Ten Leagues Beneath Contempt
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โฑ๏ธ 4:59 duration
๐ ID: 477427
๐ Lyrics
Awaking in a sweat
Forsaking pleasure for regret
Another night of blight had slowly passed
The morning skies once fresh and bright
Darkened down to near twilight
Once could smell the end of days were coming fast
Gilles wandered as in purgatory
Beyond the grave of his estate
Neither Heaven, Hell or peasantry
Were present save projected hatred
He knew suspicion, he felt derision
And fear like a sharpened stake
Pierced his heart, and now the start
Of his unknitting began to take
Vain glorious, a Lord, devout?
He thought his soul exempt
From guilt and doubt, there's no way out
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Awaking in a sweat
Forsaking pleasure for regret
His choired chapel sighed with his laments
As accusations reached a roar
Investigations breached the door
He put up nothing save his favours in defense
The Church stirred in it's Roman lair
The grease had long been spent
Now all tongues spat at Tiffauges there
Ten leagues, ten leagues beneath contempt
Alas, I was happier in the enjoyment of tortures, tears, fright, and blood
Than in any other pleasure
Just one falter
One misplaced deed
And Gilles would be undone
As he teetered on the verge of defeat
Profaning God's altar
Bursting in on evening Mass
He threatened there to crucify the Priest
Drunk on fiery wine
With the storm lashing behind
He then threw this Philistine
To his foulest dungeon
And money owed or not
The Priest released or left to rot
His blatant sacrilege begot
A war machine of papal Rome
They came for him in mourning splendor
With the blessing of the Saints
His fawning grin in sweet surrender
A lesson in enforced restraint
He knew suspicion, he felt derision
And fear like a sharpened stake
Pierced his heart, and now the start
Of his unknitting began to take
He thought courts bought with golden crowns
Rich Bishops he could tempt
But traitor's gate was sought and found
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Ten leagues
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Ten leagues
Ten leagues
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Forsaking pleasure for regret
Another night of blight had slowly passed
The morning skies once fresh and bright
Darkened down to near twilight
Once could smell the end of days were coming fast
Gilles wandered as in purgatory
Beyond the grave of his estate
Neither Heaven, Hell or peasantry
Were present save projected hatred
He knew suspicion, he felt derision
And fear like a sharpened stake
Pierced his heart, and now the start
Of his unknitting began to take
Vain glorious, a Lord, devout?
He thought his soul exempt
From guilt and doubt, there's no way out
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Awaking in a sweat
Forsaking pleasure for regret
His choired chapel sighed with his laments
As accusations reached a roar
Investigations breached the door
He put up nothing save his favours in defense
The Church stirred in it's Roman lair
The grease had long been spent
Now all tongues spat at Tiffauges there
Ten leagues, ten leagues beneath contempt
Alas, I was happier in the enjoyment of tortures, tears, fright, and blood
Than in any other pleasure
Just one falter
One misplaced deed
And Gilles would be undone
As he teetered on the verge of defeat
Profaning God's altar
Bursting in on evening Mass
He threatened there to crucify the Priest
Drunk on fiery wine
With the storm lashing behind
He then threw this Philistine
To his foulest dungeon
And money owed or not
The Priest released or left to rot
His blatant sacrilege begot
A war machine of papal Rome
They came for him in mourning splendor
With the blessing of the Saints
His fawning grin in sweet surrender
A lesson in enforced restraint
He knew suspicion, he felt derision
And fear like a sharpened stake
Pierced his heart, and now the start
Of his unknitting began to take
He thought courts bought with golden crowns
Rich Bishops he could tempt
But traitor's gate was sought and found
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Ten leagues
Ten leagues beneath contempt
Ten leagues
Ten leagues
Ten leagues beneath contempt
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:19.32] Awaking in a sweat
[00:21.35] Forsaking pleasure for regret
[00:23.86] Another night of blight had slowly passed
[00:28.61] The morning skies once fresh and bright
[00:31.15] Darkened down to near twilight
[00:33.45] Once could smell the end of days were coming fast
[00:40.23] Gilles wandered as in purgatory
[00:44.88] Beyond the grave of his estate
[00:49.94] Neither Heaven, Hell or peasantry
[00:54.29] Were present save projected hatred
[00:57.87]
[01:07.02] He knew suspicion, he felt derision
[01:09.64] And fear like a sharpened stake
[01:12.09] Pierced his heart, and now the start
[01:14.55] Of his unknitting began to take
[01:18.73] Vain glorious, a Lord, devout?
[01:23.53] He thought his soul exempt
[01:28.38] From guilt and doubt, there's no way out
[01:33.45] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[01:36.43]
[01:55.35] Awaking in a sweat
[01:57.37] Forsaking pleasure for regret
[01:59.62] His choired chapel sighed with his laments
[02:04.51] As accusations reached a roar
[02:06.71] Investigations breached the door
[02:09.84] He put up nothing save his favours in defense
[02:16.56] The Church stirred in it's Roman lair
[02:21.32] The grease had long been spent
[02:26.12] Now all tongues spat at Tiffauges there
[02:30.94] Ten leagues, ten leagues beneath contempt
[02:35.66]
[02:42.71] Alas, I was happier in the enjoyment of tortures, tears, fright, and blood
[02:48.47] Than in any other pleasure
[02:52.22] Just one falter
[02:54.63] One misplaced deed
[02:57.33] And Gilles would be undone
[02:59.58] As he teetered on the verge of defeat
[03:04.35] Profaning God's altar
[03:06.59] Bursting in on evening Mass
[03:08.94] He threatened there to crucify the Priest
[03:11.89] Drunk on fiery wine
[03:13.87] With the storm lashing behind
[03:16.28] He then threw this Philistine
[03:18.68] To his foulest dungeon
[03:21.70] And money owed or not
[03:23.63] The Priest released or left to rot
[03:26.37] His blatant sacrilege begot
[03:28.56] A war machine of papal Rome
[03:33.46] They came for him in mourning splendor
[03:37.51] With the blessing of the Saints
[03:42.74] His fawning grin in sweet surrender
[03:47.82] A lesson in enforced restraint
[03:51.02]
[03:59.87] He knew suspicion, he felt derision
[04:02.31] And fear like a sharpened stake
[04:04.95] Pierced his heart, and now the start
[04:07.38] Of his unknitting began to take
[04:12.03] He thought courts bought with golden crowns
[04:16.70] Rich Bishops he could tempt
[04:21.35] But traitor's gate was sought and found
[04:26.17] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:33.41] Ten leagues
[04:35.78] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:43.38] Ten leagues
[04:45.80] Ten leagues
[04:46.92] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:56.60]
[00:21.35] Forsaking pleasure for regret
[00:23.86] Another night of blight had slowly passed
[00:28.61] The morning skies once fresh and bright
[00:31.15] Darkened down to near twilight
[00:33.45] Once could smell the end of days were coming fast
[00:40.23] Gilles wandered as in purgatory
[00:44.88] Beyond the grave of his estate
[00:49.94] Neither Heaven, Hell or peasantry
[00:54.29] Were present save projected hatred
[00:57.87]
[01:07.02] He knew suspicion, he felt derision
[01:09.64] And fear like a sharpened stake
[01:12.09] Pierced his heart, and now the start
[01:14.55] Of his unknitting began to take
[01:18.73] Vain glorious, a Lord, devout?
[01:23.53] He thought his soul exempt
[01:28.38] From guilt and doubt, there's no way out
[01:33.45] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[01:36.43]
[01:55.35] Awaking in a sweat
[01:57.37] Forsaking pleasure for regret
[01:59.62] His choired chapel sighed with his laments
[02:04.51] As accusations reached a roar
[02:06.71] Investigations breached the door
[02:09.84] He put up nothing save his favours in defense
[02:16.56] The Church stirred in it's Roman lair
[02:21.32] The grease had long been spent
[02:26.12] Now all tongues spat at Tiffauges there
[02:30.94] Ten leagues, ten leagues beneath contempt
[02:35.66]
[02:42.71] Alas, I was happier in the enjoyment of tortures, tears, fright, and blood
[02:48.47] Than in any other pleasure
[02:52.22] Just one falter
[02:54.63] One misplaced deed
[02:57.33] And Gilles would be undone
[02:59.58] As he teetered on the verge of defeat
[03:04.35] Profaning God's altar
[03:06.59] Bursting in on evening Mass
[03:08.94] He threatened there to crucify the Priest
[03:11.89] Drunk on fiery wine
[03:13.87] With the storm lashing behind
[03:16.28] He then threw this Philistine
[03:18.68] To his foulest dungeon
[03:21.70] And money owed or not
[03:23.63] The Priest released or left to rot
[03:26.37] His blatant sacrilege begot
[03:28.56] A war machine of papal Rome
[03:33.46] They came for him in mourning splendor
[03:37.51] With the blessing of the Saints
[03:42.74] His fawning grin in sweet surrender
[03:47.82] A lesson in enforced restraint
[03:51.02]
[03:59.87] He knew suspicion, he felt derision
[04:02.31] And fear like a sharpened stake
[04:04.95] Pierced his heart, and now the start
[04:07.38] Of his unknitting began to take
[04:12.03] He thought courts bought with golden crowns
[04:16.70] Rich Bishops he could tempt
[04:21.35] But traitor's gate was sought and found
[04:26.17] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:33.41] Ten leagues
[04:35.78] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:43.38] Ten leagues
[04:45.80] Ten leagues
[04:46.92] Ten leagues beneath contempt
[04:56.60]