Sabbat - How Have The Mighty Fallen? Lyrics
Denizens of sylvan placeshidden from the eyes of man,courtesans with sylph-like gracesdancing to the pipes of Pan -that echoed through the ethernotes that soured the wings of halcyon,songs to give our life the meaningthat we lack now they have gone.Watch the pattern ever changingin the tapestry of fate,weft and weave and interlacingsilken strands that fabricate -a cloak to fit both king and beggar,those who rule and those that toilare equalled in the fact thatall pay homage to this mortal coil.Icy fingers grasping madlyget a grip upon my throat -and slowly squeeze the life out of meon my dying words I choke,afrantic prayer in desperationcannot hope to make me whole,a moments lapse of concentrationand the spirits flee my soul.Drugs and potions surge within me -slowly paralize and kill me,terrified I stumble blindlyInto the unknown.Outside looking in - observingfeelings that I find unnervingdying with my eyes wide openhelpless and alone.The endless void that lies beyond -with gaping jaws it beckons me,I cast my worldly flesh aside andplunge into eternity.Once light hearted I departed -on my quest hope courted me,now a new love is my true loveand her name is misery.Eyes as dark as midnight-ravensgems that filled my mind with awe,enthral my heart -distract me from her milk-white handsstained red with gore.The fetters that bound me are broken,by words that were best left unspoken,for now I am shackled to sadnessby chains that are tempered with madness.I plummet like a shooting-starthat shines so bright yet falls so far,shafts of moonlight guide meto the world that waits below.I seem in need of nothing elsebut rope enough to hang myself-Laughing through the gates of Hell I go.MY SOULS LAMENTContained within a living shroudmy life-force fades and dies,this weary heart grows heavyas the coins upon my eyes.The latch has now been liftedon an ever open door,and peering through I see thingsas I never have before.The hammer and the anvil meet -in synchronicity they chime,#a sound so simple and completeit needs no melody or rhyme.Reforging all that I once was -they make me into something new,no longer trapped within this worldbut, transient and passing through -the 'valley of the shadow'far beyond the 'summerland',like the wild-boar is my valournow my life is in these hands -that keep the seething couldron steaming,stoke the fires of destiny,gently take me and re-shape meall-wise smith of sorceryThe fetters that bound me are broken,by words that were best left unspoken,for now I am shackled to sadnessby chains that are tempered with madness.>From the 'cup of happiness'the wine of hoped I've sipped,betrayed I taste the bitternessof pain upon my lips.Though I try to drown my sorrowsthey will surely drown me first,for swallowing my pridewon't quench this thirst.MY SOULS LAMENT:In this darkness light has faded -hope becomes despair,loneliness for a companion -with me everywhere.I wander in confusionwhile the tears that I have cried,gleam like broken trinketsyou have worn then cast aside.WODEN:"Now hand-in-hand with ignoranceThe power mad run blindly,but retibution hunts you downand rest assured he'll find thee.No curtain could conceal youfor the ghosts of all you slander-await you at your journeys endand, to them you must answer.The poisons born upon your tonguewill never serve to slight me,for I have delt with many fools andsuffer your kind lightly.Just as you sow so shall you reap -and I my friend have plenty,so sit ye down and eat your wordsnow that your plate is empty."The endless void that lies beyondwith gaping jaws it beckons me,I cast my worldly flesh aside andplunge into eternity.Once light hearted I departed -on my quest hope courted me,now a new love is my true loveand her name is misery.Eyes as dark as midnight-ravensgems that filled my mind with awe,enthral my heart -distract me from her milk-white handsstained red with gore.The fetters that bound me are broken,by words that were best left unspoken,for now I am shackled to sadnessby chains that are tempered with madness.The endless void that lies beyond -with gaping jaws it beckons me,I cast my worldly flesh aside andplunge into eternity.Once light hearted I departed -on my quest hope courted me,now a new love is my true loveand her name is misery.Eyes as dark as midnight-ravensgems that filled my mind with awe,enthral my heart -distract me from her milk-white handsstained red with gore.The fetters that bound me are broken,by words that were best left unspoken,for now I am shackled to sadnessby chains that are tempered with madness.I plummet like a shooting-starthat shines so bright yet falls so far,shafts of moonlight guide meto the world that waits below.I seem in need of nothing elsebut rope enough to hang myself-Laughing through the gates of Hell I go.MY SOULS LAMENTContained within a living shroudmy life-force fades and dies,this weary heart grows heavyas the coins upon my eyes.The latch has now been liftedon an ever open door,and peering through I see thingsas I never have before.WODEM:"Why do the mighty view the worldthrough syncophantic eyes -Then claim to us they know what's bestfrom pedastals of pride?Don't take the views of othersand dismiss them out of hand -for when your pillars crumbletell me who will take command
