Cirith Gorgor - Conquering The Shadowworld lyrics

[Lyrics: Marchosias] Wandering draped in smothered moonlight Distant memories consume my mind Amidst these blackened ancient woods The profound smell of grievance slumbers Unfolding dreams seem vague but still As the fields of old draw near And these mountains I still recognise (Bloodstained memories emerge) "I see a maiden, young and fair, falling lifeless to the ground A gleam once touched her face and hair yet now is nowhere to be found Slain by black, audacious steel, her earthly ties are torn Hatred chose her fate to seal through this malicious scorn" A flash turns fire into stone The gruesome dark of night weighs stronger Striding forth through veils of fog Unable to conquer my shadowworld A sudden outburst lights the sky Reveals the tortured ground I stand Once again my body trembles And longhidden visions come to mind "I see her face cast into stone, engraved in darkness since that day Under a moon so blue and roan her purest splendour fades away But behold a cosmic sign as swirling clouds pa** by A new-born, bright star burns in line and lightens up the astral sky" After all these years that pa**ed Here over the fields of old I stumble upon an ancient stone The air around it dead and cold Suddenly all is clear to me As the shadowworld opens its gates once more