Battlelore - The Return Of The Shadow lyrics
Tracks 01. Minas Morgul
02. Chambers Of Fire 03. Orcrist 04. Homecoming 05. Elvenking 06. Firekeeper 07. Mirrormere 08. True Dragons 09. Shadow Of The East 10. Avathar 11. Caves Of The Forgotten 12. Isenmouthe 01. Minas Morgul
The silver light cast away
From the towers and the walls The pale white horror took a place Spreading madness and decay The eight arrived for their king Great shadows walked again The watch of men failed in shame As the city burned in flames Minas Morgul’s dark sorcery Corpse-light in the dead black sky Tower rising from the tombs of fallen kings And their gods Poison fumes fill the air Dying ground, no trees or streams Day and night full of light Light that illuminated nothing at all Once proud and great mortal men Servants in shadow’s embrace Ithil-stone, device of lies Eternal eclipse of the moon 02. Chambers Of Fire
The shadow is here again
With the second sun Journeys of the sorcerer Drawn to fiery wastelands Power of a mountain Under his summons Ashes and blaze A barren plain – of gods Up in the mountain The cracks of doom The deep, dark tunnel The chambers of fire Up in the mountain The greatest forge Tools of destruction The chambers of fire Forts and garrisons Legions of hate Walls and gates To guard the eye of fire Stronghold is rising The dreadful towers Smoke in the air The darkest hours – of men The night never ends Above the land of the lost Embers and ash hiding the earth Full of sorrow A hall upon Orodruin’s heart Echoes the choiring sound Announcing the last day Of all to come 03. Orcrist
Shadows hiding the deepest dark
The game is on for the hunt The gleam I wear burns your eyes With the fear I shall thrive Night casts its veil Thousands of stars lead the way You by my side Until the end of time There is no place In a world of silence Where you can’t be found You are on my ground The funeral moon behind the clouds Glowing grim and blue Streams of black flow around Dead black eyes the cleaving sound - The legend of orcrist & the rage of the great goblin – There is no place In a world of silence Where you can’t be found There is no shelter No cave nor dungeon You are on my ground There is no place In a world of silence 04. Homecoming
It’s been too long
Since we crossed the Brandywine Memories alive again And the life we had Feels like ages When our journey began Through the days of wonder We came back as one So much has changed Lost and burnt away But this is where we belong This is where we stay The years may pass and go This remains our home We are back stronger Than ever before We claim back the land And the sword They tried to scare us Break our will and force us down Metal and foul machines Old man’s order It was time to raise the shire Back to its former glory To battle against the traitors To cut the evil tongues A torn old man Fell with his tower Colourless robe Words without power Lord of the fools Can’t see his loss The hate and the pride Master of lies 05. Elvenking
The days of old will never return
Great is the weight of my crown Sound of the wind has changed its tone Pale is the green of the leaves I have seen the world coming down Lived through the wither and bloom I have a reason, the higher cause I am immortal, I cannot fall I am a son of a firstborn I am a king, I will not fall Seasons of gold, the deep blue skies The gods and the dragons, the dark times I have seen the world coming down and rising again Lived through the wither and bloom Seen the stars, the birth and the doom again 06. Firekeeper
Nothing but silence
As the distant song fulfils the void The light, the flame, the heart In the centre of that is all The divine fire burns For the power of creation To give the soul for the living A gift of life for all the being The all high, the one alone Firekeeper of the world The holy ones, the line of gods From the flame of all songs Ilúvatar, all-father Gave to their vision being And set it amid the void The secret fire was sent to burn At the heart of the world And it was called EÄ The light won’t fade A beacon standing strong in storm From the birth of it all Until the end of days 07. Mirrormere
Once awakened, he journeyed alone
Through a land, never seen before Until one day he arrived To a shore of a shimmering bay, bay of silver Silence of the water, surrounded by the peaks He had found his land, his home Shining surface of a calm, hallowed lake Reflected a crown of stars upon his brows Silence of the water Surrounded by the peaks Three mighty mountain sides Walls of Silvertine Redhorn’s northern pass Summit in the clouds Stairs and runic stones Overshadowed streams Dim dale of the longbeards Tower and the gate On the shores of the crowning lake Made by the deathless king Once awakened, he journeyed alone Found his land, his kingdom, his home There lies the Mirrormere 08. True Dragons
Mountain caves, secret halls
Deep, dark tunnels, great strongholds Endless treasures, rings and jewels Magic and mayhem from the days of old Eyes deep enough to lost in and falls Shadows and gold, world of their won Fire storms raging from the skies Death from above, the burning demise Whirling winds from the wings of doom Darkened horizon, the dreadful cries The black and the golden – the unknown one The father and the worm – the last dragons The black and the golden – Gostir The father and the worm – the true dragons Countless graves, burning walls Frozen pits, dark corridors Piles of skulls, fields of bones Spells of destruction from the days of old Night of a thousand years The beast eternal It knows your deepest fears Knows you are near The long sleep of the guard May betray the brave The spell is cast For the final play 09. Shadow Of The East
A weak light mesmerized
My troubled mind No rest or ease in these endless nights This lone chamber I have all I need My world and my dreams Still I feel so hollow Thin and weak is my soul I am all alone But still I know The one awaits On the other side I am all alone But still I know There are more of us I hear the calling My spirit is fading The shadow awaits 10. Avathar
Cold shores, long and forlorn
At the feet of the mountains Worn cliffs and ravines Watching the pathless sea Mournful, deserted plains Carrying the wailing winds Far from the light of the trees Beneath the stars, Avathar Once the silver flower Cast its shades upon the land As the wayward Ark Sailed the twilight welking But gone are the days No calm of the night Only darkness thick and deeps Veils the starless skies Home of the void The shadows of the world The life, the love, the hope Eaten by the ancient spirit Lightless and unexplored Dead and barren path Cursed, forsaken land All She left behind Cold shores, long and forlorn Watching the pathless sea Far from the light of the trees Beneath the stars, Avathar 11. Caves Of The Forgotten
Waiting the seasons go by
Days and years, the everlasting Aeons Doomed brigade, hidden and veiled The great tomb without time Sealed until the days of the end Under the earth on the shores of Aman The long night, before the light Or the silence of the ages The second chance, the act of grave Or the gallows and the grave Waiting, right beside my King Regrets, the everlasting tears Failed march against the Sacred Ones Judgement of the Gods The long night, before the light Or the silence of the ages The second chance, the act of grace Or the gallows and the grave N one knows when it is time To unlock the gates The army of the elder awaits In the Caves of the Forgotten 12. Isenmouthe
Through the valley of Udûn
The end of the Shadowed Pass The fortress and the gate Warding the darkened highlands War machines and the drums Watchtowers, the Northern line Foul breath of iron Jaws Over the wasted uplands of Gorgoroth Distant lights in the Southern mountains Where the days grow darker than ever before Distant sounds from the southern mountains Where the nights get longer than ever before Heavy shadows across the moon On acalm and cloudless sky The greatest wall is fear The same fear that holds me And gives me a reason To find the ways There’s no gloom in my heart But still I am afraid Night’s embrace As it whispers my name The end of the Shadowed Pass Warding the darkened highlands Watchtowers, the Northern line Crowning the wasted uplands of Gorgoroth |