The Gates Of Slumber - Dark Valley Suite lyrics

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Beyond the bounds of time and space.<br />

Flowing eternal in that realm beyond.<br />

Past the river black as the grave.<br />

Lies Dark Valley home of shadow and fear.<br />

Sad life spent on it's sullen shore.<br />

Midst ruins of an age that never was.<br />

You lived apart in that hollow dark.<br />

With a heart as heavy as stone.<br />

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Death, it came in dreams.<br />

Haunting while you slept.<br />

And you walked alone.<br />

Forever at war.<br />

Had you lived before.<br />

Will you live again.<br />

To see the failing of our doomed race.<br />

Stretching back through time.<br />

Hurling on towards end.<br />

Will you ever know our ultimate fate.<br />

Or do you rest in that valley dark.<br />

Beyond the river forever more.<br />

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The Black door gapes and the Black wall rises; <br />

Twilight gasps in the grip of Night.<br />

Paper and dust are the gems man prizes-<br />

Torches toss in my waning sight.<br />

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Drums of glory are lost in the ages, <br />

Bare feet fail on a broken trail-<br />

Let my name fade from the printed pages; <br />

Dreams and visions are growing pale.<br />

Twilight gathers and none can save me.<br />

Well and well, for I would not stay:<br />

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Let me speak through the stone you gave me:<br />

He never could say what he wished to say.<br />

Why should I shrink from the sign of leaving?<br />

My brain is wrapped in a darkened cloud; <br />

Now in the night are the sisters weaving<br />

For me a shroud.<br />

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Towers shake and the stars reel under, <br />

Skulls are heaped in the Devil's fane; <br />

My feet are wrapped in a rolling thunder, <br />

Jets of agony lance my brain.<br />

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What of the world I leave forever?<br />

Phantom forms in a fading sight-<br />

Carry me out on the ebon river<br />

Into the Night.