Gla** Hammer - The Sunset Gate lyrics

Unlocked and beckoning the gate was opened wide yet there we stood The air, electric and in angry hues the painted sky We lingered, gazing And then the trees began to toss Time to head beyond The frightening gate before us loomed With rocking motions prayers were uttered, flung As lightning flashed a laboring sky gave birth to a squall No darker fear had we felt But then it pa**ed us by All grew quiet Except a distant thundering, and blundering toward light we're creeping I hear the sound of blood in my heart rushing life red, singing life to me Is this only a tired refrain? An echo of a song? The sound of a dying heart? Haggard, wayworn, it struggles on It's beating life to me A pity yet I try to help where I can A tested traveler it seems to know this time-worn path by which we go Before the gate I stood with you in doubt I reached out for your hand Then, the battle that raged within You saw me strive with evil, nearly give in to it Lowly creature bereft of honor Conquered fear but not alone Took strength from that blue-eyed girl who stood with me From storm to storm you ran with me 'til at last we stood there by that gate Cruel iron, wide it flung, opened wide, rusty thing, wide it swung A shadow in the mist ahead will rise Beyond the starlight gleams