Description: Medieval ballad about war, peace, and the woman who speaks between them. (Intro) Ash and ember Stone and bone The bells lie silent The fields unknown (Verse 1) The fields lie strewn with ash and bane The well runs dry, the bell is stilled A child counts stones in silent pain A hound seeks out what once was filled The border burns, the map is smoke The drums resound from keep to keep Who bows shall bear the steel, not bread And peace devours what it would keep (Chorus) For war doth speak with jaws of steel For war doth speak with jaws of steel And peace shall break at every seal (Verse 2) A mother writes in mist and chalk The name of one denied his rest A general, bereft of thought Lays waste the lands he once possessed The engines turn, the lens is keen A truce proclaimed is but a jest An iron hart falls from the sky Whilst heaven howls without its rest (Chorus) For war doth speak with jaws of steel For war doth speak with jaws of steel And peace shall break at every seal (Verse 3) I sought a cock that yet would crow A door that still would lock and hold A priest who truth would dare bestow A dead man writ in lines untold Yet everywhere lies steel and brine The news is slaughter, maps run cold The banner hangs, the child accused And none remain true peace to hold (Chorus) For war doth speak with jaws of steel For war doth speak with jaws of steel And peace shall break at every seal (Bridge) Then came a woman, bare of hand No blade, no oath, no claim, no throne She poured forth water on the sand And stitched the flesh to bone and bone She spake: (Verse 4) 'I am the silence deep The rift within all mortal strife Who wars shall own but stone and dust Who shares shall hold the breath of life' (Chorus) For war doth speak with jaws of steel For war doth speak with jaws of steel And peace shall break at every seal (Envoi) O prince of steel... O lord of dust Turn thee back For turn thou must A ballad bears no blade nor spear Yet silence kills, as sharp as fear… (Outro) silence kills… silence kills… silence kills (End) ----/ Lyrics & composition © Bedhippie, 2026. All rights reserved.
