Alternative Lyrics to Well Known Songs 14 - The Scythian

[Pre-amble: This is one in a series of posts which includes an alternative set of lyrics to a well known song.  Each post will also contain a short introduction to the topic at hand, and a brief explanation of the song itself.  A video of the original song will be included so that the reader can listen to the original song while reciting the alternative lyrics at the same time.]


The Song: The Scythian (based on 'Fear of the Dark' by Iron Maiden)
The Scythians were the fore-runners of the Russian peoples, who lived on the Russian Steppe a few thousand years ago.  This is a song about them.

 

A reconstructed face of a Scythian noblemman buried in the Nikopol kurhan.
Source: http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CC%5CScythians.htm

 

Play the song in the video above and sing along with the alternative lyrics given below.

 

 

# The Scythian #
I ride out there across my Steppe
roaming where ever I please.
And as I stroll across the land,
I meet all kinds of men,
and have plenty of adventures,
sometimes good and sometimes bad.
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We are constantly adventuring 'cross our land.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We live a perilous yet death-defying life.
 
Hark!  We have lived in midst of drought,
over three millenia ago.
And yet here we still are!
We have faced off thousands of Cumans,
and the Hellish Mongol Hordes.
And yet here we still are!
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We are constantly adventuring 'cross our land.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We live a perilous yet death-defying life.
 
We were the first ones into space,
With the famous Gagarin.
Adventurous we are!
We were the first ones to get rid of
the Judeo-Marxists.
Adventurous we are!
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We are constantly adventuring 'cross our land.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We live a perilous yet death-defying life.
 
That's right!
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
 
Watch as all the world stands in awe,
at our ability to endure,
Forces that would crush them.
Yes here we are once again,
forefront of exploration,
pushing for bases on Mars!
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We are constantly adventuring 'cross our land.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We live a perilous yet death-defying life.
 
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We are constantly adventuring 'cross our land.
I'm Scythian.
We're Scythians.
We live a perilous yet death-defying life.

If you're wondering who looks out

for our fates,
Odin does.

 

[End of lyrics.]