Falconer
Album : Among Beggars and Thieves
Sweden 2008
The song tells a dark, medieval tale about the brutal realities of the feudal class system and the desperation of the oppressed. It follows the story of an exhausted thrall (a serf or slave) who works endlessly on Lord Lager's farm for nothing more than scraps of food. When the cruel lord forcefully takes the thrall's daughter as his concubine, the thrall leaves his plow to confront him.
Line up:
Mathias Blad - Vocals
Karsten Larsson - Drums
Magnus Linhardt - Bass
Jimmy Hedlund - Lead Guitars
Stefan Weinerhall - Guitars, Keyboards
Translation:
A man has worked on lord Lager's farm for summer and winter, year by year.
Tell me, who's mourning for you now? For labour and hardship under grey sky he merely receives his bread as payment.
Tell me, who's mourning for you now?
So the message swiftly comes: "Our lord takes your daughter!" Tell me, who's mourning for you now? And the thrall through the doorway stepped, he left the plough by the field. Tell me, who's mourning for you now? "Lord Lager, now hear my words, you have made my daughter your *****,
Tell me: who now listens to you?" And Lager said in anger: "You are not careful with your thrall-blood. Tell me: who now listens to you?" Neither ale nor wine intended for you, nor right to own, but waste-food, rusk, rind. Neither ale nor wine intended for you, nor right to own, but waste-food, rusk, rind.
The thrall did not react, before his throat was cut. Tell me: who would care for you? "This is enough payment for today and the daughter I take when I wish to. Tell me: who would care for you?" "Come let me show you my right to comfort you in any way. Tell me, who's mourning for you now?" "Oh thanks!" he said, with tender voice and thrust the knife in his chest. Tell me, who's mourning for you now?"
