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Composed At Braunau (April 20th 1889)

from Poetic License by The Crows Of Albion

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spoken word poem over
music samples: 'Austria's Lullaby (Moonlight)' by Yiruma

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Composed At Braunau (April 20th 1889)

Die Erde hat nichts mehr zu zeigen, fair,
alle hier unter dem verdrehten Kreuz blutig,
als das, mein Kind, mein Engel von Braunau.
Ich nehme ihn in meinen Armen und einfach anstarren
auf dieser Wechselbalg in meiner Obhut gelassen.
Seine Geburt, heute, ist sicherlich Himmels Verlust
und berührt alle meine Grautöne mit Regenbogen Glanz.
Die Welt liegt schlafend, immer noch so ahnungslos
solcher Potenzial, ruhend in dieser Schale.
Vielleicht ist der Donner am laufenden Band in den Himmel,
wie eine dämonische Kloster Glocke,
weckt ihn, und als ich ihm in die Augen schauen,
Ich sehe premonitory Flammen der Hölle
und zu hören, die Toten, die in seine Schreie hallen.

Earth has not anything to show more fair,
all bloodied here beneath the twisted cross,
than this, my child, my angel of Braunau.
I take him in my arms and simply stare
upon this changeling left within my care.
His birth, today, is surely heaven’s loss
and touches all my greys with rainbow gloss.
The world lies sleeping, still so unaware
of such potential, dormant in this shell.
Maybe the thunder churning in the skies,
like a demonic monastery bell,
wakes him and, when I look into his eyes,
I see premonitory flames of hell
and hear the deaths that echo in his cries.

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from Poetic License, released March 29, 2014

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