Ultima VI - Stones cover by René Fiji
Barytone: René Fiji Dirigeur: Benoît Mussche Music composed by Todd Porter, Kenneth Arnold, Herman Miller, David Watson, Thomas Arne Song written by Iolo FitzOwen & the unwitting human Gwenllian Gwalch'gaeaf Quartet from Ultima IX (why do I title Ultima VI then? Just because) Original photography by Benoît Mussche (with photos from my antimony sculpture, monument aux Forestiers morts pour la Patrie 1914-1918 in Forêt de Soignes - Belgium, Göbekli Tepe - occupied Assyria, and a castle in Scotland (why: to show by extension Stonehenge-like structures and further structures with silent screams)) Vocals of René singing recorded, mixed with borrowed Ultima quartet & mastered by Benoît Mussche (I know the whole thing cracks; it's on purpose; the music was recovered from a tape instead of token from the digital version to give a more ancient stamp and signature to the audio) Without further ado, here are the lyrics: Long ago ran the sun on a folk who had a dream And the heart and the will and the power They moved the earth, they carved the stone, moulded hill and channeled stream That we might stand on the wide plains of Wiltshire Now men asked, who they were, how they built and wonder(ed) why That they wrought standing stones of such size What was done 'neath our shade? What was pray'ed 'neath our skies As we stood on the wyrd plains of Wiltshire … Oh what secrets we could tell If you'd listen and be still Rid the stink and the noise from our skirts But you haven't got (the) a clue And perhaps you never will Mute we stand on the cold plains of Wiltshire Still we loom in the mists as the ages roll away And we say of our folk, "they are here!" That they built us and they died and you'll not be knowing why Save we stand on the bare plains of Wiltshire
Barytone: René Fiji Dirigeur: Benoît Mussche Music composed by Todd Porter, Kenneth Arnold, Herman Miller, David Watson, Thomas Arne Song written by Iolo FitzOwen & the unwitting human Gwenllian Gwalch'gaeaf Quartet from Ultima IX (why do I title Ultima VI then? Just because) Original photography by Benoît Mussche (with photos from my antimony sculpture, monument aux Forestiers morts pour la Patrie 1914-1918 in Forêt de Soignes - Belgium, Göbekli Tepe - occupied Assyria, and a castle in Scotland (why: to show by extension Stonehenge-like structures and further structures with silent screams)) Vocals of René singing recorded, mixed with borrowed Ultima quartet & mastered by Benoît Mussche (I know the whole thing cracks; it's on purpose; the music was recovered from a tape instead of token from the digital version to give a more ancient stamp and signature to the audio) Without further ado, here are the lyrics: Long ago ran the sun on a folk who had a dream And the heart and the will and the power They moved the earth, they carved the stone, moulded hill and channeled stream That we might stand on the wide plains of Wiltshire Now men asked, who they were, how they built and wonder(ed) why That they wrought standing stones of such size What was done 'neath our shade? What was pray'ed 'neath our skies As we stood on the wyrd plains of Wiltshire … Oh what secrets we could tell If you'd listen and be still Rid the stink and the noise from our skirts But you haven't got (the) a clue And perhaps you never will Mute we stand on the cold plains of Wiltshire Still we loom in the mists as the ages roll away And we say of our folk, "they are here!" That they built us and they died and you'll not be knowing why Save we stand on the bare plains of Wiltshire