BATTLELORE LYRICS

1. 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 Shadows embrace
Ithil-stone, device of lies
Eternal eclipse of the moon

2. 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

Up in the Mountain
The Cracks Of Doom
The greatest forge
The Chambers Of Fire

3. 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

Night casts its veil
Thousands of stars lead the way
You by my side
Until the end of time

"The Great Goblin gave a truly awful howl of rage when he looked at it, and all his soldiers gnashed their teeth, clashed their shields, and stamped. They knew the sword at once. It had killed hundreds of goblins in its time, when the fair elves of Gondolin hunted them in the hills or did battle before their walls. They had called it Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver, but the goblins called it simply Biter. They hated it and they hated worse any one that carried it."

Murderers and elf-friends!
Slash them! Beat them! Bite them! Gnash them!
Take them away to dark holes full of snakes
And never let them see the light again!

There is no place
In a world of silence
Where you can't be found
There is no shelter (There is no shelter)
No cave nor dungeon (No cave nor dungeon)
You are on my ground (You are on my ground)
There is no place (There is no place)
In a world of silence

4. 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 (And the sword)
We are back stronger (Stronger)
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (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

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 (And the sword)
We are back stronger (Stronger)
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (And the sword)

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

We are back stronger
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (And the sword)
We are back stronger (Stronger)
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (And the sword)

We are back stronger
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (And the sword)
We are back stronger (Stronger)
Than ever before
We claim back the land
And the sword (And the sword)

5. 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, again
Lived through the wither and bloom
Seen the stars, the birth and the doom again

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
(I will not fall)

6. Firekeeper

Nothing but silence
As the distant song fulfills the Void
The light, the flame, the heart
In the center 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 All High, The One Alone
Firekeeper of the world
The Holy Ones, the line of Gods
From the Flame of all songs

The light won't fade away
A beacon standing strong in a storm
From the birth of it all
Until the end of days

The light won't fade away
A beacon standing strong in a storm
From the birth of it all
Until the end of days

7. 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

Shining surface of a calm, hallowed lake
Reflected a crown of stars upon his brows

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

Shining surface of a calm, hallowed lake
Reflected a crown of stars upon his brows

Shining surface of a calm, hallowed lake
Reflected a crown of stars upon his brows

There lies the Mirrormere

8. 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 fall
Shadows and gold, world of their own

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

9. 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 welkin
But gone are the days
No calm of the night
Only darkness thick and deep
Veils the starless skies
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
Aman

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

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
No one knows when it is time
To unlock the gates
The army of the elder awaits
In The Caves Of The Forgotten
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 a calm and cloudless sky

The greatest wall is fear
The same fear that holds me
And gives me a reason
To find the way

Heavy shadows across the moon
On a calm and cloudless sky

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





BATTLELORE LYRICS