jich ardruckt ym fyonne Var nympate boddr Myn golt aeghyte segt ochnd pynschkr Din flysk yv gaednnae gjenurk sten” Ecktas yv nemme ym kennemme Erte blo luyse spa otvo hjunde dur Noudgrev rodgschke aur gaaltrangf votte Fylksgyskyrt ochnd grazh urthrag uvtre grevhaf! Hjer din schrackh fro heluch ym fjyll Hjer din aeghvettr fro aurboske Mennyr din spyndevadne yv din vol Mennyr din tjaoll fro din skalden ym nock!
4.	Banks of the Ohio 04:16	info	buy track
5.	Omie Wise 03:47	info	buy track
6.	Blood Among The Leaves And Water 06:54	lyrics	buy track
I defend the soil, the promise that I made When all was as it was before When ground would bare its teeth as if to claim the prize I force myself to look away. the wheel has turned, and still shall turn again The predator will take the prey To us within, this cycle stands as law Ever I rest assured, my power undenied These sacrifices shall persist Ochre tombs are creaking open Voracious graves glut themselves on the weak The web that I’ve woven, ensnares And shall persist Another soul is mine and lost forever In the marsh’s ghostly mist
7.	Hiraeth 04:31	lyrics	buy track
The sun escaped the night woods And crept up to the sky Surprised my eyes With light amid this graveyard Hollow, hurt and haunted By stories long kept down The buried souls fade like morning mist And leave no trace The tombs have all gone silent And I am here alone once more My mind is full And it wrings my soul to know Hollow, hurt and haunted They left me with their tears Their burdens and their memories And I can only give them away . . .

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(Choked tombs breathe lackluster sighs in the damp autumn night air. I can feel the spirits within stirring from their shallow slumber, but I am not afraid. That is why I came here. There is no better way to entertain oneself when one is on a long journey: stop and listen to the stories even if the mouths telling them have been closed for years, sometimes forcibly. I do not know this graveyard, but it is well known in rumor. Nobody who is buried here died peacefully. Nobody who is buried here rests easy. That is what the rumors say. Blue light flickers on the surface of the swamp that drowns this little cemetery. And so my hosts reveal themselves, one by one, to share their tales. . . .)

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released November 11, 2015

“Blood Among the Leaves and Water,” a cursed harvest by Goblin Hovel, was recorded, mixed and mastered throughout the harvest season of 2015 at Vagabond studios through the toil and trouble of Tom Gerwitz. Songs 1, 3, 6, and 7 written by Goblin© 2015. Songs 2, 4, and 5 are traditional 18th and 19th century songs, arrangements by Goblin and Peter House. Song 6 contains an arranged excerpt from John Dowland’s song “flow my tears,” written in 1596 and arranged by Goblin for cello. Artwork by Ciancio. Logo by Grot.
Goblin: strings, sticks, skins, screams
Tom Gerwitz: predatory growls, stitching and fermenting.
Peter House: Banjo and Roc City Ramblin’
~those who don’t survive the darkness become the brightest lights.

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Goblin Hovel

A genre-defying band that entails the cooperation of several artists from several bands of several genres under the direction of a nameless Goblin. They present a view of the modern world through the lens of history, mysticism, and mischief.

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