salt on the earth

• skyclad'in "a burnt offering for the bone idol" albümünde yer alan mükemmel parça:
  
  salt on the earth (another man's poison)
  
  out of the east a prince shall rise
  to summon fire from the skies.
  
  i'm lord of this wasteland - where my word is law
  my bedfellows pestilence, famine and war
  turn children to orphans - make wives into widows
  then laugh at your plight behind bullet-proof windows
  with swords made of "black gold" the world is my whore
  i've all you could wish for yet still i want more.
  
  out of the east the prince shall rise.
  
  they are the victims (the ones who survived)
  to bury their families along with their pride
  forgotten, forsaken, defenceless and lost
  they count their blessings whilst counting the cost.
  all they can do is pray that his greed shall destroy him
  but meanwhile they choke on another man's poison.
  
  should we turn our cheeks so the mad and the twisted
  may strike us again 'cus we never resisted?
  they'll slaughter our allies - invade all our neighbours
  then when they come here there'll be none left to save us...
  
  then we'll be the victims - the ones who must fight
  bury our families and our human rights
  to the hands of a madman all liberty lost
  he'll reap the rewards while the earth pays the cost
  spill oil on troubled waters - believe yourself divine
  by calling it an "act of war" you cover up the crime.
• parçanın girişindeki "ezan" sesinin(ufak bir şok yaşayıp) ardından bangır bangır ritm gitarların ortalıkta fırtına gibi esmesi sonucu bizi zevkin doruğuna çıkaran parçadır.martin walkyier'in sesinin mükemmelliğini de unutmamak gerekir.
• uncle sam ve körfez savaşı üzerine bir şarkı; yani herhalde.
• (bkz: the salt of the earth)