"Ategnatos" lyrics

"Ategnatos"

On the winnow fields
They beheld the gate
Trembling with fear
And afraid to forfeit
Anxiously
They clinged to table scrabs
As if to aver
Their deprivation

And the swine crowed round
The shining lot of pearls

With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies

A fool is the slave
Who fears not his fetters
But watches over them with jealousy

On the winnow fields
They beheld their lives
Paralysed with fear
In the presence of the Vergobret
So they cherished
Doctrines of denial
And wallowed
In poor men's tales

And the swine crowed round
The shining lot of pearls
Just like the vultures
Crave cadaveric flesh

With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies

With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies


Writer(s): Calum Francis Stewart, Christian Glanzmann, Jonas Raphael Wolf, Mirjam Schnedl, Rafael Salzmann, Matteo Sisti, Rafael Fella
This song's title means "rebirth" in Gaulish. This is also a title of the album which the band wanted to show the circular nature of life with: there is death before rebirth, and darkness before light. Those paradigms were at the root of Celtic culture.
The band explained about "Ategnatos", "The opening track begins with what the album ends — this captivating ode to rebirth." We, as people, should see life as a gift and should think as the wealthy which aren't afraid to spend what they have.
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