Kulgar: The Ending

The Chronicles of Kulgar Hakonson

The Ending
Song sung by Gjerpertus, the minstrel, in Sulward on 13 Aug 08
and by Inirif in Rol on 06 Nov 08

Oh! do not cry, my love
    do not cry, my love
    do not cry, my love
For All is Done,
    The End is come.
Wisdom rests not upon the Brow
Council no longer Held
    for how could They be as One, my love?
    How could They be as One?
    How could They be as One
When the Thief has stolen Justice?
And how was Justice used, my love?
It was drowned within the Salty Brine!
    Like an unwanted cat, it was
    like an unwanted cat
    Justice was like an unwanted cat
Drowned and then forgotten.
But do not cry, my love
    My love
Through the Mist
    shall Justice rise
Through the Flame
    shall It be lost
Through the Soil
    shall It be found
Recovered
Rediscovered
    But remaining Unreclaimed
Thus shall Justice circulate
    from the One and to the Other
One and Five Score hands exchanged
    the last to wield It
    shall be King,
And the King shall be the Last
    and First
To Join the Three as One.
In peasant dress then is He come
    when the most Ancient
    of Ancients
    are ancient and gone,
The peasant King comes and
    all is beheld
    a Stupid Man
    a Stupid Man
And Dumb and Lost is His Champion,
Serving not the King as King
    but serving Him as Less,
    Lusting for that which is Golden
And for that which is Gone
And Foolish and Lowly is His Councilor,
Serving not the King as King
    but serving Him as Less,
    offering Nothing to All
And keeping Everything for None
And Unwashed and Untamed is His Executioner,
Serving not the King as King
    but serving Him as Less,
    Destroying All that is the Cause of evil
    and All that is the Cause of Good
    for no other Cause than
The Cause of Destruction.
So shall the King return, my love
    so shall the King return
The King shall return
    to His Kingdom of Slaves
    and Cry
    and Cry
    and Cry
And so shall the Will of the All of the Isles
    Voice with One voice,
    Swear with One swear
To pledge the most Holy and
    Holiest Pledge:
To serve not the King
    but The Unholy Demon;
To do all It's bidding
And all as It bids
And the Lands shall flow and flood
    with Blood
And the Oceans shall swell and rise
    with Blood
And all of the All shall
    Drown
    in Blood
Nor Fish or Fowl escape its tide.
Oh! do not cry, my love
    do not cry, my love
    do not cry, my foolish love
It is only wasted tears you shed
For All is Done,
    The End is come.