Laszlo Buring - The Unlands Lyrics

We burned it all down, time and time again
Now it's a few thousand acres holding the line
Between the bustling city, the pride of the northcountry man
And the people to the south, silently taking in

The greenest of fields, the fog and the dew
The glorious remnants, a land we once knew
It's amazing to see, just what we had then
It's good to be back, back in The Unlands again

The monks used to walk, across these fields and back
For hundreds of years, their steps formed the only track
Straight through the marshes, straight through the rushes and reeds
Right there in the middle of a wildlife fantasy

There's a tower up ahead, rising out from the trees
Once there was a statue, now there's a mystery
Off in the distance, see the city crawl in.
But the people they know, that these lands have always been

A beacon of hope, not to ignore
Keeping the water, away from their door
It's the push and the pull of nature and men
It's good to back, back in The Unlands again