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from Bob Catley - Middle Earth (2001)
Old friends never clandestine
Bold destinies, hearts entwined One voice that was lost in time Walking tall against the wind First wave of a turning tide One bastion, truth and pride Strikes out for the last in line As we claw against the wind Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came Nine came from forsaken lands Cloaked travellers, half-ling band Free souls with the truth in hand Try to forge against the wind We shadows of Moria Shaped light from Lothlorien Take flight, gentle warriors As we soar against the wind Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came Go, valiant talon kind In your heart the fearless goal Old and young enough to die We must hide the precious gift From hands the light betrayed Go For we must return it to The fire from whence it came |
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from Bob Catley - Middle Earth (2001)
The lights go down
To the deafening sound Thunder clouds rolling in through the night My heartbeat pounds As the heavens resound In the wide invincible sky The lightning strikes From celestial heights Goes to ground and testifies Its broken chains Like symmetrical veins Crack the black terrestrial night The fortress walls Face the numberless hordes Will they stand the test of time? The hourglass stands Almost empty of sand Live or die on destiny's shrine The cruel wind cries It incessantly whines In the face of the battle to come In strength and size This colossal divide Is a vast immeasurable one The horns that sound Strike fear in the proud But we're snared and there's nowhere to run We'll live or die With heads held high Till the mighty victory's won The skyline cloaked By the blackening smoke That defies the naked eye We stand our ground Inextricably bound By the ties of friendship and pride We flight the bow And wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow That's straight to the heart, our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls Retreat or stand Is the law of this land In the cold hearted thick of the fight And death's reign damned My superlative plans Making pyres of dreams and old times For Isengard Cast flames through the heart Like the fireball crossing the sky The Helms Deep walls Lie breached in the dark As we stand defenceless inside The brave and pure For a moment stand sure Then to sanctuary we fly The hordes can't reach Our impregnable keep Till the light of dawn when we ride We flight the bow And wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow That's straight to the heart, our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls We flight the bow And wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow That's straight to the heart, our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls We flight the bow And wait for the archer's drum We strike the blow That's straight to the heart, our shields to the hun We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive That history might recall Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall Fought from the city walls Fought from the city walls |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
The setting sunlight fades
And once again I'm lonely You're here beside me Yet a thousand miles away So as I pray for sleep That I might wake up only To find it's all been just a dream A big mistake, a re-take Now the hourglass of time is still Catatonic on the windowsill Frozen solid by the winds that chill You and me Locked in deep winter Summer passed away We both have nothing left to say Lost in deep winter Broken down, decayed Now just the memories remain We used to laugh and cry It felt so natural to me It seemed the springtime In your eyes could melt the day A frozen hearted trace Of words that mattered to me Became the resting-place For all that passed away between us I confess it has an irony Neither of us where we planned to be On reflection I can clearly see You and me Locked in deep winter Summer passed away We both have nothing left to say Lost in deep winter Broken down, decayed Now just the memories remain Now the hourglass of time is still Catatonic on the windowsill Frozen solid by the winds that chill You and me Locked in deep winter Summer passed away We both have nothing left to say Lost in deep winter Broken down, decayed Now just the memories remain |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
How, even now your fate is sealed
With the hound upon your heels, lie still Tremble and the jaws could kill, now How, in the terror that you feel Does it touch you like the coldest steel? Why is everything so real, now? Fall to this premonition A crystal ball of vain ambition This warning keeps on calling Don't ignore this fatal spore Dreams We can never escape From our dreams 'Cause we're bent out of shape In our dreams By the terror from which we run In our dreams There's a matter to face In our dreams And there's no better place Than our dreams To prepare for the night to come How, can you hide or run away In the thunder when the rain drenched streets Turn to clay beneath your feet, now How, as your dreams come into play Is it everything you crave could be? All you were afraid to see, now Crawl through this demolition A catastrophic late omission This warning keeps on calling Can't ignore the strange rapport Dreams We can never escape From our dreams 'Cause we're bent out of shape In our dreams By the terror from which we run In our dreams There's a matter to face In our dreams And there's no better place Than our dreams To prepare for the night to come It's the world that is turning For a cold heart of stone It's only in dreams that you're never alone For the candle is burning And we're wiser, still learning That no living creature is bad to the bone In your dreams the night betrays Memories you hide away Dreams We can never escape From our dreams 'Cause we're bent out of shape In our dreams By the terror from which we run In our dreams There's a matter to face In our dreams And there's no better place Than our dreams To prepare for the night to come Dreams We can never escape From our dreams 'Cause we're bent out of shape In our dreams By the terror from which we run In our dreams There's a matter to face In our dreams And there's no better place Than our dreams To prepare for the night to come |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
Staring at a midnight sun
Torn across a violet seam now Bleeding inner light across the sea Standing on the cliffs, I come Restless is the soul in me now Breakers on the rocks, they roar to me A symphony Far away From the horizon, sky and sea Born to wait for eternity Far away Knowing my life is incomplete Till the day my dream will belong to me As the sound of distant drums Echo on a silent breeze now Tendrils of night resound in me How the shadow's flight is done Out across the twilight scene now Heaven only knows who holds the key But I believe, I believe now Far away Somewhere beyond this battlefield I'm awake on the edge of sleep Far away Timelessly waiting, patiently Till the day my dream will belong to me Far away From the horizon, sky and sea Born to wait for eternity Far away Knowing my life is incomplete Till the day my dream will belong to me Far away Somewhere beyond this battlefield I'm awake on the edge of sleep Far away Timelessly waiting, patiently Till the day my dream will belong to me Far away Trying so hard to remember Love's embrace, will it ever be? Far away Rising like flames from the embers Till the day my dream will belong to me To never sleep Oh, my soul leads me on To never sleep I believe now Oh, my soul leads me on |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
As the fog moves in silence
Not a sound disturbs the peace On "middle earth" And the cold gloom seems timeless As she waits to fall asleep On "middle earth" Where do we go To stop remembering? Where do we go To start again? Now the full moon is climbing Through her window like a thief On "middle earth" To the black room she lies in As she prays 'my soul to keep' On "middle earth" Where do we go To find the remedies? How could we know It never ends? It's a fear of the dark she's feeding Through the tears as her heart despairs And it tears her apart, revealing Every piece, every part is scared It's a fear of the dark she's feeding In her mind it's beyond compare For there's no turning back, no leaving While her fear of the dark is there It's a nightmare, this island She remains, her world in chains On "middle earth" It's a private asylum Locked away till daylight breaks On "middle earth" And after all Who can prepare for this? We're just like Candles in the wind It's a fear of the dark she's feeding Through the tears as her heart despairs And it tears her apart, revealing Every piece, every part is scared It's a fear of the dark she's feeding In her mind it's beyond compare For there's no turning back, no leaving While her fear of the dark is there Daylight is fading So rest your weary head upon my cheek For the measure of the day The light is hours away Tonight could hold the key to set you free It's a fear of the dark she's feeding Through the tears as her heart despairs And it tears her apart, revealing Every piece, every part is scared It's a fear of the dark she's feeding In her mind it's beyond compare For there's no turning back, no leaving While her fear of the dark is there It's a fear of the dark she's feeding Through the tears as her heart despairs And it tears her apart, revealing Every piece, every part is scared It's a fear of the dark she's feeding In her mind it's beyond compare For there's no turning back, no leaving While her fear of the dark is there It's a fear of the dark she's feeding Through the tears as her heart despairs And it tears her apart, revealing Every piece, every part is scared It's a fear of the dark she's feeding In her mind it's beyond compare For there's no turning back, no leaving While her fear of the dark is there |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
You're burning hot tonight
She's got you going crazy You feel the fever rise Senses alive She shades the moonlight She pales the light of day She spins your world around Blinding your eyes It's just not fair Your fate is black You're unaware As she attacks Because she's fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away She's got a web of ice From which there's no escaping A place where he who dares Never returns I tell you no lies She'll blow your mind away You think you're safe in there That's when you burn The dangers there Can never pass This silken lair This tender trap She's fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away Away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away Away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away I want to hear you now Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, every hour, every day Not just to dream away Fire and ice This could be hell, it could be paradise So close to heaven, gone yesterday Not just to dream away |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
Senses take flight
On their dulcimer strings By the flickering light As the candle is dimmed Kissed by the breath of a whim At a peace close to dying That hides many things Like the tears in the night Soothe the eyes but eventually sting Night scented stocks Weave their own threnody Through a tinderless night Steeped in old melodies Words carried home by the breeze Are suspended in time On this midsummer's eve Under tender moonlight In the temperate forest of dreams Madrigal homebound on madrigal winds Madrigal in flight on gossamer wings All you can wish for is all that it brings Born to be under the spell of this wonderful thing Sleep in this storybook's Halcyon scene Hear 'the whispering' speak Of their timeless esteem Nightfall has beckoned you here To a place in a clearing Where kingfishers sing Of the crystal clear waters Alive in this magical spring Tail on over Madrigal homebound on madrigal winds Madrigal in flight on gossamer wings All you can wish for is all that it brings Born to be under the spell of this wonderful thing Madrigal homebound on madrigal winds Madrigal in flight on gossamer wings All you can wish for is all that it brings Born to be under the spell of this wonderful thing Tail on over Madrigal homebound on madrigal winds Madrigal in flight on gossamer wings All you can wish for is all that it brings Born to be under the spell of this wonderful thing Madrigal homebound on madrigal winds Madrigal in flight on gossamer wings All you can wish for is all that it brings Born to be under the spell of this wonderful thing |
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from Bob Catley - Middle Earth (2001)
The setting sunlight fades
And it's only for you, only for you The twilight masquerades And it's only for you, only for you This timeless mood is strangely lyrical Hear the glory as the rhyme unfurls The finite sense we're at the pinnacle In a story where the lines are paved with pearl This shroud of midnight waits And it's only for you, only for you The crescent moon cast shapes And it's only for you, only for you Anticipation reaching critical Not a sound to split the night is heard In silence waiting on a miracle For a voice beyond the light to say the word The mystic halls tonight Resound and canonise From ashes to dust This nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king This crown of daylight breaks And it's only for you, only for you On towers through palisades And it's only for you, only for you To caverns deep and inhospitable Raise a glass and toast this, our rebirth Through canyons dauntingly formidable We are those who risked our lives to save the earth The mystic halls tonight Resound and canonise From ashes to dust This nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king To caverns deep and inhospitable Raise a glass and toast this, our rebirth Through canyons dauntingly formidable We are those who risked our lives to save the earth The mystic halls tonight Resound and canonise From ashes to dust This nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king The mystic halls tonight Resound and canonise From ashes to dust This nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king The mystic halls tonight Resound and canonise From ashes to dust This nightmare might just be over The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king The ancient prophecies Become reality Our prayers will not stay Unanswered this day Now we await the return of the mountain king |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
There's a line of speech inside us
Each is different yet the same And it lies in wait, to shine, to say "It's over" once again It seems to me, such a tragedy That love should have to end So I've learned to see, just "I and me" My one and only friend It's a tribute to the thousands Who have loved and lost in vain Love is born and yet to my regret It always dies in pain It seems to me that reality Has let me down again As the daylight sleeps, the silence greets My one and only friend My one and only friend My one and only friend You bring me down You never listen to a single word I say I'm just an echo in your ears you cast away Once again To a long forgotten place inside your heart But I know it's not the same For even now You never ever clear a space or time for me In spite of everything I've loved you faithfully Can't you see That I thought my love was safe inside your heart Don't you throw it all away When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't tease me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'm only made of flesh and bone" When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't bleed me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'll perish, I will turn to stone" Be anything but all alone You can be cruel I knew you'd welcome every chance to break the rules And when you're running out of broken-hearted fools Then you're gone Like an apparition feeding on the hearts That you break along the way I couldn't see It's only now I realise what blind can be And now you've finally overstepped the line for me We were one But I'm better off without you from now on Say goodbye, don't hesitate When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't tease me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'm only made of flesh and bone" When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't bleed me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'll perish, I will turn to stone" Be anything but all alone When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't tease me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'm only made of flesh and bone" When I scream inside, I scream To god, I scream, "Don't bleed me any more" When I scream inside, I scream "I'll perish, I will turn to stone" Be anything but all alone What a world is this when joy and bliss Turn sour just the same It's a precipice, a final kiss Extinguishes the flames In a carnival of a life where the Excitement never ends Just for now I'll sit in silence with My one and only friend My one and only friend My one and only friend |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
Sometimes these tired old streets can feel strange
I watch the tumbleweed now where I used to play What I felt way back then was called 'change' Just like a thundercloud from the horizon it came And from the start It took control It burnt its way inside this soul It broke this heart It cracked these bones As deep inside we turned to stone I could never change the way I feel Only this is surreal And, oh Trampled just like dust beneath the heels Of industrial steel The riverbed has cracked to its clay And it's been centuries now since I tasted rain The echoes only whisper these days To stir the ghosts of this town where shadows remain And from the start It took control It burnt its way inside this soul It broke this heart It cracked these bones As deep inside we turned to stone I could never change the way I feel Only this is surreal And, oh Trampled just like dust beneath the heels Of industrial steel And from the start It took control It burnt its way inside this soul It broke this heart It cracked these bones As deep inside we turned to stone I could never change the way I feel Only this is surreal And, oh Trampled just like dust beneath the heels Of industrial steel |
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from Bob Catley - Middle Earth (2001)
We, the fellowship, the voice of reason
Cross the waters, climb the highest peak In our hearts we carry hope of freedom Precious cargo on the road we tread to thee So lead us on Across the raging rivers Caves to mountain range We're never apart So stay till the dark is day Less than a breath away We, the fellowship, the faithful legion Shadow walkers on the twilight trail Treading softly through the lifeless regions Never faltering that goodness will prevail We must return Unto the fire that made you Back from whence you came Those slain in the darkness Stain every heart this day They never passed in vain We, the fellowship, have fought together Held a candle to the wildest wind Say goodbye, my friend, but not forever I will answer if you ever call to me So as we leave To make our homebound journeys Go our separate ways This tear we impart is Here in our hearts to stay Till we return someday |
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from Bob Catley - The Tower (2000)
'Cross the sky, as we let our flight design, heaven
Born to rise, to forever follow our hearts You and I, stand together, binding ties, severed Learn to fly, or you'll never reach for the stars As true believers Our love is rare So many seekers So much despair There in you, I can see a dawn, a new era Breaking through, shouting from the dark to be heard Pure belief, we were always meant to be, you're my Fantasy, you are something out of this world We'll find a place For the love we share So take my hand I will take you there On through the night Shine like the stars No trick of the light Fades this nebula Nothing to lose Strong and true As always I remember We prove our love This tower is to defend our love This mountainside is mirrored on emotion No power could ever bend our love It's alive in our hearts tonight Life is life, never let it pass you by, never Justify, anything your heart can control In our time, we create our piece of mind, for how High you climb, doesn't mean the harder you fall You can't be blind Only fools rush in You must abide By the rules to win On through the night Shine like the stars No trick of the light Fades this nebula Nothing to lose Strong and true As always I remember We prove our love This tower is to defend our love This mountainside is mirrored on emotion No power could ever bend our love It's alive in our hearts tonight This flower will not decay my love This fountain is a trickle in the ocean It's ours and time again, my love It's alive in our hearts tonight It's a fire from the spark tonight This tower is to defend our love This mountainside is mirrored on emotion No power could ever bend our love It's alive in our hearts tonight This flower will not decay my love This fountain is a trickle in the ocean It's ours and time again, my love It's alive in our hearts tonight It's a fire from the spark tonight |
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from Bob Catley - Middle Earth (2001)
A stone's throw after midnight
Standing in the rain Just echoes of a heartbeat As lonely as the grave The silence rules the half-light With deafening resound As the iridescent moonlight Falls softly to the ground If only for a moment There's peace on middle earth Till stepping from shadows They arrived without a word Don't make a sound We're all out of miracles I shake with fear And watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out They're tireless and cynical I smell the death And know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near A locked door should be airtight Pull the shutters down Better pray that in the daylight We can turn this world around We tip-toe in the footsteps Of those who went before The weary and the breathless Deny what fate befalls A few souls in the darkness Are faithful to the cause So we gather 'round the embers Of a dream worth fighting for Don't make a sound We're all out of miracles I shake with fear And watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out They're tireless and cynical I smell the death And know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near A wrong move from a graveside And no one dares to breathe We would die than ever question The paths of true belief Don't make a sound We're all out of miracles I shake with fear And watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out They're tireless and cynical I smell the death And know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near Don't make a sound We're all out of miracles I shake with fear And watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out They're tireless and cynical I smell the death And know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near Don't make a sound We're all out of miracles I shake with fear And watch the wraiths of the ring appear They're reaching out They're tireless and cynical I smell the death And know the wraiths of the ring are here They know that the ring is near |
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