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The Ranger
06:42
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V1
Born in the northlands the blood of a king
light in the dark times, new hope he will bring
raised in the cleft hidden valley he learned
the wisdom of those who had first walked the earth
at twenty years past his high bloodline revealed
the Evenstar's mortal fate soon to be sealed
into the wild there the gray one he finds
flame from the west come to save mankind
C1
To the south the man with ancient blood goes
to bring hope and fulfill ancient dead oaths
the ranger, true king, where the old white tree grows
no more a stranger striding through the shadows
V2
A guardian of those destined to bear the ring
a tracker through wildlands from shadows he springs
a sage with the white one chase snakes from the throne
a warrior defending the fortress of stone
a captain commanding the fleet of the dead
a healer then mending the blood that was shed
a leader at black gates preparing to die
a king with the Evenstar by his side
C2
To the west the ancient children will go
a new age dawns and belongs to the hero
the ranger crowned king where the new white tree grows
no more a stranger striding through the shadows
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Samhain
08:25
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V1
We dine tonight with the other side
the end of harvest when days grow darker
beneath the moonlight the dead will rise
to pierce the veil in this ghostly autumn
C
Druids they dance in the night
with souls of those they sacrificed
with maidens they burned at the pyre
the pagans all dance round the fire
V2
So pour the ale and drink the wine
consume the spirits and they'll consume you
a bounty paid to sustain their lives
death pays for life on the ghostly altar
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Elia
05:57
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V1
Well I've come
from the land of the sun
for revenge
in the lions den
and I'm here
and justice my spear
to collide
with the mountain that rides
C
Elia!
Elia!
A brother's revenge for my sister I avenge
to swallow the mountain in the sands
Elia!
Elia!
My serpent's kiss can't change a tragedy like this
it's here where justice takes its final stand
V2
If I fail
and the mountain prevails
two men die
both condemned by their pride
So I'll fight
with the wrong for the right
for the son/sun
until justice is done
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Banners
09:07
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V1
Pushed back inside the outpost high on the shores under foreign skies
with starvation nigh their banners fly as they choose how they shall die
they gear their men for one last stand reinforcements are nowhere in sight
raise your sword and claim your reward on the battlefield tonight
C1
For their banners
they are fighting
they are falling
for the legend
for their children
to grow strong
V2
Through the night the hopeless fight rages on through the smoke and the flames
the blood runs cold through the young and the old and the bold die to honor their names
the horizon bleeds as the dawn it feeds on the blood-drenched fields of war
those that remain their spirits wane pushed back to the edge of the shore
C2
For their banners
they are striving
they are dying
for the glory
of their kingdom
for their honor
B
Lay your head by the riverbed, where waters run red
lay your head by the riverbed, where waters run red
take my last words and bear them on the wind
across the shore to my kin
I see the sunrise for the last time
and if I die alone, I'll dream of home
On the horizon I see a banner
AS A SHIP COMES SAILING IN
On the sunrise I see a banner
AS A SHIP COMES SAILING IN
Through the fog I see the banners
AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN
The men around me start to cry
THAT THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN
We find the will to stand for one last time
AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN
And line up together side-by-side
AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN
On the horizon I see the banners
AS THE FLEET COMES SAILING IN!
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Fimbul Winter
04:57
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V1
The cold wind rattles the trees
the limbs shake free from the snow
the lakes and the rivers will freeze
two ravens aloft in the sky start to crow
lovers forsaken and brother betrayed
and the anchor of mischief lets loose from its chains
the wolf will chase down and devour the sun
the world tree will wither and all hopes undone
we fall, we're torn
to the call, of the horn
we rise, we'll fight
beneath skies, eternal night
C
Last stand for the world of man on this day when the earth stopped turning
three years in a winter cold but it melts as our souls and our world is burning
V2
The wolf and the serpent arise
the queen of the dead will ascend
but here on the plains we will die
but not before they meet their end
the earth will be charred and the seas will run red
where once grew the trees now a garden of dead
and the bridge of the heavens is forever gone
and never again will our world see a dawn
our swords, our shields
our blood on the field
great pain, great death
we take our last breath
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Interstellar
13:20
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V1
Looking to the stars
and living in the dirt
dreaming my life away
it's time to leave the earth
V2
floating through the stars
I left my world behind
galactic pioneer
transcending space and time
C
I follow fate to the fifth dimension
through the wormhole to find redemption
to face extinction or find salvation
through earth's ascension or re-creation
V3
falling through the stars
and fading into black
a celestial sacrifice
I'm never coming back...
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