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How Have the Mighty Fallen? Lyrics by Sabbat (UK)

Dreamweaver

1989

Denizens of sylvan places
Hidden from the eyes of man
Courtesans with sylph-like graces
Dancing to the pipes of Pan -
That echoed through the ether
Notes that soared the wings of halcyon
Songs to give our lives the meaning
That we lack now they have gone
Watch the pattern ever changing
In the tapestry of fate
Weft and weave now interlacing
Silken strands that fabricate -
A cloak to fit both king and beggar
Those who rule and those that toil
Are equal in the fact that
All pay homage to this mortal coil
Icy fingers grasping madly
Get a grip upon my throat -
And slowly squeeze the life out of me
On my dying words I choke
A frantic prayer in desperation
Cannot hope to make me whole
A moment's lapse of concentration
And the spirits flee my soul
Drugs and potions surge within me -
Slowly paralyse and kill me
Terrified I stumble blindly
Into the unknown
Outside looking in - observing
Feelings that I find unnerving
Dying with my eyes wide open
Helpless and alone
The endless void that lies beyond -
With gaping jaws it beckons me
I cast my worldly flesh aside and
Plunge into eternity
Once light hearted I departed -
On my quest hope courted me
Now a new love is my true love
And her name is misery
Eyes as dark as midnight-ravens
Gems that filled my mind with awe
Enthrall my heart -
Distract me from her milk-white hands
Stained red with gore
The fetters that bound me are broken
By words that were best left unspoken
For now I am shackled to sadness
By chains that are tempered with madness
I plummet like a shooting-star
That shines so bright yet falls so far
Shafts of moonlight guide me
To the world that waits below
I seem in need of nothing else
But rope enough to hang myself-
Laughing through the gates of Hell I go
MY SOUL'S LAMENT:
Contained within a living shroud
My life-force fades and dies
This weary heart grows heavy
As the coins upon my eyes
The latch has now been lifted
On an ever open door
And peering through I see things
As I never have before
The hammer and the anvil meet -
In synchronicity they chime
A sound so simple and complete
It needs no melody or rhyme
Reforging all that I once was -
They make me into something new
No longer trapped within this world
But transient and passing through -
The 'valley of the shadow'
Far beyond the 'summerland'
Like the wild-boar is my valour
Now my life is in these hands -
That keep the seething cauldron steaming
Stoke the fires of destiny
Gently take me and re-shape me
All-wise smith of sorcery
The fetters that bound me are broken
By words that were best left unspoken
For now I am shackled to sadness
By chains that are tempered with madness
From the 'cup of happiness'
The wine of hope I've sipped
Betrayed I taste the bitterness
Of pain upon my lips
Though I try to drown my sorrows
They will surely drown me first
For swallowing my pride
Won't quench this thirst
MY SOUL'S LAMENT:
In the darkness light has faded -
Hope becomes despair
Loneliness for a companion -
With me everywhere
I wander in confusion
While the tears that I have cried
Gleam like broken trinkets
You have worn then cast aside
WODEN:
"Now hand-in-hand with ignorance
The power-mad run blindly
But retribution hunts you down
And rest assured he'll find thee
No curtain could conceal you
For the ghosts of all you slander-
Await you at your journey's end
And, to them you must answer
The poisons born upon your tongue
Will never serve to slight me
For I have dealt with many fools and
Suffer your kind lightly
Just as you sow so shall you reap -
And I my friend have plenty
So sit ye down and eat your words
Now that your plate is empty."
[Guitar Solos]
The endless void that lies beyond
With gaping jaws it beckons me
I cast my worldly flesh aside and
Plunge into eternity
Once light hearted I departed -
On my quest hope courted me
Now a new love is my true love
And her name is misery
Eyes as dark as midnight-ravens
Gems that filled my mind with awe
Enthrall my heart -
Distract me from her milk-white hands
Stained red with gore
The fetters that bound me are broken
By words that were best left unspoken
For now I am shackled to sadness
By chains that are tempered with madness
I plummet like a shooting-star
That shines so bright yet falls so far
Shafts of moonlight guide me
To the world that waits below
I seem in need of nothing else
But rope enough to hang myself-
Laughing through the gates of Hell I go
MY SOUL'S LAMENT:
Contained within a living shroud
My life-force fades and dies
This weary heart grows heavy
As the coins upon my eyes
The latch has now been lifted
On an ever open door
And peering through I see things
As I never have before
WODEN:
"Why do the mighty view the world
Through sycophantic eyes -
Then claim to us they know what's best
From pedestals of pride?
Don't take the views of others
And dismiss them out of hand -
For when your pillars crumble
Tell me who will take command?"
Credits
Sabbat (UK)

Sabbat (UK)

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