Lyrics
[Verse]
I thought I knew my lot
a life with tooth and nail I fought
but when I met her
I knew it could be better
(what is this feeling)
[Verse 2]
we saw death and hell go 'round
and yet we held our ground
then she told me
of our destiny
(I feel my soul reeling)
[Verse 3]
then one day I awoke
surrounded by ash and smoke
my family, my love, my life, taken
my will to live, shaken
(something gnaws my mind)
[Verse 4]
Long and hard I searched
the pain in my arm made me lurch
a curse tainted the air
but I would not submit to despair
(Deliverance, I must find)
[Verse 5]
years later I would stumble
upon a hero so humble
I would share in his quest
to find my own rest
(lest I fall to darkness)
[Verse 6]
upon the demon's mount
we found a monstrous count
he presented an hourglass
and the curse within me manifested at last
(and become something else)
[Verse 7]
I'm surrounded now by dark
it laughs at my struggles as a lark
I feel pain and confusion
as souls become dark infusion
(it said "become my puppet")
[Verse 8]
Hell this is not
for I still feel the rot
I must escape these chains
and end these pains
("serve me and sound my trumpet")
[Verse 9]
I hear him now, the hero true
fighting my shade, a vile hue
yet his years are too few
there must be something I can do
(fight, she whsipered, fight again)
[Verse 10]
I draw my sword, dark all 'round
I spy red eyes, a familiar frown
my mirror image, an evil visage
the fight is even, I must end this demon
(her face appeared, wet with rain)
[Verse 11]
we trade blows
it's presence cold as snow
I can only try as I may
to pave the Hero's way
(she says something, I can't hear)
[Verse 12]
I feel it's anger, frustration and rage
I redouble my efforts and pray
oh goddess of light, of life
help me to continue to fight
(and then she disappears)
[Verse 13]
the hero is losing ground
a solution must be found
I desperately try and try
and then, sounds a cry
(a child's plea)
[Verse 14]
a young girl yells, through tears
finally, through the darkness, I peer
"why do you bring misery?"
"are you not the man who saved me?"
(why could I not remember)
[Verse 15]
I had forgotten
the evening in autumn
after passing a girl on the road
she was ambushed by rogues
(brigands, cowards... humans)
[Verse 16]
in the woods, they numbered three
I had hidden behind a tree
they tied her with rope and drained her of hope
so I drew my sword with intent
(they never stood a chance)
[Verse 17]
with this memory I feel more clear
the beast before me, filled with fear
I ready my sword and finally look forward
the monster's end is near
(this is my will, my body, my mind)
[Verse 18]
our hearts steeled and wills aligned
the hero fights body, and I the mind
with a final shrill wail
the shadow tucks tail
(I can finally breathe)
[Verse 19]
this is not the end, it still lingers
I can feels it's foul will in my fingers
I look back at the hell it wrought
too many dead, with guilt I'm fraught
(with rage against the dark I seethe)
[Verse 20]
the hero approaches as I molder
"this is not your burden alone to shoulder"
I cannot fathom his benevolence
but I will stop at nothing to be rid of this malevolence.
then the words she spoke that night return clearly
("we shall face our destiny, fearlessly")
