ETERNAL HELCARAXE LYRICS

1. Our Time in the Sun

Behold, the last stand of the righteous,
As sea of sword and spear comes crashing down upon us.
Our wall are falling down around us, we're over run,
But if I must travel to the afterlife it won't be alone.

There numbers increase with every strike, we're back to back,
And now they mass for there final attack.
Come on then, face me, try and end my life,
Let me show you how a true son of Ireland dies!

Stand your ground, the world will hear us,
That we had our time in the sun.
Hold your lines, deaths reach will soon embrace us,
It doesn't matter how you fall, it matters how you face it.
Will my tale be of how I stood against an unstoppable storm,
like so many comrades left with eyes wide open in the search for home.
I'm grateful that I once knew love,
If only for a moment, I shared the beauty of this world.
My brighter times are safe inside my memories,
Although I won't leave this place, they've still taken nothing from me.

Will we be martyrs, legends, our nation's sacrifice,
Will our names life on forever, in our peoples battle cry.
An ember in the ashes, that starts a flaming blaze,
To give them strength and courage, to stand with a warriors grace.
I look upon a hopeless battle, with frighten men, clutching to their lives,
Is this all our hero's are, desperate men, in desperate times.
Remember us, we fought proud, until our strength would last us,
But soon the sun will rise, and light our passing.

Stand and fight, the world will hear us,
For we once had our time in the sun.
Stand and fight, the world will listen,
For we once had our time in the sun.

2. End of All Things

We came this far together,
Not knowing if the end of our journey still stood.
As the ground gave way, the clouds came down around us,
We stood in fields of flames, still screaming our defiance.

While the ashes smoldered on, the end of all things,
Our chance of peace and hope, got swallowed by the dark.
We roared with thunder, we ran with lighting,
We smashed our fists upon black flame, with the hope to leave a mark.

As unchained wolves and demon howls, scream across the horizon, we were the only two, who held our lines, with our spears dug in the ground.
And when you broke my heart, you broke it into pieces, reminding me, I'm not made of stone.
Don't ask me what kept me fighting, ask yourself why you don't.

Our retreat has been compromised, our defiance have been scattered.
We fought through black hordes with the hope we would out last them.
The worlds a funeral piper, through blood stained fields we travelled.
I'll fight time itself, and see how much I can borrow.

And I'm still standing here, like I promise you I would be.
Standing through it all, with no gods above, or no strength in symbols.
Not to roll, with the tide, but to become its tamer.
I will go down with this ship, and watch the rising water.

3. Kneel Before None

I won't be manipulated and charmed, to fit their globe greed,
I would rather die on my feet then live on my knees.
For the fulfillment, of our appointed tack,
And fight flame and death, to make our achievement last.

With hope as our armor,
They came, they took, yet we conquered.
Don't acknowledge the word surrender,
And protect our dying culture.

As a growing few opens their eyes,
We'll clam the future, it is ours.
A brighter age has begun,
We kneel before none.
The fear of pain and death,
Are boundary set for lesser men.
A brighter age has begun,
We kneel before none.

With hope as our armor,
They came, they took, yet we conquered.
Don't acknowledge the word surrender,
And protect our dying culture.

As a growing few opens their eyes,
We'll clam the future, it is ours.
A brighter age has begun,
We kneel before none.
The fear of pain and death,
Are boundary set for lesser men.
A brighter age has begun,
We kneel before none.

4. The Healer and the Cross

Deep in the woods, at a lakeside cottage,
Torches appear, and words of malice.
The simple mind of the preacher, calls for blood.

They set fire to her thatched roof, and kick in her door,
They beat her down, chain her up and spit on her.
They drag her to the court house, on bloody knees,
This helpless frighten girl, cry's and screams for mercy.

On their steeple the accusing council names this "Whore of Satan" guilty,
She screams in horror, "I'm a simple healer, how could you's do this to me?"

On a torch lit hill, over looking the town,
They pin her to a stack, and tie her down.
They stack firewood and kindling,
To a hate filled mob of men, women, and children.
The preacher walks up and takes the stand,
With empty eyes, and flame in hand.
"Your earthly form is damned,
But to save your soul, our lord, will see you burn."

5. Bannow

I never thought we would get this far,
I thought the evils would out last us.
I thought you would be bored of me by now,
And I also feared for my own weakness.

But here we are now, like the ocean,
Never fading, or corroding.
As the water rose and gathered up around us,
We couldn't let go, and stop ourselves from drowning.

I was trying to defend myself, now another man lays dead.
Holding you now my love, I feeling nothing but regret.
The ship is prepared and waits for me,
I must forever leave my land and kin.
They'll be here by night fall, and shadow have began to lengthen.

Take my hand and stay with me,
We can walk as far as we can see,
We can spend our hole life's searching,
Where are better times will be.
If you would but hold me now,
I would hole you back,
Until the stars burn out.

But if we do they will always hunt us,
We would know a life with out peace,
Sleeping all our days, with our neck across the blade.
My love, I must leave these shores,
It's the only way, that you'll stay safe,
I'll be forever haunted by, this look upon our face.

The soldiers are fast approaching,
I don't think I can go.
I would face their wrath, before I'll face the the ocean,
Before I could ever let you go.
I can't face a life with out you,
I'd rather face the great unknown.
We'll stay right here, till the stars burn out,
And haunt these shores, as ghosts.

6. From Seeds to Forest

Embrace the wilderness,
A kinship with the blackness,
A spark to ignite the flames in the darkness.
From seeds to forest,
From seeds to forest,
For trees know truths, that man has long forgotten.

False words you perch,
Your deceiving tricks,
But our bark grows thick,
And our roots sink deep.

The heart lies to us, the head plays tricks with us,
But our eyes, our eyes see true.
In the solace of shadow, with one purpose,
To nurturer these seeds, to ignite the forest.

Strike now, while strength and skill are with you,
This is your only chance at this mortal coil, so make it count.
Before your walls decay, your bones go brittle,
Deny their poison lies, mount their head upon their steeple.

Contain this black disease,
They'll be as effective as a bandage upon cancer.
The heart lies to us, the head plays tricks with us,
But our eyes, our eyes see true.
In the solace of shadow, with one purpose,
To nurturer these seeds, to ignite the forest.

7. In Times of Desperation

[Instrumental]

8. One Journey

Through the chaos and fear,
I found you laying there,
I fell to my knees and cradled you.

I knew the mysteries above,
Or the power of love,
Would not undo this brutal act.

I put my hand on the wound,
To hide the truth,
That you've already slipped away from me.

To a distant place,
A higher plane,
Where no hurt or harm can reach you.

I would hope,
That your soul explodes,
So we all get a tiny piece of you.

To carry deep in our hearts,
As we embark,
Through places of beauty, or through the dark.

To stay with me,
Through brighter dawns,
Or in times of desperation.

And on one journey,
Fight for two,
And share a lifetime of hard won wisdom.







ETERNAL HELCARAXE LYRICS