Eluveitie - Alesia (Audio)

Song: Alesia
By: Eluveitie
Album: Helvetios 2012

Lyrics:

The gress as green as it always was that sinister day
blackbird sang their songs as they always did that black-letter day
the day we passed the great gate for the very last time
I did not look back, I knew we`d stay

I knew they I would not let us go leave the death strip
I saw the gleam in their eyes of fear and enslavement
suffering from the crushing weight

I knelt ground take me home

Alesia, alisanos
wake me when I`m gone
IANOTOUTA,eternity
proclaim our barren sacrifice

on that ground we cherished life
we embraced death
as the children`s cries trailed off
sob yielded deathly hush

the grass as green as it always was that sinister day
as we walked the alleys like thousand times before
I knew we`d stay

oudside Alesia
we offered a living sacrifice

outside the doors of Alesia
where our tears run dry

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Disclaimer: I don't own the song or the picture. All rights reserved for the original band ELUVEITIE.

[adittya]

The song captures the sentiments of the women and children who were starving outside Alesia, their hopes, sorrows and rage....this is beautiful.

[Luporraconis]

Everytime I hear this song I have the voice of my beloved woman in my ear, how she sings along. She loved this song.


Can't believe it's a year since she passed.

[numberdclxvi]

Magnifique musique, bien que triste, qui nous rappelle les heures probablement les plus sombres de l'histoire de la Gaule, long vie à Eluveitie qui arrive si bien à retranscrire les sentiments dans leurs musiques!

[gaetan]

I live in France, near the plane of Gergovia and the ruins of Alesia.
I'm glad to see yet another interpretation of this grimm tale of my cultural background.

[hisagishuhei]

This song is ... PERFECT.
Sad but perfect. This band is so good to show us loud emotions like that. All is organize to make this song EPIC.

[elisabethmegad]

J'avais écouté cette chanson pour la première fois, et je suis tombé amoureuse de ce groupe :)
J'adore ce style c'est un peu triste mais me rend heureuse quand même.

[danielmitchell]

This song is beautiful and sorrowful at the same time. Actual history and tells of battle. This is the works of a masterpiece.

[Caine]

1:01 the pain in her voice when she says "beloveth ground" ...damn

[stevenferrett]

Chrigel and Anna in perfect harmony on this one. Stunning track. Amazingly talented band. Hope they make it big one day.

[MoonlightEmbrace]

This song kept me alive while working on my BEng thesis. It was 7am after a non-stop work marathon and I was raging with this song. Brought a tear to my eye thinking of the siege of Alesia.

[seanbean]

Eluveitie helps me sleep at night when I have a lot on my mind and can't sleep.

[Heimdall]

this album and this band .... JUST AMAZING! Everything coming from Switzerland is great!

[catSkyeMc]

I wrote down all the lyrics and gave them to a friend who didn't know about the Battle of Alesia, and I told him to read the lyrics and tell me what he thought it was about. He said that he thought it was about the Holocaust and victims wishing they could just die already because they had lost all hope in ever being liberated. Just goes to show how much of an impact this song can have as well as the horrors that went on in the battle/siege itself. It's a shame this important battle is often overlooked in world history classes as it is an important turning point in the Gallic wars AND Caesar's political and military power and relations with the senate. Really, this battle is one of those battles in which most of Europe's history today would be completely different had it never happened or if the Gauls won. Really, more school systems should add/keep this battle as an important point in history and at least mention it. I mean, this battle has more of an influence on history, the present, and the future than purple dye does!

[Matvil]

esa voz de ella es hermosa incluso mágica <3

[UnusHonorabilis]

Oh, and this is truly an incredible song. Quite possibly my favorite by this incredible band. The entire album was amazing.

[harryvagrant]

I really like Eluveitie and the album ''Evocation I The Arcane Dominion'' most of all albums but this song is just amazing, really, I can't stop listening to it! Greetings from Latvia!

[diegocobosanchez]

Good God! This song is doubly PAINFUL😭😭 when you're fully caught up with the true suffering of Alesia's banished citizens..!!! Argh 😭! Then again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for remembering all those innocents and their mega tragic end😞, Eluveitie! This is a most empathic way to remember 👌👏!
PS: Screw all wars 😡!!

[blackhawk]

Eluveitie ভালোলাগার আরেক নাম। মন খারাপ থাকলে গানগুলো মন ভালো করে দেয়।

[ninjagirlD]

this song makes me feel so sad for all of those poor people who lost their lives...

[markfrancis]

saw these supporting Epica in Bristol. Hoped they'd be good, and they were great, a memorable night. As a bit of a history buff the effort they put into the lyrics is a plus.