Seth Lakeman - Blacksmith's prayer lyrics

My fire extinct My forge decayed By the side of my bench My old vice is laid My anvil and hammer Lie gathering dust My powerful bellows Have lost their thrust Hearts now cased in steel To a blacksmith's prayer I will kneel Those burning sparks They scorched the dirt They lit the sky And fell to the earth I smelt and forged Fused and bent I dug the core Now my years are spent Hearts now cased in steel To a blacksmith's prayer I will kneel Salt, sweat and steam It came trickling down My labour's love Now rest in the ground Sharp nails and chained Spike, rings and blades They all reside In a world handmade Hearts now cased in steel To a blacksmith's prayer I will kneel So hard it was to rest it on the ground So hard it was to sleep without a sound So hard without the smoke Those fingers around my throat So hard it was to lay my body down So hard without the smoke Those fingers around my throat So hard it was to lay my body down My fire extinct My forge decayed By the side of my bed These words are laid Burnt brittle hands Lie gathering dust My pounding soul has lost its thrust Hearts now cased in steel To a blacksmith's prayer I will kneel