Midnight Sun bids moors farewell, retreats from charging dusk
Mountains echo curfew's bell, signal ending tasks
They place their faith in oaken doors, cower in candlelight
The panic seeps through bloodstained floors as Grendel stalks the
NightEarth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes
Their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyesWooden figures, pagan gods stare blindly cross the sea
Appeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviors born of dreams
They know their lives are forfeit now, priestly heads they bow in
Shame
They cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's nameEarth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyesTheir eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyesAs Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so fair
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the skyAs Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's house so fair
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the skyEarth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes
Within their eyes, within their eyes, within their eyesSilken membranes, span his path, fingerprints in dew
Denizens of twilight lands, humbly beg him through
Mother Nature's bastard child, shunned by leaf and stream
An alien in an alien land seeks solace within dreams
The shaper's lies, his poison tongue maligned with mocking harp
Beguiling queen, her innocence offends his icy heartHounds freeze in silence, bewitched by the reptile's spell
Sulphurous essence pervades round the grassy dell
Hero awaits him like lamb to the butcher's knife
Stellular heavens ignore even children's cries
Screams are his music, lightning his guide
Raping the darkness, d- d- d- d- death by his sideChants rise in terror, pray round the oaken beam
Flickering firelight portraying the grisly scene
Warriors advance, prepare for the nightmare foe
Futile the sacrifices even the hearts must know
Heroes' delusions with feet in the grave
Lurker at the threshold, he cares not for the brave, he cares not
For the braveSo you thought that your bolts and your locks would keep me out
You should have known better after all this time
You're gonna pay in blood for all your viscious slander
With your ugly pale skins and your putrid blue eyes
Why should I feel pity when you kill your own and feel no shame?
God's on my side, sure as hell I'm gonna take no blame
I'm gonna take no blame, I'm going to take no blameSo you say you believe in all of Mother Nature's laws
You lust for gold with your sharpened knives
Ooh, when your hordes are gathered and your enemies left to rot
You pray with your bloodstained hands at the feet of your pagan gods
And you try to place the killer's blade in my hands
You call for justice, distort the truthWell I've had enough of all your pretty, pretty speeches
Recieve your punishment expose your throats to my righteous
Claws and let the blood flow
Let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow
Flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, let the blood flow
Let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow
Let the blood flow, flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow
Let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow, flow, let the blood
Flow, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood
Let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood
Blood flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow
Composição: Derek William Dick / Mark Kelly / Mick Pointer / Pete Trewavas / Steve Rothery.
