Suidakra Lays From Afar 1. A Darksome Path [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] In a time of forgotten realms and whilom truth Noble kings and valiant men In a land where shades lurked in the dark Where at night tales began to rouse Ir was the dawn of the thousand fires When he stepped into the night Swearing to face all dusmay To dare the ancient mights Enthralled by a flickering glint That allured him to follow To a place where the realms entwine A gate to the other side (adistant light) Faint singing called him to step inside His eyes strayed aloft Willing to go towards his fate A last look to the sky When he passed the gate For ever and ay (for a year and a day) A wanderer lost in nowhere Never found a place to dwell Withersoever he fared Twilight shapes begged him to stay But the glinting stars Drowned all leathe Restless he hied afar 2. Chants Of Lethe [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Oh, How well I remember the day Encircled by trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin pathways Until they led me to a fount at last I watched into the starlit water And the lights began to whirl around Weird eyes glared at me My mind sabk into the fount Dark it was there on the ground But bright and graceful was the light Of the dancing water sprites Mute voices sang their songs profound Tunes frail as their wavy guise Enswathed me like a silken shine A glance on the flight of time To distant realms and stars Low laid the land of mine And their everlasting scars In the deepest depth there was fire and source entwined In days of yore and before It burned and flowed in our mind With eyes on the wings of time I saw the flames increase The fount fell down into lethe And within the silken shine Again I heard the singing fays Through the mist of time There is no believe Frail is the Pathway of dreams For all is drowned in chants of lethe Aye, I will remember the day Encircled by Trees I was Grabbing Boughs and whispering fays Forced to walk on their elfin path ways Here I saw how the days would last 3. The Well Of Might [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] So the days went by And only the wind and the rain were my companions A lot of stones laid on my path to the palace of snow and the king of fire... Majestic hights with flaming banners So giantly the king seemed to be forever lost A chilling audience for a man of noone Kneel to the king and his endless melting throne Under his crown a million creatures crawled A twisted tongue for a gesture of kindness Each glimpse made them turn to stone Their eyes like snow long for blindness ...so long in blindness For there is no way to change their chosen lot No chain of steel could bind them more My well of might is your well of sorrow give me your sight and leave behind tomorrow My son, he said, it`s better to reign in hell (Live`s a path of sorrow) Than to serve in heaven Woe betide him and his bleak eyes Words of truth from a head full of lies So my quest took me onward to a brighter way I wouldn`t rest here for frozen tears nor melting fears 4. The Hidden Quest [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Sudden the morn came Slowly the curtain rose Awe shone in his eyes Another light was born to rove With pinions of sorrow On winds of despair The beast appeared Some say it would never go away With eyes of morrow On stars of guidance He faced all fright His way a neverending night So he defied the lively waves Betrayed himself And the restless hieing winds Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpent of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close The awaited even came Slowly the curtain fell Awe shone in his eyes Another light still yearns to dwell His eyes full of sorrow And wounds of despair Bled immortal dreams Whispering of days of yore The guise in the mirror No more stars to guide It`s the beast he feared Now he knew it would never go away So he defied the eternal rock Buried himself Into the everlasting flame Strong is the blade of hatred The desire of our desperate hope The serpant of grief Feeds virtue to it`s sateless breed High aloft the dragon flies The falcon has gone astray So nigh but also far away A cry above - the wyvern dies Blind eyes have broken the oath So far away but also close 5. Morrigan [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Once, on another weary day of mine Just when the sun began to fondle mother earth On a hill I stood to behold this crimson embrace A stricken field to my feet (under bloody mist) Myriad hollow staring eyes Wrapped in red clouds The corvine goddess appeared Emptiness filled my mind Fervid thoughts crawled suddenly into me... Morrigan - three faced goddess dark and wild For thee I`ll raise my sword and shield Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed Come forth now grimest crow Thou cry shall shatter earth and sky ...Like a shrieking carnyce... In thy shadow I shall stand forevermore I send thee hail and eternal troth... Night descended and the stars within my eyes Cleared my mind and aflamed my heart I flee thy corvine ire Morrigan - three faced goddes dark and wild For thee they rose their swords and shields Morrigan - grimest crow beneath the sky May the eyes of thousands please thy raging greed - but not mine... 6. Peregrin [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Fly aloft Leave All Ground behind Your cradle below the winds of Life will be in days to come your grave 7. Wasted Lands [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Tireless I faced my way The flames still burned To see the stars and dales My heart still yearned for Surrounded by bleakness Osseous trees seemen to Seize the silence A plain of ruins winds of dust tried to enshroud All Remembrance A doleful figure cowered At the heart of this wasted lands his bowed head a mere skull the yield of dust in his hands " I dwell beyond all fear and here in my liefeless claw shall grow your given seed the everlasting flaw " On the ground of his eyes I saw a child drowned in fear In the deep he beheld the airy play Of those who can fly while fear turned into hate Woe betide him and his tainted eyes Seeds of despair won`t grow with tears of dust So I left this wilted man and his vale of woe To Resume my own path of dole 8. Strayed In Nowhere [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] The moon passed his realm oh many times Restless he hied to the caress of the sea Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen So I cursed each day And it`s joyful sneer And in nights of fear I saw their darksome shapes of light I hied with the wind Won`t ever dree my weard Endless width of splendour But my thoughts stood dear Strayed in nowhere Some inner tide Made me long afar To an aim beyond all sight (Is there no one to guide me) Through this endless maze Where are the stars and dales ? Where is my way home ? Oh where am I ? Strayed in nowhere... To and fro I went in my sleep But each step brought me closer to my last Standing stones glared at me with fathomless eyes Assuring me that I am lost Sylphlike lights in the dark with alluring voices So many stars I`ve never seen Each a one called me to rest Until I hear the banshees lonely caoine 9. Airne 10. Lays From Afar [Music & Lyrics by Suidakra] Countless seemed to be the days Until his return Ceaseless semmed to be his way But still the thousand fires burn So he beheld one day His long - desired journeys end Still the singing called him to stay Oh, it was the place where it all began Strange eyes looked up As he stepped into the light All friends were gone ( he`s still alone ) Betrayed by the course of time ( He`s lost in time ) "From afar I come - in place ans in time I saw the strongholds of the old ones Once I sat here by a fire My heart in flames but now they`re waned and gone" Calm spread out it`s wings and his hoar voice Pierced the night and the light inside of them Deep were his words, the songs to sang And long his story to tell But each a word would be carved deep in their minds Now the alst words are said And slowly dawns a new day The guise of the wise fades away Aye, they should remind the words And the things they saw As a stranger sang for them his lays from afar 11. Foggy Dew