The Reckoning from Aila by Sweet Goose

Beneath the light of a full moon
a rebellion has begun
Where the exiled and the outcasts
have unified as one
For these wicked crimes against the wild
they cannot be undone
So tonight we bring the reckoning
revenge and retribution

Time and time again
we said to stay away but still
You parade around on horseback
in pursuit of your next kill
Now there’s crimson in the soil
from all the blood that you have spilt
You can take the ground from beneath
our feet but you can’t take our free will

So we slip into the shadows
and the bramble overgrown
And we weave our silent footsteps
to your private stately home
If you look outside your window
you’ll see a thousand eyes aglow
Emerging from the darkness to your door
We’ll reclaim the land you stole with our claws

Oooh will you let yourself succumb
to your instincts, they will guide you to the primal in your blood
When you hear that ancient calling
and the beating of the drum
You should let yourself surrender and become
One of the wild ones

Well the Countryside Alliance
have waged their silent war
Against the ferals and the ramblers
and travellers and the poor
So let's raise up in defiance, we won’t take this anymore
And let the wrath of mother nature
strike her vengeance and restore

The chaos and disorder
which you tried so hard to tame
With your signposts on your fences
that says no entry can be gained
We’ll tear down every single border
man has ever made
Can you feel that fire from within
That says to howl out at the moon
and let the reckoning begin

Oooh will you let yourself succumb
to your instincts, they will guide you to the primal in your blood
When you hear that ancient calling
and the beating of the drum
You should let yourself surrender and become
One of the wild ones

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