The Means to Preserve - Wilderun

There is a light at the edge of the sea

That keeps on beckoning me

The glow is not hard to miss

When washed up against the abyss

In the darkness it waits

For man to unseal its gate

Only the eyes are to blame

For what’s read by a candle’s flame

I swear that I’ll take the grey skies in stride

Just please keep the black from my side

Blood of a shadow’s heart

Can never flow in the dark

Close your eyes and you’ll

Always stay here

Nothing to hide from or fear

So bring me the shield, not the sword

But bring me nothing I’ve adored

Just bring me the means to preserve one body

And I will ask for nothing more

Await no fate

Too late, too late

So bring me the shield, not the sword

Bring me a coward’s last reward

Cause if you grant me the power to fight this battle

I will keep begging you for more

We have harnessed the idea in our minds

That the sky beyond the wood must be divine

But wherever we tread our roots shall be planted

And the tress will grow in little time

Stars of the frozen night

Don’t guide my way, don’t aid in my plight

Let me for once adjust my eyes

And let the days roll by

Hide while you can

They will see you

Those with the wounds in their flesh

They’ll say «Hope is worth the mess»

Don’t make a sound

They will hear you

And bring down the fire from above

That cruel flame, they’ll light it

And they’ll call it love

Maybe you’ll find the strength after all

Maybe we’re not destined for the fall

But all I ever saw

Deep in the mirror of your eyes

Was a candle lit just to fight the cold

And a child born to forget the old

But I swore to you I wouldn’t live that way

Let the pieces fall where they may

Light at the edge of the sea

Has taken control of me

I grasp for all that I wish

As it hovers above the abyss

I know now that I’ll never be void

Of desire until I’ve destroyed

Both the compass and the map

So there will be no way to turn back

To places where freedom prevails

Where even darkness can fail

I’ve come to see that I don’t want that choice

Take all I have, take my voice

Sleep at the edge of the earth

Far from the spring of life’s

Rebirth

After the years spent in here

I’m still not in the clear

The realization draws near

That all we will ever know is fear