Requiem - Lyrics - In Extremo

In Extremo is a German medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock metal instruments with historical instruments . Versions of well-known traditional medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, but the band has written an increasing share of original material in recent years. Their own material is written in German, whilst the traditional songs are in a variety of languages, including Gaelic, Spanish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, French, Estonian, Galician, Hebrew, Latin, Occitan and Old High German.

Or out les Jaulx amans le bout Et les dames print la vollée C'est le droit loyer qu'amours Toute Joy y est viollée David le roy, sage prophetes Crainte de Dieu en oublia Voyant laver cuisses bien faites Bien est eureux qui riens n'ya Quelque doulx baiser n'acollée De chiens d'oyseaulx, d'armes, d'amours Chascun le dit à la vollée Pour ung plaisir mille doulours David le roy, sage prophetes Crainte de Dieu en oublia Voyant laver cuisses bien faites Bien est eureux qui riens n'ya