Withered flowers hem my toilsome way The armies of spring defeated long ago Where hopeful green once covered the land Now decay and death rule everywhere
Shaggy crows, plaguing the soil, await the kingdom of frost Grey and dirty the day laments, and a dust-hidden sunset blurs the sky
Through valleys of shadow, over hills of forlorn beauty I drive my feet to a tower, where the night shall bring oblivion
(lead – Hilbert)
The highest mountains provoking Black stone forms a needle Piercing the clouds at the horizon It marks my quests solution
Reaching the massive gate, darkness takes the land With the moon racing the heavens, behind wild and hoary fog
Looking down from the spire I see the world beneath my feet In the safety of this place My present to mankind reveals
All human eager firestorms, the foul stench of lost battles Vast pains and bitter grief, for only one now to consume
I enlighten the fields below, thunder roars throughout the plane Gathering the ancient demons, sorrows last tunes now begin
Calling the mighty forces Of this buildings secret powers A breach to the inner core Opens as a voracious door
(lead – Hilbert)
With a black holes gravity It inhales the outer tragedy Gateways to exterminate What we’ve done in our hate
My energy exhausted My mind totally frosted With all my memories erased Here, as a guard I stay defaced