Cryptic Wintermoon - Once... In The Windblasted North lyrics

In between the wastelands of endless ice and snow Lays the place abandoned from mankind long ago Frozen seas of blood - towers built of flesh and bones And the presence on insanity on the shadows throne Great evil is dwelling here for ages - high in the lands of frost Stories turn to legends - and empires fall to dust - the awaking of the ancient is at hand Spreading the reign of shadows terror - high up in the abandoned land Moving shadows at the edge of the wood - where twilight found you out there all alone In the darkness and the freezing cold - and far far away from home Ages went by in a storm of years - in the wind blasted north For a time there were rumors to hear - of shadows and the dark things you fear And beneath a great mountain hidden in darkness a shadow writhed in chains Eaten by hate to the edge of madness moving figures - playing his games All figures set - for the final strike leaving me alone against a hundred - this night So I grab weapon and shield - ready to face my fate - a quick prayer comes over my lips To those gods up there who left me up there where my brothers a wait Courage was what my gods honoured - one against hundred And with all hope lost I engaged into battle But suddenly wind was rising and turned into a storm - a blizzard of ice and deadly cold It did me no harm but smashed my enemy and slayed then one by one And amidst the blizzard I could see moving shadows of my father And all my brothers I have lost in battle So my prayers have been heard in this darkest hour my northern gods have returned to me... Deadly blizzards - beasts of ice - in northern lands - where northmen rise Blessed by cold - the winteborn - to give your life for your god you've sworn Your heart for the lands of winter - and your sword strikes for the light For your god I will die And my fate is the shield of mine - born in the land of north and here I will die Ages went by in a storm of years - in the wind blasted north For a time there was a legend to hear - of a man who fought shadows and the dark things you fear Once... in the windblasted north... In between the wastelands of endless ice and snow Lays the place abandoned from mankind long ago Great evil is dwelling here for ages - high in the lands of frost Now stories turn to legends - and empires fall to dust Once... in the windblasted north...