in her face as she stands before me

seeing twice what I've seen before

crystal blue as the flames of virtue

satin soft as the purest pearls

 

in her heart the rage of thunder

races forth its reins withheld

passion red as the veil of wishes

stunning lush as dreams will tell

 

through my eyes I see her face

an open heart as it's bared to me

am I worth of this beauty

as reveals all to me

 

in her soul like windswept candles

songs rescind love's burning tide

violet bright as the wings of wisdom

caressing cool as the deepest blue

 

in her touch as she reaches for me

a thousand thoughts long to be born

silver prisms as the shards of solace

brilliant blasts as the brightest stars

like a dream in a deep green ocean

 

the oasis of the Sang-ma-ban

see Bacca standing in the sun

waves crashing upon the beach

and Spree's hand in her reach

 

see the blue stretch to the sky

or the world in a dreamer's eyes

feel the warmth of her soft embrace

catch a waterfall lost in the race

 

tell the tale of a thousand dreams

watch love rise from the flames

tempting fate with a single kiss

asking for one simple wish

into the castle, lost in the keep

braving the catacombs where demons sleep

through the shadows into the mist

where whispers hide and words are surprised

then dungeons cry consuming despair

chained for so long no one cares

walk the wire from Nirvana to Hell

a wicked web with the Eldin-gar's spells

 

many figures in the shadowy mist

where whispers hide and hope is a wish

welcome to misery and stifling plight

at tunnels end there's a Novena of light

we're a pride of lions taking the den

A new regime conquers this now crimson glen

 

you've scaled the wall now make the leap

fight all night and sow what you reap

grant no quarter there's fear on your side

you've sacked the palace near dawn's light

 

the motte!  the bailey!  lay siege to the keep

across the chasm where the Eldin-gar seethes

into the courtyard you can feel the light

beware the per-lac's deadliest strikes

through the gateway down to the mines

where the price of life is defined

like the breeze that comes with the dawn

fear fades until its gone

the silence in the setting sun

foretells what's to come

stoke the fire that comes with the storm

burning eyes of the living hell borne

like the plague that wreaks from within

a harsh wrath from the devil's den

 

on the trail waiting for me is that fate that I can see?

is it hope disguised as an omen or a curse thrust down on me?

 

relentless, unforgiving

 powerful against the living

last breath is never taken

the face of death; the ban-dra-kan

 

like the sands that shift with the tide

you can run but you can't hide

the thunder that screams from the sky

is a warning sound and not denied

like the dragon that hunts with the moon

sharp talons predict your certain doom

there's a terror that hides in the gloom

Ban-dra-kan waits for you

star's dust across the sky

magic's sweet delight

 

exploding like the desert moon

shards of light the deepest blue

silent whispers that dance on air

leaving hope in their brilliant flare

exploding like the desert moon

shards of light of the deepest blue

trails of light across the sky

the burning hope that love's alive

 

like an angels velvet touch

the guiding light of love

 

exploding like the desert moon

shards of light the deepest blue

like a signal flare in the night

love's message takes off in flight

in a vision that clouds the mind

fiery strands of heaven unwind

trails of light across the sky

the burning hope that love's alive

shot from the heart of a burning sky

a message of fate from the light

from the hearth that holds no home

a message from beyond pillars of stone

the heart of light

and the fate of the sky

rest on pillars of stone

fight.  fall.  breath and return to the pillars of stone

 

strike the match to ignite the lame

to a bible of secrets darkened from age

god holds onto heaven's sash

sends down judgment with a hand of wrath

struck with rage

send dark secrets to the grave

chronicled on pillars of stone

fight.  fall.  breath and return to the pillars of stone

 

select a story because time's no tail

trappings of sight from the shadows of veil

drink from the failures that dreams repeat

drown ever after in a somber sleep

drink from the dreams

you're trapped to repeat

witnessed by pillars of stone

fight.  fall.   breath and return to the pillars of stone

one lonely night would take all I had to give

one hopeless flight with odds just to great to live

 

as she stood there and cried my blood flowed like water

and the tears in her eyes mixed with blood on my shoulder

 

one last goodbye was all I could afford her

one last goodbye, a wish blown in the storm

 

in the blink of an eye my light turned to darkness

falling through an blackened sky no I'm floating conscious

 

she stood there right before me and pressed her hands to my chest

what could she say?  as I took my dying breath

 

in the shattered dreams that drown beneath the thunder

judgment released his grasp and cast my soul down under

 

her soft skin caress was all I could remember

was sealed with t kiss that had to last forever

see the children of the Tar-nac moon

as danger circles around the room

see their veils in flight

with the dance of a 1000 lights

like shadowed pirouettes upon the night sky weaving between the clouds

forever faultless.  hypnotizing

 

castanets float on air in perfect rhythm

deep and distant stares hypnotizing

 

as they twirl and dance until you drown in their mystic dance

like a breeze on a windswept sail or water on a window sill

like gold etched in glass

forever faultless.  hypnotizing

within the halls, the walls, and ways

our fate is etched from solid rock

as its read and said in prayers

bless the path we can never walk

 

pass your hands along the stone

hieroglyphs from long ago

instructions how to pass our days

watched by a Gerbin's gaze

 

within the halls and walls, these days

our cells are locked, lost with the keys

words through the door we hear and feel

bless the hearts that are revealed

 

we will wait for fate

here we wait for fate

 

within the halls, the walls, our lives

our souls are torn as we spill the pain

there's a will that drives the tears we feel

bless the balance we can never cross

I feel the heart of shadows

behind your eyes, in your mind

those Gerbin eyes that burn me down

 

set me loose

release these chains for freedom

the breaking path holds me down grinds me down

 

burning fields of fate

like fire running through my veins

I feel the endless stirring sound as my heartbeat pounds

 

I hear the sound of sorrow

shaking in the leaves, in the trees

to my knees, down to the ground

 

to feel the reins of terror

slipping on the noose

drag me round, pull me down, keep me down

 

I see the dreams that I seldom see

what will tomorrow bring?

darkness or death?  as the shades forever rest

 

drowning down, pulling down

burning down,  beating down

crashing down in the dawn

 

I've been cast down into the waves of darkness

left for dead, just some forgotten one

risen up to face this madness

tell your god that I've come

 

my fate lays in the hands of strangers

passing days on a steadfast run

my heart follows a face that's nameless

my soul dying until the deed is done

to the dungeons that bear no witness

through the channel to the Tan-tar mines

bowing down to the tricks of Tir-nan

swallowed whole by death divine

 

my fate lays in the mouths of dragons

passing days on a steadfast fun

my heart follows a face that's nameless

my love lives and is growing strong

into the dungeons of flame and fury

into the castle of an elven god

face those who would dare oppress me

pass these tests in the name of love

 

 

love.  bar-ten-ba

 

it is the love that drives all

the very source that feeds the soul

it is the light that guides us home

the true path that is always known

 

like the waves, the sea, the sand, the spinning world

where we stand

like the sun, the moon, the stars, heaven's kiss

in your open arms

like a song that never ends it is the music that your

heart transcends

 

love is a whisper, the touch of an angle's hand

a call from the mountains

it is a never ending song

the light that guides us home

 

it is the touch of an angel's hands caressing soft

without demands

it is a whisper that hangs long after you

have disappeared

its a call from mountains high thrust down upon

forever's skies

 

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