[00:03.63]The Spoils of Treason
[00:15.37]by Slechtvalk
[00:56.21]We had grown tired of this endless war.
[01:05.15]We thought it was time to leave and to govern ourselves.
[01:22.75]Fearing punishment for our betrayal,
[01:26.15]We asked our old enemies to defend our cities.
[01:50.01]They kept the King's forces at bay,
[01:57.42]But it had cost us all we ever had.
[02:22.98]After they had consumed most of our stock,
[02:27.21]They forced our children to serve
[02:31.56]As their soldiers in the war,
[02:34.77]From which we only tried to escape.
[02:39.95]"We saw the smoke rising"
[02:43.74]From beyond the forest's canopy
[02:48.44]The sight made our hearts fill with sorrow.
[02:57.05]So many lives wasted,
[03:00.69]In spite of our warnings.
[03:05.41]Could we have done more to keep them from leaving?"
[03:30.36]On our search for independence
[03:34.53]We lost all the freedom we once had.
[03:38.74]We are now little more than slaves in our own country,
[04:01.80]Cheated into a life of misery.
[04:04.36]After they had consumed
[04:06.90]most of our stock,
[04:08.75]they forced our children to serve
[04:13.11]as their soldiers in the war,
[04:16.18]from which we only
[04:17.83]tried to escape.
[04:21.66]"We saw the smoke rising"
[04:25.29]From beyond the forest's canopy
[04:29.94]The sight made our hearts fill with sorrow.
[04:38.18]So many lives wasted,
[04:41.87]in spite of our warnings.
[04:46.44]Could we have done more
[04:49.60]to keep them from leaving?"