artist:marillion

songs  title:grendel

i.  heorots  plea  and  grendels  awakening

midnight  suns  bid  moors  farewell,  retreats  from  charging  dusk

mountain  echo,  curfews  bell,  signal  ending  tasks

they  place  their  faith  in  oaken  doors,  cower  in  candlelight

the  panic  seeps  through  bloodstained  floors  as  grendel  stalks  the  night

earth  rim  walker  seeks  his  meals

prepare  the  funeral  pyres

the  shapers  songs  no  longer  heal  the  fear

within  their  eyes,    

wooden  figures,  pagan  gods,  stare  blindly  cross  the  sea

appeal  for  help  from  ocean  fogs,  for  saviour  born  of  dreams

they  know  their  lives  are  forfeit  now,  priestly  head  they  bow  in  shame

they  cannot  face  the  trembling  crowd  that  flinch  in  grendels  name

earth  rim  walker  seeks  his  meals

prepare  the  funeral  pyres

the  shapers  songs  no  longer  heal  the  fear

within  their  eyes,    

as  grendel  leaves  his  mossy  home  beneath  the  stagnant  mere

along  the  forest  path  he  roams  to  hrothgars  hall  so  clear

he  knows  that  victory  is  secured,  his  charm  will  testify

his  claws  will  drip  with  mortal  blood  as  moonbeams  haunt  the  sky

as  grendel  leaves  his  mossy  home  beneath  the  stagnant  mere

along  the  forest  path  he  roams  to  hrothgars  hall  so  clear

he  knows  that  victory  is  secured,  his  charm  will  testify

his  claws  will  drip  with  mortal  blood,  as  moonbeams  haunt  the  sky

earth  rim  walker  seeks  his  meals

prepare  the  funeral  pyres

the  shapers  songs  no  longer  heal  the  fear

within  their  eyes,    

ii.  grendels  journey

silken  membranes  span  his  path,  fingerprints  in  dew

denizens  of  twilight  lands  humbly  beg  him  through

mother  natures  bastard  child  shunned  by  leaf  and  stream

an  alien  in  an  alien  land  seeks  solace  within  dreams

the  shapers  lies  his  poisoned  tongue  malign  with  mocking  harp

beguiling  queen  her  innocence  offends  his  icy  heart

iii.  lurker  at  the  threshold

hounds  freeze  in  silence  bewitched  by  the  reptile  spell

sulphurous  essence  pervades  round  the  grassy  dell

heorot  awaits  him  like  lamb  to  the  butchers  knife

stellular  heavens  ignore  even  childrens  cries

screams  are  his  music,  lightning  his  guide

raping  the  darkness,  d d-d-ath  by  his  side

chants  rise  in  terror,  free  round  the  oaken  beams

flickering  firelight  portraying  the  grisly  scene

warriors  advance,  prepare  for  the  nightmare  foe

futile  their  sacrifice  as  even  their  hearts  must  know

heroes  delusion,  with  feet  in  the  grave

lurker  at  the  threshold,  he  cares  not  for  the  brave,  he  cares  not  for  the  brave

iv.  finale

so  you  thought  that  your  bolts  and  your  locks  would  keep  me  out

you  should  have  known  better  after  all  this  time

youre  gonna  pay  in  blood  for  all  your  vicious  slander

with  your  ugly  pale  skins  and  your  putrid  blue  eyes

why  should  i  feel  pity  when  you  kill  your  own  and  feel  no  shame

gods  on  my  side,  sure  as  hell

im  gonna  take  no  blame

im  gonna  take  no  blame

im  gonna  take  no  blame

so  you  say  you  believe  in  all  of  mother  natures  laws

you  lust  for  gold  with  your  sharpened  knives

oh  when  your  hoards  are  gathered  and  your  enemies  left  to  rot

you  pray  with  your  bloodstained  hands  at  the  feet  of  your  pagan  gods

then  you  try  to  place  the  killers  blade  in  my  hand

you  call  for  justice  and  distort  the  truth

well  ive  had  enough  of  all  your  pretty  pretty  speeches

receive  your  punishment

expose  your  throats  to  my  righteous  claws

and  let  the  blood  flow,  and    ,  flow,  flow,  flow.