Midnight suns bid farewell, retreats from charging dusk Mountains echo, curfews bell, ending tasks They place faith in oaken doors, cower in candlelight The panic seeps through floors as Grendel stalks the night
Earth rim seeks his meals the funeral pyres The songs no longer heal the fear Within their eyes, their
Wooden figures, pagan gods, stare cross the sea Appeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviors born of They know their lives are forfeit now, priestly heads bow in shame They cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's
Earth rim seeks his meals Prepare the funeral The songs no longer heal the fear Within their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyes
As leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant mere the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so clear He knows that victory is secured, his charm testify His claws will with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky
As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the mere Along the forest path he to Hrothgar's hall so clear He knows that victory is secured, his charm testify His will drip with mortal blood, as moonbeams haunt the sky
Earth rim seeks his meals the funeral pyres The shapers songs no longer heal the their hearts, within their hearts Within their hearts, within their
Silken span his path, fingerprints in dew Denizens of twilight lands beg him through nature's bastard child, shunned by leaf and stream An alien in an alien land, seeks solace within
The shapers lies his poisoned tongue malign mocking harp Beguiling queen, her offends his icy heart
Hounds freeze in silence by the reptile spell Sulfurous essence pervades the grassy dell Heorot awaits him like lamb to the knife Stellular heavens ignore children's cries
are his music, lightning his guide Raping the darkness, death by his
rise in terror, free round the oaken beams Flickering firelight portraying the scene Warriors advance, for the nightmare foe their sacrifice as even their hearts must know
Heroes delusions with feet in the Lurker at the He not for the brave He not for the brave
So you thought that bolts and your locks would keep me out You have known better after all this time You're gonna pay in blood for all vicious slander With your ugly pale skins and putrid blue eyes
Why should I pity when you kill your own and feel no shame? God's on my side, sure as hell, I'm gonna take no I'm take no blame, I'm goin' to take no blame
So you say you believe in all of nature's laws You for gold with your sharpened knives Ooh, when your hoards are gathered and your left to rot You pray with your bloodstained hands at the of your pagan gods
Then you try to place the killers in my hand You call for justice and distort the Well, I've had of all your pretty, pretty speeches your punishment, expose your throats to my righteous claws And let the blood flow, and let the blood flow, and let the blood And let the blood flow, and let the blood
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