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As the armies gathered closer

Ships were sent to the east

Leaving mothers to the shore

Weeping for their children

From the deepest trench of an ocean

To the highest peak of a mountain

The cry of a soulless magician

The silence of a righteous Cimmerian

Hold this sword up high

Take this life of mine

Unchain these shackles

Onwards to sunrise we ride

Casting a shout to the great wilderness

Vanishing in great oblivion

Chasing shadows all their lives

None could deny what they had become

Frozen tombs of apostles

Stoned relics of disaster

With a heavy heart they made their stand

Drawing the lines of a nation

So lower the bridge, let loose the animals

If this is the day we die let us comply

And so they rushed into battle

The desert wind in their backs

And the wind in their hearts

Singing with a voice of longing

Their women's eyes full of stars

And their laps full of moonlight

Their mind's eyes open for

The Lotus Covenant

...Hold this sword up high...