Throne of Silent Shadows

[verse 1] From the dark mists where the dragons sleep Out went nine riders who saught his keep Words of power alit by flame A bane of men that caused their shame When chance ‘twas found An oath made bound A fellowship set out for the mound [chorus] in this unholy night, under the evil eye’s sight No shelter is there from His light And in this unholy night, under the gaze of doom a lonely band will enter their tombs [instrumental] [verse 2] When the hordes set forth To scourge the land When all is grasped by the dark lords hand When heavens will hear The unhallowed cries When the pale oak Withers and dies Through the twisted, thorned canopy's breach They march in silence where shadows reach The heart of man now cold as mountain stone Their path is haunted by the great unknown With swords unsheathed against the endless dark Through grisly realms where fell creatures embark [verse] The fiends flew from where the sun never shone Depart with black hearts from an ebon throne Nine of old in deathly procession Spelt death for those in possession Of that which could bind them all Clutched by men’s pride ‘Twould seal his faaaaaaaaaaall!