THE WISE MAN'S FEAR LYRICS

1. The Relics Of Nihlux

[Joe Dennis & Tyler Eads:]
Relics that fell from the hands of the mages of old
Fell hands, the relics of an evil that's no longer known
Have scored the soil
Faded, blistered, and sunk beneath
Thorn of land's side
Men of oak, men of iron
Thorn of land's side
Men of steel, men of stone

[Joe Dennis:]
Spires and spindles sleeping under mountain blanket folds
An oaken switch, a candle, a blade, this is where I call my home
Spires and spindles sleeping under mountain blanket folds
An oaken switch, a candle, a blade, this is where I call my home

[Tyler Eads:]
And now we feel the life
Hiding on the mountainside
As a passing wind
Sings us a fading song

[Tyler Eads:]
Eyes that are bright and fixed upon
The glory of what lies beyond
Binding hearts against the same
Binding travelers by flame

[Joe Dennis:]
Listen, the small and the quiet murmurs of the night are here
Made of these things and are gone in just a moment's time
A crest, a coin
A plume, their blood joined
Conclave has now gone from the light
The bravery of fools pulls them into the night
Conclave has now gone from the light
The bravery of fools pulls them into the night

[Tyler Eads:]
The night swallows the daylight, daylight
They go to seek what they've not known, not known
Didn't you know they would leave and go into the night
To set this all right, all right
Men of oak, men of iron, men of steel, men of stone
Go on to fight

[Tyler Eads:]
You should see their eyes that are bright and fixed upon
The glory of what lies beyond
Binding hearts against the same
Binding travelers by flame
Eyes that are bright and fixed upon
The glory of what lies beyond
Binding hearts against the same
Binding travelers by flame

[Joe Dennis:]
Conclave has now gone from the light
The bravery of fools pulls them into the night

2. Breath Of The Wild

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
Follow forward into the world's heart
Feel its beating, its breathing, all of its secrets and scars
When the elements consume your every sense and you disappear
Fade away
The sky seemed so near about our heads
The roads so wide, so true beneath our feet

[Joe Dennis:]
Follow me forward into the world's cusp
It is from here that with luck
You can catch a glimpse of the secret and quiet changes
And the turnings of the world
And the turnings of the world

[Tyler Eads:]
To truly know the land
To see its cracks and corners
Take it in
Never needing what we think
Never thinking when we need, no
It's so easy to get the wrong grasp on reality

[Nathan Kane, Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
Oh how great, watch the world
The beauty set before
Oh how great, watch the world
The beauty set before
(Follow me)
Oh how great, watch the world (Follow me, follow me)
The beauty set before
(Follow me)
Oh how great, watch the world (Follow me, follow me)
The beauty set before

3. Tree Of Life

[Tyler Eads:]
Pull me in, I've seen the sights that stirred
The old men to greatness
The water, it moves with mirth
And trembles in distress

[Joe Dennis:]
A voice tells of something that has stood the test of time
An enchanting unwinding
The meeting mark of new memory
And the things that have always stood there

[Tyler Eads:]
Keeper of keys that's resting deep
Beneath the mountainside

[Joe Dennis & Tyler Eads:]
It is from here that if you still your mind
You can catch a glimpse
Of the fragments fallen from cornerstones
Of the world
And if you listen closely
You'll hear a story that's old as time

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
Keeper of keys that’s resting deep
Beneath the mountainside (Mountainside)
Watching the well and time will tell
If this is your demise

[Joe Dennis:]
A holy man once said to me
That the light dies in the depths of the ground
And if you stand there and keep your eyes closed
You can see the darkness as it comes to life (Comes to life)

[Tyler Eads:]
Keeper of keys that’s resting deep
Beneath the mountainside
Watching the well and time will tell
If this is your demise
If this is your demise
If this is your demise

4. The Forest Of Illusions

[Tyler Eads:]
Don't you start to slow down
Or the vines will draw you in
Don't run away
Because that's when their games will begin

[Tyler Eads:]
Don't look, your eyes will betray you
Betray you
But the stars are shining too bright tonight
To remember the forest's treason
Or the ruins that pass us by
A false light, a shimmer and a shine
And then the moment's gone, they all carry on
They carry on

[Tyler Eads:]
Don't you start to slow down
Or the vines will draw you in
Don't run away
Because that's when their games will begin

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
Look alive, don't be surprised
Look alive and you'll see it coming
Look alive, don't be surprised
Don't lose yourself to the illusions
Look alive, don't be surprised
Look alive and you'll see it coming
Look alive, look alive
A land of waking winds
And ancients above the path within
When I looked up my feet had taken me
Where I've not been

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
Look alive, don't be surprised
Look alive and you'll see it coming
Look alive
Don't lose yourself to the illusions
And so the wheel turns
And so the question burns
Where is the light we all have been seeking?
Betray you

5. The Cave

[Joe Dennis:]
The colors run together
From horrors written on the walls
Sleeping with one eye open
Living with one eye closed
Strangers pass like years
Tortured and twisted
Seeking what was lost there on that day
Swallowed whole by the mouth of The Cave

[Joe Dennis:]
Days mean nothing in this place
They come and test the will
These nights are screaming sonorous
They're rushing, yet still

[Tyler Eads & Nathan Kane:]
A man that's so far gone
Scorched by time, living life always shielding his eyes
And now he's all alone
Shadows of yesterday, flashes of tomorrow
What did we lose that day?
Swallowed whole by the cave
Where have the days all gone?
Where have the days all gone?

[Joe Dennis:]
No candle to the ages, but for the things they built
I know only too well the sight of this place
Its vile contours, its twisted figurines
Have never seen the light of day, rotting alone inside The Cave

[Joe Dennis:]
Scrolls of terrible truths
But the winds tell a different story
They whisper of false forms
And a dead hope not worth seeking
I saw a distant world on his shoulders
Through the stars in his eyes; their light blinds yet gives sight
Never knowing where the days are headed
Or where the days have gone

[Tyler Eads & Nathan Kane:]
A man that's so far gone
Scorched by time, living life always shielding his eyes
And now he's all alone
Shadows of yesterday, flashes of tomorrow
What did we lose that day?
Swallowed whole by the cave
Where have the days all gone?
Where have the days all gone?

6. What Went Wrong

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
What went wrong?
Tell me before you're gone
What went wrong?
Tell me before you're gone
Before you're gone
Before you're gone

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
I am a lost man stuck in my dreams
I'm not together as I may seem
And now my heart has turned to stone
Surrender my all to the cold grip of time
Now I've drifted too long, this life is no longer mine
Let go and just fade away
Releasing death grips to yesterday

[Tyler Eads:]
What went wrong, went wrong?
I've come so far and now you're gone (Now you're gone)
Did you believe in me or just the feeling
Of holding something close to me?

[Tyler Eads & Joe Dennis:]
I admit that I'm sinking away
All that my shadow touches turns to grey
There's no such thing
As being safe from yourself
Like anchor-tied feet, I'm one with the sea
Silent, sinking, left to thinking
Oh, did I give up hope?
Did I find a part of me that's made its home obscurity?
No, I can't let go
Of empty thoughts that will betray
When will I find my way?

[Tyler Eads, with Joe Dennis:]
We all just wanna fill this hole
Find comfort in the broken things
We use when we're lost inside of our souls
And we feel like nothing at all
We all just wanna fill this hole
Find comfort in the broken things
We use when we're lost inside of our souls
And we feel like nothing at all, feel like nothing at all

7. The River And The Rock

I've turned everyone against me
And I've learned it was a grave mistake
And how long must we live like this?
And how long must this doubt persist?

And now we're lost and now we're living
And now we've found and how we went missing
So lost without a reason
Without a sign, it's what we've been given
I say I'm lost and you say you're all gone
Was this the cost of finding what's beyond?

Need it, need it, need it
Need it, need it, need it
Need it, need it, need it
Need it, need it, need it

How can we live like this?
Where is the life that we missed?
And now we need it, need it, need it
Need it, need it, need it
Can we go on like this?

8. Sands Of Time

[Joe Dennis:]
Ten years gone by feels frightful
Now I fear my best days are behind me
Wracked with regret and life's restless pains
So you may wonder, when you grew so old
And so now you wonder, when you grew so old
And now you wander, in uncertain cold

[Tyler Eads:]
But the days aren't lasting long or as long as they used to
What should I hold to, a thread?
And the nights stretch on forever, an oracle at the center
And oh, we fall behind in the sands of time

[Joe Dennis:]
Twenty years gone by feels fleeting
Made of the smoke and the bile
Of a thousand hopes since past
Now I fear my best days are behind me
And I lose sleep counting the stars
Now I wish upon them all
Yet one by one they fall

[Joe Dennis:]
We beg for forgiveness
Yet inherit madness
We beg for forgiveness
Yet inherit madness

[Tyler Eads:]
But the days aren't lasting long or as long as they used to
What should I hold to, a thread?
And the nights stretch on forever, an oracle at the center
And oh, we fall behind in the sands of time
But the days aren't lasting long or as long as they used to
What should I hold to, a thread?
And the nights stretch on forever, an oracle at the center
And oh, we fall behind in the sands of time

9. The Door To Nowhere

[Joe Dennis:]
We pried open The Door to Nowhere
What we saw in the chamber
Stripped the face from my skull
And twisted my bones around
Small minds, fragile minds
Pulling apart pieces of themselves
Drums, drums
I hear drums in the deep
The solemn silence
Of a heart counting its beats

[Tyler Eads:]
Blinded brother there is no light left
Of the torch you used to hold
Lose another day or year down here
While the darkness makes you old

[Joe Dennis:]
Every day I try running from each night
But they are gaining on me
The box that held this pestilence
Now lies shattered at my feet

[Tyler Eads:]
Blinded brother there is no light left
Of the torch you used to hold
Lose another day or year down here
While the darkness makes you old

[Joe Dennis:]
The river of life is found across the valley of death

[Tyler Eads:]
Blinded brother there is no light left
Of the torch you used to hold
Lose another day or year down here
While the darkness makes you old
Blinded brother
Lose another

10. Firefall

[feat. Sean Harmanis]

[Joe Dennis:]
Night fall, sun sighing blue-grey defeat
Sacrament fall, break clean and away
Word fall and fix and fail and fragment
Wring tears from dry eyes
And give good men courage to do evil things
Firefall and burn, and kill, and destroy
Firefall and burn, and kill, and destroy it all

[Joe Dennis:]
Stand back
Hold up your coward's head
So I may take it from your neck
And burn the crown you wear so proud
I hope it ruins you
I hope that you are made to suffer

[Sean Harmanis & Joe Dennis:]
Not even vultures will touch what's left of you
When I'm through
Nothing left, torn apart limb from limb
Too late, the hour has past to spare spilt blood
Too late, the hour has past to spare spilt blood

[Joe Dennis:]
The festering black spot
Spreading from your soul
The calloused disregard
Of flesh and of blood

[Sean Harmanis & Joe Dennis:]
I hope it ruins you
I hope that you are made to suffer
I hope it kills you
I hope it pulls you down into an early grave







THE WISE MAN'S FEAR LYRICS