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Dzö-nga - Thunder In The Mountains lyrics



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01. The Song Of Hiawatha

The stillest night falls upon us here in a land of shifting grey
and the waning moon is mourning a long-forgotten day
This all we know, the only road
As we disappear our voices are fading away

Behind closed doors we are holding onto tales of our youth
They are light for us in times that ignore what once was truth
If this is all we are, our legacy
Many years from now our stories will show them the way

In the deepest hollow
Where the river runs cold
I hear the ancient tales
From voices far away
Listen to the echoes
Of long-forgotten days

From the great lakes of the Northland
To the meadow, moor, and fen
From the white fog in the autumn
These stories live again
From the shadows of the forest
And the wind among the trees
Hear this song of Hiawatha
Warrior of centuries!

In the silent valley
The elder sits alone
Haunts of nature, rush and reed
Sweet he sings his song
Of wayward souls and wilderness
And carries me along

From the rushing of the river
To the rain-shower and the snow
From the alders in the summer
These legends live and grow
Through the palisades of pine-trees
And the melancholy glen
From the lips of Nawadaha
Hiawatha lives again!

Searching blindly in the dark
Where thorns and briars lie
Over stone walls gray with moss
Where only dead winds sigh
Written on these weathered graves
Words of broken heart
Of the here and the hereafter
Death has done us part

By the thunder in the mountains
O'er the savage ocean's tide
Through the bleakness of the winter
These words will be your guide
In the light and in the darkness
Ere the eagle spreads his wings
Hear this song of Hiawatha
Warrior and king of kings!

02. Heart Of Coal

Beauty was the mother
But father, you are lies
Eyes of cinder, heart of coal
And rottenness inside

Following the Western Wind
Suffer through the ages
I have come, avenging son
Heaven waits for none!

Vengeance for the mother
Now father, you must die!
Carry thunder, he the storm
Earth and sky will burn!

Following the Western Wind
Suffer through the ages
I have come, avenging son
Heaven waits for none!

Rise through the twilight
Dance in the light of the day

Ages of exile, pathways unknown
Lost in a wasteland
This darkness we roam
I know you'll find me out in the cold
With your light to guide me
We'll find a way home

03. Flames In The Sky

Fire in the westward skies
Fierce the sun descends
The war-path of the gods is now alight
I am famine, bringing death
Casting poison lies
Plunging all into eternal night

Sail to the land of grey
Where the dark bird flies
Gaze upon the pale moon
Go to your demise

Torches held high
War-eagles cry
Vengeance tonight
Go now, my son
The tyrant must die
Blood on our hands
Flames in the sky

Slay the serpent, kill the snake
The water running red
Plunge your arrows deep into his heart
Dead men's shadows follow you
Through the pitch-black lake
Curs'ed this your journey from the start

Sail to the land of grey
Where the dark bird flies
Gaze upon the pale moon
Fire in your eye

Torches held high
War-eagles cry
Vengeance tonight
Go now, my son
The tyrant must die
Blood on our hands
Flames in the sky

Torches held high
War-eagles cry
Vengeance tonight
Go now, my son
The tyrant must die
Blood on our hands
Flames in the sky

04. A Soul To Burn

Behold, my child, what secrets lie
Beyond the realm of what is seen
There's more to you than meets the eye
A gift, a curse, and all between


Mother I cry, for you've left me alone
How could you lie to one of your own


Lightning flash and hellish flame
The devil's claws reaching up
Drag you back from whence they came
Blood has stained wretched hands
Your soul to burn, wishes of
The hag who ever cursed your name


For ages we have held the key
In pages torn from ancient lore
A heightened sense of what will be
And what shall live forevermore


Mother I cry, for you've wounded me so
One day we'll meet in the fire below

Lighting flash and hellish flame
The devil's claws reaching up
Drag you back from whence they came
Blood has stained wretched hands
Your soul to burn, wishes of
The hag who ever cursed your name

Mother, in dreams it's your voice that I hear
Your life for mine, they'll remember the seer

Lightning flash and hellish flame
The devil's claws reaching up
Drag you back from whence they came
Blood has stained wretched hands
Your soul to burn, wishes of
The hag who ever cursed your name

05. Starlight, Moonlight Firelight

[Instrumental]

06. The Death Of Minnehaha

Part I: The Famine

Icy hollow, bitter vale
Blackened river, frozen lake
The darkness falls
Death comes for us all

I am the endless snow
I am the ghastly cold
Famine and the hunger grows
Starve and die alone

Wasting famine, fever's burn
Children cry and mothers wail
The waiting wolves
Death comes for us all

I am the endless snow
I am the ghastly cold
Famine and the hunger grows
Starve and die alone

Part II: The Fever

Journey afar, forest of grey
Desolate cries fading away
I will follow you, my love
Through the storm we'll find a way
Hiawatha, hear my cry
Echoes in the endless snow
I cannot escape the dark
Death is calling and I must go

Calling are the raging falls
Rushing water in the night
Reaching out, gripping you
Eyes of fire, hands of ice
Look away now, my beloved
Death approaches and deceives
I return with strength and light
Do you remember, still believe?

Over earth and mountain fly
By the the snowy wasted path
Endless miles passing by
Smoke and ash of heaven's wrath
Would that I had perished for you!
Were that I were lost instead!
In the dark eyes of the mother
See that love, my heart is dead

Part III: The Pyre

(Instrumental)