We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Axe In The Grove

from Rude Politics by Castanarc

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Audio CDr in jewel case with new artwork by Mark Holiday for this 2020 reissue. Brand new & sealed.
    Begins shipping on March 2nd 2020.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rude Politics via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days

      £10 GBP or more 

     

  • Poster/Print + Digital Album

    Burnt Offerings Front cover album artwork on a 12" x !2" Giclee print signed by the artist Mark Holiday.
    Printed on 180 GSM paper and is light-fast for over 100 years if kept out of direct sunlight.
    Please note....these are made to order so shipping may be up to 7 days after ordering although will usually be quicker.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Rude Politics via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days

      £9.95 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    6
    releases

    Get all 6 Castanarc releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of **NEW**The Sea Of Broken Vows, Water From The Well, Burnt Offerings, Rude Politics, Little Gods, and Journey To The East. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £51 GBP or more (15% OFF)

     

lyrics

The Axe In The Grove
Who named the seasons and kept them apart
Who stopped the sea from stealing all of the land
How does the moon know when its time to rest
Why do the mountains meet up with the sky
What are the secrets on the bridge of the hand
Where does the sun go when she sets in the west
We were bright and shiny beneath the summer stars
We are Flesh, we are fire , we are the poem and the song.
We are sight , we are sound, we’re right and we’re wrong.
Oh the misery that spits at the flames,
Ridiculed in history when history tells lies.
Who’d be the savage, the head or the breast.
The head entertains the unfriendly guest.
Who has strength for the journey
Along the ridge of poetry, down the valley of tact.
Heavy was the trunk of the fallen oak tree,
But heavier still was the weight of one wave,
From a violent sea.
Are the heavens a part of our sky
And is faith unknowing, the mother of our plight,
She says, ‘Who named the seasons, God or I?”
Oh damn The Beast that shuns the light.
Born on pale sails on a poisonous night.
Attracted and reviled by an over-raging sea,
That has no friends.
Tormenting the souls that dare to tread her wake
Turn the page, on the vivid truth;
A plague that feeds on light.
When does mans laughter become manslaughter
Between the pages of a book, bound and draped in mystery,
Which warmth and safety mistook.
As beautiful as danger are the headland cliffs,
Where the cries of the wild are reeling.
Angry and cut with sorrow.
The bough shall break and the reeds shall gently sway.
We are rhyme, we are reason.
We are rhyme and reason
We are joy, we are sadness.
We are joy and sadness.
We are bright, we are dark.
We are bright and dark.
We are sun, we are moon.
We are sun and moon.

credits

from Rude Politics, released October 11, 1998

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Castanarc image

Castanarc Doncaster, UK

Castanarc consists of keyboard player David Powell, singer Mark Holiday and producer John Spence supplemented by regular guest musicians Charlie Morgan on drums, Pete Robinson on bass and Neil Duty and Pat Mount on guitars.

contact / help

Contact Castanarc

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Castanarc, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now