METSATLL - Vaid Vaprust (Only Bravery)

Taken from forthcoming album “Äio“, out through Spinefarm Records March 2010. Camera and montage: Villem Tarvas. Sequences from the animation „Suur Tõll (Tallinfilm 1980, based on an Estonian heroic folk tale). Director and scriptwriter: Rein Raamat. Main artist: Jüri Arrak. Layout artists: Heiki Ernits, Valter Uusberg ja Ain Silbaum. Camera: Janno Põldma Only bravery Music & lyrics: Metsatöll Yes, the prow of the sailing ship bites the foaming sea Filled with steel-gray vigour is every mans soul When the gusts blow foam-white waves over the heads The men are not afraid, dread has no meaning for them When the sea-mans eye swallows the blood-red dawn Then free is our spirit and free is our soul As the boats from the sea-ship settle down on the shore Every breath draws in the stench of foreign soil The hands dont hold swords, the clan bears no spears But if needed, every fist grips a blade, with power from rage When the sea-mans eye swallows the blood-red dawn Then free is our spirit and free is our soul The heart feels no fear, we wont stray from the path Only bravery seven fathoms and the strength of free men The brine has soaked my wind-hardened coat Gales have entangled the stumpy beard that measures the wind As the sailing ship fades away to the horizon Every mans thoughts are with the seamans chest A handful of soil from ones own garden Sharp steel, a piece of bread and a sweethearts letter When the sea-mans eye swallows the blood-red dawn Then free is our spirit and free is our soul The heart feels no fear, we wont stray from the path Only bravery seven fathoms and the strength of free men The heart feels no fear, we wont stray from the path Only bravery seven fathoms and the strength of free men