Epiclore - Expedition (Into Demise and Victory) lyrics

PART I: Prologue Legion sleep, the night has fallen Every day it seems all hope will fade Dreams are torn and hearts are broken I live these lines and write them day by day And I hope one day we'll find a sign of peace And free our minds from the War And leave all pain behind Too many promises we've heard along the way... But for the hope that remains, we carry on And await the day the shadow disappears On that day the Lords will fall PART II: Theme of the Legion (instrumental) PART III: Through the Province The last free town prevailed, but truth behind that triumph Was stranger than the rumors that we'd heard before The Head was found that day, it spoke to us and helped us It seemed to want to lead us to the truth of all in the ruins... We found the hidden tome and in the hour of darkness I read about the future world in grief and woe And from the city ruins we fled towards the mountains Into a tunnel that would help elude the foe Thus, from that day... Through the wind and snow we're marching on Now on our way across the realm (for the armies of the North) Where tyrant's rule remains (through the heathland striving forth in fury) Forgotten be his name... And as we left the plains where freedom used to reign We knew we might not see our home again And as we journeyed through the Province now in flames We knew the quest had just begun... Two days underground... meanwhile it turned to the winter We heard the Fallen were approaching us before And while the Champions set out to free our captured leader We were to seek the arm that once belonged to a Fallen Lord Through the wind and snow we're marching on Now on our way across the realm (for the armies of the North) Where tyrant's rule remains (through the heathland striving forth in fury) Forgotten be his name... And as we left the plains where freedom used to reign We knew we might not see our home again And as we journeyed through the Province now in flames We knew the quest had just begun Oh, we knew the quest had just begun... PART IV: Captured in Stone I can feel it's spring again, we're on the move once more We have come down from the mountains, it's the 18th year of the war Now we're camped before the woodland realm and I feel a bit unease When a scout emerges through the forest, crashing out from the trees The Fallen, drawing near...! So it begins as their hordes appear Troops of war we're able to withstand... But the Fallen Lord has something else in hand What took place before my eyes, still remains unknown But as I raise my head and glance around me, we are Captured in Stone There are signs of ancient evil beings once trapped within these walls We refuse to share their fate, believe me, I can hear freedom call Yes, we will find a way out of this maze Time stands still as we roam these dismal caves Moments pa**, a world shatters in his hand And we will last in a future king's command There's a structure made of skulls of men, a horrifying sight Atop, a tattered standard of an ancient might "Something tells me... We'll see it once more before the end" Yes, we will find a way out of this maze Time stands still as we roam these dismal caves Moments pa**, a world shatters in his hand And we will last in a future king's command PART V: Northbound (instrumental) PART VI: Before the Gates of Hell On the road... I keep on writing d**h and pain my weary hands convey Through the marsh we've roamed on fighting Now we're here, our journey ends today Only hours until sunrise The Legion wait for their demise As I turn my head I realize... I stand Before the Gates of Hell PART VII: Finale (At the Fortress) Here we wait for the dawn And behold the Fortress rise ahead As the rays of the sunlight fall The Legion's blood, it will be shed I was chosen for the plan And if we prevail we may survive As the rest of the Legion's men Engage the Fallen one last time There's a half-a-million foe From here to the stronghold Not a single one of us survive Die is cast... And twenty-hundred men fight to the last Meanwhile the standard we found in the caves Is brought to the field and before the Fortress raised And now we wait in the midst of the war "Keep in mind that he has been k**ed before..." As the light fades away From the heathland phantom's way In the end of all dismay A new dawn will then await... One display, one domain Different fates and different names But the soul - just one - remains A single everlasting flame And every hero's one and the same... Time goes by but some things last And the standard did provoke his past The field behind was turning red... As we took his life and cut off his head The Legion lay in pools of blood The battle's lost but the War is won The sun is rising from behind the fort... By the sword we've turned the page of time And the dark alliance of the Lords: Shattered with the mastermind Now the one who seemed to rule them all... His remains lie headless on the ground And the rest of them will face downfall For they will be hunted down... All, behold the Ruler of the Fallen Lords! As foretold, we removed him from his throne See his head in endless darkness fall Rule of d**h... it will reign this land no more And after all the strife and after all the pain At last there's grace upon the realm again We live our dream once more and now it's on the wing Eulogy for the slain we sing... (and see a rising star) Few percieve - a Being disappears... As we know, it's taken place before It is gone now - for a thousand years We know what it's waiting for... As the Comet rises, (it) takes new form Then returns to rule and rearray The eternal Cycle turns the world As heroes rise... and fade away