Shadows come and shadows flicker, flit then vanish Quiet, for they can hear you They're just a memory, and as such These are real, be wary Hold no power for they waver and are fleeting We're going in and never more to look behind Say no more of shadows They glide on past yet gleaming eyes and clutching claws are grasping to hinder me What is that they whisper? Because of selfish pride I've stumbled into error These things, they look inside and loot the soul of all it sought to hide there We stood before the gate then took one step beyond it The hindering, hooded ones they crowded round to block our pa**ing on There is a will more strong, a heart more hale, a spirit worthy! Grounded, we must, we must wait here, and yet I can see it ahead just beyond that dark land that stretches onward Don't go! Please don't leave me alone for I'm frozen, and we, we must stick together or we'll both be lost There is something I dare not name before us Yet it must be faced, though in darkness it seems monstrous We need, need not fear him for fear only feeds him; gathers doubtful shadows to cloak his shape Life is fleeting, why delay this? Let's plunge ahead and though the darkness seems full of shapes and though I dread them I see the lights ahead, and homeward we should race as if it's all that matters Onward...