Interpret:

Bob Catley

Album:

Middle Earth

The lights go down to the deafening sound
 Thunder clouds rolling in through the night
 My heartbeat pounds as the heavens resound
 In the wide invincible sky


 The lightning strikes from celestial heights
 Goes to ground and testifies
 It's broken chains like symmetrical veins
 Crack the black terrestrial night


 The fortress walls face the numberless hordes
 Will they stand the test of time?
 The hourglass stands almost empty of sand
 Live or die on destiny's shrine


 The cruel wind cries it incessantly whines
 In the face of the battle to come
 In strength and size, this colossal divide
 Is a vast immeasurable one


 The horns that sound strike fear in the proud
 But we're snared and there's nowhere to run
 We'll live or die with heads held high
 Till the mighty victory's won


 The skyline cloaked by the blackening smoke
 That defies the naked eye
 We stand our ground, inextricably bound
 By the ties of friendship and pride


 We flight the bow and wait for the archer's drum
 We strike the blow that's straight to the heart
 Our shields to the hun
 We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive
 That history might recall
 Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall
 Fought from the city walls


 Retreat or stand is the law of this land
 In the cold hearted thick of the fight
 And death's reign damned my superlative plans
 Making pyres of dreams and old times


 For isengard cast flames through the heart
 Like the fireball crossing the sky
 The helms-deep walls lie breached in the dark
 As we stand defenceless inside


 The brave and pure for a moment stand sure
 Then to sanctuary we fly
 The hordes can't reach, our impregnable keep
 Till the light of dawn when we ride


 We flight the bow and wait for the archer's drum
 We strike the blow that's straight to the heart
 Our shields to the hun
 We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive
 That history might recall
 Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall
 Fought from the city walls