I was born to this cave Spawn of the oppressive shade And in the dark, I made a home So high above the town below And when the great disasters come I try to tell them Herald of all your misfortunes My tail turns red just to warn you I am an omen of accidents that will befall you Herald of all your misfortunes My tail turns red just to warn you I am an omen of accidents that will befall you Redtail, Redtail, by himself Lonely, only wants to help And though I’ve lived for centuries I know that I am so naive And though I try to keep them safe They always make the same mistakes They never learn Herald of all your misfortunes My tail turns red just to warn you I am an omen of accidents that will befall you Redtail, Redtail, still so young You could fly away, free as a bird Redtail, Redtail, you will learn And is my cave just a safe nest? And is my cave just what is best for me? I don’t feel free at all Into the night, they gaze in fear ‘What is that hideous beast on the hill?” Each time I try, try to warn them of all the danger near All they do is blame it here Though I may try to keep them safe They place the blame all onto me Just for my horns, they shift the blame All onto me What do I do if they come for my head? What do I do if they all want me dead? Why was I born here and not born as them? Am I the bringer of evil? Or just a saviour unheeded? I am the omen that summoned my own execution Crawling like large arachnids, up to the mouth of my cave I watch my armed assassins search for the demon that only tried to keep them safe I only tried to keep them safe As they set his home on fire Redtail watches, from the sky Proud of their cruel furnace, the villagers leave to sleep in peace No longer afraid of me Oh, but now for the first time, there is so much to be feared Fearing me No more mercy, not for them Redtail, Redtail seeks revenge I glide down from my mountain, bringing with me all my pain I have no more time for being kind, I’ll burn you all Writhing fleshless war-babies, they all melt into one The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead I lose my mind, I lose myself The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead And as I fly, I think to myself What have I done? What have I become? Maybe after all, I was the one The beast on the hill, the freak in the cave Gentle and young, when did I change? Just a baby, born in a cave all alone With the face of a boy and the horns of goat With the tongue of a snake and the wings of a bird Prophecy is a gift that nobody wants Won’t you fly away, wings of a bird? Now that I know there’s a price on my head 50 gold pieces for a tail of red No-one can reach me up here, in the stormy clouds Above the town But I think my feet should stay back on the ground This time Just a baby, born in a cave, all alone With the face of a boy, horns of a goat The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead I lose my mind, I lose myself The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead And as I fly, I think to myself What have I done? What have I become? Maybe after all, I was the one The beast on the hill, the freak in the cave Gentle and young, when did I change? Still no-one recognises young Redtail Ever since the slaughter of the town, he hasn’t shown Did he fly away, how far away could he have flown? Redtail, Redtail, free as a bird (Though he’s still so young and) Still so lonely, never learns Redtail, Redtail, wings of a bird The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead I lose my mind, I lose myself The tears in my eyes, fall for the dead And as I fly, I think to myself What have I done? What have I become? Maybe after all, I was the one The beast on the hill, the freak in the cave Gentle and young, when did I change?