How Have The Mighty Fallen? Lyrics - Singles - Sabbat

Denizens of sylvan places 

hidden from the eyes of man, 

courtesans with sylph-like graces 

dancing to the pipes of Pan - 

that echoed through the ether 

notes that soured the wings of halcyon, 

songs to give our life the meaning 

that we lack now they have gone. 

Watch the pattern ever changing 

in the tapestry of fate, 

weft and weave and interlacing 

silken strands that fabricate - 

a cloak to fit both king and beggar, 

those who rule and those that toil 

are equalled in the fact that 

all pay homage to this mortal coil. 

Icy fingers grasping madly 

get a grip upon my throat - 

and slowly squeeze the life out of me 

on my dying words I choke, 

afrantic prayer in desperation 

cannot hope to make me whole, 

a moments lapse of concentration 

and the spirits flee my soul. 

Drugs and potions surge within me - 

slowly paralize and kill me, 

terrified I stumble blindly 

Into the unknown. 

Outside looking in - observing 

feelings that I find unnerving 

dying with my eyes wide open 

helpless and alone. 

The endless void that lies beyond - 

with gaping jaws it beckons me, 

I cast my worldly flesh aside and 

plunge into eternity. 

Once light hearted I departed - 

on my quest hope courted me, 

now a new love is my true love 

and her name is misery. 

Eyes as dark as midnight-ravens 

gems that filled my mind with awe, 

enthral my heart - 

distract me from her milk-white hands 

stained red with gore. 

The fetters that bound me are broken, 

by words that were best left unspoken, 

for now I am shackled to sadness 

by chains that are tempered with madness. 

I plummet like a shooting-star 

that shines so bright yet falls so far, 

shafts of moonlight guide me 

to the world that waits below. 

I seem in need of nothing else 

but rope enough to hang myself- 

Laughing through the gates of Hell I go. 

MY SOULS LAMENT 

Contained within a living shroud 

my life-force fades and dies, 

this weary heart grows heavy 

as the coins upon my eyes. 

The latch has now been lifted 

on an ever open door, 

and peering through I see things 

as I never have before. 

The hammer and the anvil meet - 

in synchronicity they chime, 

#a sound so simple and complete 

it needs no melody or rhyme. 

Reforging all that I once was - 

they make me into something new, 

no longer trapped within this world 

but, transient and passing through - 

the 'valley of the shadow' 

far beyond the 'summerland', 

like the wild-boar is my valour 

now my life is in these hands - 

that keep the seething couldron steaming, 

stoke the fires of destiny, 

gently take me and re-shape me 

all-wise smith of sorcery 

The fetters that bound me are broken, 

by words that were best left unspoken, 

for now I am shackled to sadness 

by chains that are tempered with madness. 

>From the 'cup of happiness' 

the wine of hoped I've sipped, 

betrayed I taste the bitterness 

of pain upon my lips. 

Though I try to drown my sorrows 

they will surely drown me first, 

for swallowing my pride 

won't quench this thirst. 

MY SOULS LAMENT: 

In this darkness light has faded - 

hope becomes despair, 

loneliness for a companion - 

with me everywhere. 

I wander in confusion 

while the tears that I have cried, 

gleam like broken trinkets 

you have worn then cast aside. 

WODEN: 

"Now hand-in-hand with ignorance 

The power mad run blindly, 

but retibution hunts you down 

and rest assured he'll find thee. 

No curtain could conceal you 

for the ghosts of all you slander- 

await you at your journeys end 

and, to them you must answer. 

The poisons born upon your tongue 

will never serve to slight me, 

for I have delt with many fools and 

suffer your kind lightly. 

Just as you sow so shall you reap - 

and I my friend have plenty, 

so sit ye down and eat your words 

now that your plate is empty." 

The endless void that lies beyond 

with gaping jaws it beckons me, 

I cast my worldly flesh aside and 

plunge into eternity. 

Once light hearted I departed - 

on my quest hope courted me, 

now a new love is my true love 

and her name is misery. 

Eyes as dark as midnight-ravens 

gems that filled my mind with awe, 

enthral my heart - 

distract me from her milk-white hands 

stained red with gore. 

The fetters that bound me are broken, 

by words that were best left unspoken, 

for now I am shackled to sadness 

by chains that are tempered with madness. 

The endless void that lies beyond - 

with gaping jaws it beckons me, 

I cast my worldly flesh aside and 

plunge into eternity. 

Once light hearted I departed - 

on my quest hope courted me, 

now a new love is my true love 

and her name is misery. 

Eyes as dark as midnight-ravens 

gems that filled my mind with awe, 

enthral my heart - 

distract me from her milk-white hands 

stained red with gore. 

The fetters that bound me are broken, 

by words that were best left unspoken, 

for now I am shackled to sadness 

by chains that are tempered with madness. 

I plummet like a shooting-star 

that shines so bright yet falls so far, 

shafts of moonlight guide me 

to the world that waits below. 

I seem in need of nothing else 

but rope enough to hang myself- 

Laughing through the gates of Hell I go. 

MY SOULS LAMENT 

Contained within a living shroud 

my life-force fades and dies, 

this weary heart grows heavy 

as the coins upon my eyes. 

The latch has now been lifted 

on an ever open door, 

and peering through I see things 

as I never have before. 

WODEM: 

"Why do the mighty view the world 

through syncophantic eyes - 

Then claim to us they know what's best 

from pedastals of pride? 

Don't take the views of others 

and dismiss them out of hand - 

for when your pillars crumble 

tell me who will take command?"