Forefather - Forever In Chains lyrics

Walls surround me as the years pa** slowly by Wonder I might have been Battle-slaughter and a kingdom overthrown Are only shadowy tales for me My kingly blood, it has condemned me to this fate I'll never see the light of day again How I long to have fought with my brothers side by side Only d**h shall end my pain While kings and men are slain As royal buildings rise and fall These walls shall be my home I'll be forever in chains Darkness fills me but my dignity prevails Prison walls are all I know History unfolds as I am left behind Trapped within a web of time The nobility of his forebears, his simple manners His sound views and honourable judgements The strength of his body and the fire of his intellect All these glorify the Earl Wulfnoth Exile, prison, darkness, inclosure, chains Receive the boy and forsake the old man Caught up in human bonds he bore them patiently Bound even more closely in service to God