Rain Of Embers

I awoke to find myself alone, knew not from whence I’d come
And I lay beneath a crimson sky, without a crimson sun
The air was cold and frozen, though all the land was burned
And I wept now for forgiveness as my memories returned

I lay upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell

We were so close to victory upon that bloodstained heath
As a thousand grasping demon claws did drag us down beneath
To this wretched underworld sheathed in ice and flame
Where nothing grew, and nothing lived, and embers fell as rain

Wandered for what seemed forever as the hours turned to days
My resolve began to harden from the depths of my malaise
Something there on the horizon would fill my heart with pain
As I drew close enough to see what lay beneath the ember rain.

I walked upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell

There stretched out before me was an avenue of trees
With burned and twisted branches, stretched as far as I could see
And hung from every blackened limb, with spikes through feet and hands
Were the bodies of each loyal man once sworn to my command

When a man meets his end on the battlefield
With honour, has he died
He deserves his reward in the afterlife
His fallen brothers at his side

But this victory was won with sorcery
And my soldiers’ spirits burned
And a thousandfold, this atrocity
I swore would be returned

[Solo: Marco Mastrobuono]

I stood upon a cursed earth, in a frozen hell
As from beneath a blood red sky, a rain of embers fell

All their eyes stared down at me, with life behind them still
And their mouths moved on in silent screams their breath could not fulfil
But I vowed to avenge them by the gods both new and old
I’d find a way I would escape this realm of embers, cold