HEART OF CYGNUS LYRICS

1. Over Mountain

Heading up the mountain
In the drizzling black
Weary from the distance but there's no turning back
They need a place to rest

Hiding in a musty cave from the raging tempest
They wait for the sleep to fill their eyes
The ritual death will seal their fate

Sleep tight

Sleep tight
Dream while you have the chance
No sense in anxiety 'til the moment is at hand

Some walls have eyes
All the better to see you with
Some walls have hands
All the better to grab you with

We've caught you off guard
Too tired to know and too tired to care
Welcome to our house
Welcome to our lair

Sleep tight

Sleep tight
Dream while you have the chance
No sense in anxiety 'til the moment is at hand

2. Under Hill

Who has dared approach our lair?
Tender morsels at our stair
Bind 'em, beat 'em, take 'em down
All the way to Goblin Town my lads

Hey! Ho!
Down you go to Goblin Lair
Hey! Ho!
You'd better beware for down you go to Goblin Lair

3. Black Riders

In the chill of the night when the moon starts to wane
And shadows shift and silence falls as the darkness awakes
The forest is still
Hide yourself from the trail
You sense a presence, a rider comes with death like a veil

It’s falling all around you
You can see the shadows grow
The ring, you feel it calling you
Behold, they come
Black riders

Flee from the road
Your cover has failed
Make for the bridge and pray you'll go
Unnoticed from there

The hooves are pounding louder
They’re nearly upon you now
You reach the river, a raft awaits
You escape as they howl

They shadow you by land
Their eyes begin to glow
They beckon you come near
And your fear begins to grow

It’s falling all around you
You can see the shadows grow
The ring, you feel it calling you
Behold, they come
Black riders

4. The King And His Steed

[Instrumental]

5. Lost At Sea

Will you say a prayer for me my love?
When I'm lost, I'm lost at sea
When the waves are far too great, my love
Will you say a prayer for me?

We raised our sail and set out to cross the Northern Sea that night,
Sixty battle hardened men in silence under veiled moonlight
With cloak of darkness, in our ship, a shapeless form
By oars and wind we fly into the waiting storm

Through ice and wind
The nightmare begins

The captain spoke of riches for our taking on a distant land
With promises of wine, wealth and women, enough for every man
We’d raid the countryside, take the plunder for our own
And we would live as kings, on our island, free to roam

But now the Lord of the Storm rebukes us with his wind and waves
We cry for mercy but no one's there to save us now

The ocean vents her wrath upon our longboat's hull
She hurls us to the depths into the deadly cold

Lying on the broken hull, I awake still in a dream
Adrift now for days and days, floating towards an isle of green
The ship and all her men are gone, taken by the deep
And I alone have lived to tell
My soul, still lost at sea

Will you say a prayer for me my love?
When I'm lost, I'm lost at sea

6. Erik

Bastard son of noble birth
Bound in chains, a slave at sea
Not but gall to quench his thirst
Not but darkness could he see

Led in chains to isles of ice
His prison, yet his paradise
To hunt with hawk and fight with hand
He wandered wild and jagged land

Captive of a Nordic clan
Scoffed and struck by Einar's hand
His bird of prey would take an eye
And mar the heart of Einar's pride

Thus condemned to die at tide
Neath judgment's veil God's mercy hides
For Providence would hear his plea
As Northern winds rebuked the sea

When ships set sail and ride the wind
You summon storms and stir the sea
When men of courage find the end
They cry out and you guide them to their destiny

7. Blue Planet

Gazing at the stars tonight from my window sill
Above the circle in the sky a flashing breaks the still
I look up to catch a glimpse, a moment, then it's gone...
I could almost see the sun
Then I thought I saw the eyes of Pleiades

In the sky and across the night
Seven race to meet the dawn
Through the night they soar and dive
And the hunter follows on

I jump out my window, through the backyard, through the trees
In a clearing stands a rocket ship readied just for me
I feel the jets as they break away and I hurl beyond the stratosphere
Soaring high into the midnight sky
I could see Orion chasing Pleiades far beyond

In the sky and across the night
Seven race to meet the dawn
Through the night they soar and dive
Through the corridors divine... on and on
Through the corridors divine... on and on

8. The Mountain King

The road winds on unseen
Yet I must travel still
I’ve many tales, and songs to sing
Before the Mountain King

And I see the light of a million stars as they guide my way
And you’re standing there; I can see the smoke from the fireplace
And the smell of fall is in the air

Oh love… Oh love, it’s been far too long.

9. Revelations

[originally by Iron Maiden]

O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.

Just a babe in a black abyss
No reason for a place like this
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain
An easy way for the blind to go
A clever path for the fools who know
The secret of the Hanged Man: the smile of his lips

The light of the Blind - you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see

She came to me with a serpent's kiss
As the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips
Moonlight catches silver tears, I cry
So we lay in a black embrace
And the Seed is sown in a holy place
And I watched and I waited for the Dawn

The light of the Blind - you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see

Bind all of us together, ablaze with Hope and Free,
No storm or heavy weather will rock the boat, you'll see
The time has come to close your eyes and still the wind and rain
For the one who will be King is the Watcher in the Ring... It is You...







HEART OF CYGNUS LYRICS