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Iron awake

from Terra Aviatica by Faitissa

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Music: Jorge Lamata
Lyrics: Aloysia & Jorge Lamata
"Iron awake" is a kind of English translation for "Desperta Ferro", the battle cry of the almogavars, infantry troops from the Crown of Aragon during the Middle Ages that became mercenaries. This song talks about the Catalan Company of the East, an army of almogavars founded by former Knight Templar Rutger von Blum in 1302, and hired by the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus to fight Ottoman Empire.
A night in April 1305, in Adrianople, a few members of this Company are in a tavern and begin to sing this song...

lyrics

We're soldiers of fortune, the best of our own,
to the highest bidder we sell our sword.
We always move forward, we never turn back,
we never surrender, we win or we die.

War, battle, blood, death,
that's our daily bread.
War, battle, blood, death,
Let's cry "Iron awake"
Iron awake!

We're killers without mercy, we spill innocent blood
to cause fear in our enemies, to be feared by the world.
We take no prisoners, they slow our way down.
We can't show weakness in the battleground.

War, battle, blood, death,
that's our daily bread.
War, battle, blood, death,
Let's cry "Iron awake"
Iron awake!

If you dare to betray us we'll take a revenge
that for many centuries the world won't forget.

War, battle, blood, death,
that's our daily bread.
War, battle, blood, death,
Let's cry "Iron awake"

War, battle, blood, death,
that's our daily bread.
War, battle, blood, death,
Let's cry "Iron awake"
Iron awake!

credits

from Terra Aviatica, released February 3, 2014
Aloysia: vocals
Jorge Lamata: guitars, percussion, backing vocals
David Plasencia: flute

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Faitissa Barcelona, Spain

Faitissa is a Folk band formed in Barcelona in 2012 by Catalan vocalist Aloysia and Galician guitarist and songwriter Jorge Lamata. Their sources of inspiration are former times, especially the Middle Ages, and popular music traditions. Alongside own medieval-themed compositions, they play traditional songs from different places and times ... more

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