Candlemass A Sorcerer's Pledge Lyrics

Part I

       Time stands still in these ancient halls

       Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps

       Dark are the secrets between these walls

       hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps

       Where is the morning

       where is the sun

       Thousand years of midnight

       the sunrise is gone

       An old man marked by a life so long

       Is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong

       Waiting still for new times to come

       a thousands years to see if he has won

       Where is the morning

       where is the sun

       A thousand years of midnight

       the sunrise is gone

Part II

       What has he done ?

       Why is he sleeping so long ?

       He wants to live for evermore

       Soon is he young

       When will he open his eyes ?

       When he is strong enough to rule

       Back in our time goes the legend

       of a sorcerer so old

       He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn

       Soon a tyrant will conquer

       So spoke the wise

       of the day when the sorcerer will rise

       Blood is his wine

       The sorcerer is cheating on time

       and he'll be stronger than before

       Cursed be the sun

       the women will weep for his fun

       In the name of his magic so strong

Part III

       A thousand years have gone

       Armageddon hasn't come

       Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark

       Backwards goes time

       as the stars are passing by

       and nothing remains of this foolishman except his fate

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