Ensiferum 1997-1999 1. Frost [Demo (1997)] Howling winds of the North The cold predator of the fells Mighty woods of the North Under cover of darkness Desolate and dying lands Barren ground, covered with snow There forever I am, Where cold winds blow Gathering thoughts, take me Into a whirl of silence Gathering thoughts, give me Strength to survive Wail to me my winds Fly away with frozen wings Take my life to your hands O' cold wasteland... of Frost Great land of the North The ice shimmering upon the lakes Great storms of the North All life frozen to death Freezing days of sorrow I'm alone in this infertile world In the year before time 2. Old Man So much farther off than time could reach Today it would be too late So much despair he has bled But will he wither away No one knows that you must keep This Old Man wide awake 'cause no one knows that he could feed Our lives with a brighter flame [Chorus 1:] Hush little dreamer, the bearer of light Has come to set you free Now little dreamer at last you can sigh 'cause the nightmares will be released [Chorus 2:] Sweeter far than life from I found that love was Sweeter far than love to die as he did [J. L. Runeberg] [Repeat chorus 1] The stars fell from the nightsky As he reached his hands in the air As the sun peeked between the trees The Old Man burst to tears [Repeat chorus 2] 3. Knighthood I walk through the calm forest in the time of knights And only the dark memories are left from these times There's pieces of armour on skeletons Of men lying on the ground They were killed by the stab of the sword Before me lays thousands of dead knights Beneath of my feets lays skeletons And only the dark memories Are left of this Knighthood On this ground all fought for domination, But no one stayed alive And no one knows why that even one life, Didn't survive It must have been the powers of evil, That killed the rest of the men On this bloodstained ground, That which stories has been told 4. The Dreamer's Prelude [Demo 2 (1999)] [Instrumental] 5. Little Dreamer Once there was a boy back in time of the heathens Day after day he just kept dreaming things that would make him weaker His father could not make him see, that there is more than dreams But he wouldn't listen to the words of his father, 'cause he's a little dreamer Along his quest for solitude A wise man came and told him to follow the stars He ran to the forest with whirlwinds by his side He's lost in this world of lies Take him back where rivers flow upwards He is the one who lives under a moonless sky looking for time Take him back where stars are shining bright Far in the lands of icetop mountains far on the other side Pictures are appearing so serenely into my mind Far in the lands of meadows of fire deep in forgotten life Memories are drifting away so silently from light Along his path of misery A wise man came and told him to follow... the stars Little Dreamer... 6. Warrior's Quest (Let me tell you a story of a great warrior...) Strike with the powers of magic stone Grab your legacy that you behold If you can find your destiny Then you may return back to your home ... Ride away with your mighty horse Ride away through the land of storms... Unknown ar the ways of your journey ahead But with strength and courage you can avoid your death Throw your sword through the memories Embracing your bleeding heart Don't follow the shadows they ain't for real Like guiding stars As he falls to eternity the truth is fading Part of him died long time ago but still there's death awaiting Go now brave warrior don't look back The stars will guide you through the night But even the brightest light, Won't reach to the darkest night... 7. White Storm On this dawn the colours of the autumn are reflected by a light A light that as been captured for years in oblivion Circles of wind are raging now And so his powers are slowly dying Before the coldness rapes the lands His spirit is wandering into the night... to DIE! ...and he heard chimes ahead playing these enchanted notes, That lead him to a wooden cabin, where he could rest for the night... Over the mountains He had travelled Across the oceans Deep in the night Now when it's time to Say last farewell Show us your power Show us your might Gift from the sky His eyes can see it so clearly now But his restless mind cannot sense it in the air THE WHITE STORM IS CLOSE! ...and his powers gained in this mystical place more than he ever Posessed before. So now he could rule the realms of ice... ONCE AGAIN! 8. Intro [Hero In A Dream (Demo 3, 1999)] [Instrumental] 9. Hero In A Dream A witch read from the palm of his hand That his life would turn into darkness And alone he would face all demons From his past that he tries to forget An elder king warned of the dangers That lie in the valleys of north and His only chance was to find his shadow So he had to set forth He is the man who travels in the land Of dragons and magic spells He rides in the winds of fire and snow And he rules the forest of elves Slash of the golden sword A flash in the burning night Curse of the evil lord He is fighting for his life for the last time Oh such beauty in time, but it's just external He cannot see the truth with his eyes, so he is bound by a lie The snow starts falling in paradise, as he gazes at the stars He will be born again in the sky, when the night turns into a dawn On the way to the ancient castle of time He will soon be damned by rage So that his pride could betray him When it's time to set him free The fears in his mind had to be pushed aside As he walked through the gates He will never die 'cause he is truly a Hero in a Dream 10. Eternal Wait Over the Forgotten sea Voice of angel is calling for me Somewhere, where the mountains collide That's where I'll find my new life I have carried this burden so long for you That nothing but sorrow I feel I have let myself believe That nothing would hurt deeper than the truth Never has the wind blown like thousand years ago Everything that I've known has left me on my own Never have I felt the rain fall down like the burning flames All I see is the face of eternal wait I hear your silent cry Lost in the rainy night No reason to live for One reason to die for I am the one who has fallen into the path of shadows (and that road never seems to end) I am the one who has drowned into the river of tears 11. Battle Song Let's go Hear the sound of swords fulfill the night Feel the winds of death on your skin See the arrows fly, flaming in the sky Hear the screams of men, as they die We won this battle wit might and fearless hearts We came and we fulfilled our prophecy So now we shall march back towards our kingdom With heads up high and glimmering eyes We returned with our glory Silence now falls upon this blood red field Vultures feasting with the flesh of dead bodies "This is a great moment for all of us But now it's time to head back home victorious" 12. Guardians Of Fate Race with the wind The night is ending They will win When the sun is rising Stories have been told for years about the rebel man Riding in the lands of unknown No one has ever seen their furious beings And their secret remains untold Their deeds shall be heard Their legend will live forever They are the Guardians Of Fate As they shouted their last battle cries their destiny was to be dead Their future was in no one's hands like the prophet of the moon had said Those who travelled far away from home, they'll never return And those who crossed the seas of hope, they all will burn