Elvenking, Amanda Somerville - King of the Elves lyrics

"The search for your own path
May be long and arduous
And might be the hardest journey of all
As in reality also in our
Dreams, we walk uneasy steps along
Dark and perilous ways
Searching for the truth but a spark
At the end of the pathway
Appears and the old Willow speaks
Again, for the last time, and at
Last it is now time to
Crown the new Elvenking!"

Listen, o ye, my old friend
Hear my songs echoing out through
The archways of the elms
On the leaves my bare feet tread
I leave a trace of my existence
With my bitterness and aims
Surrounded by a cloak of haze
Lacerating and trying to wound my
Weary flesh and firm belief
Step by step in this dark maze
I try to find a sign that leads
Me far away from the relief

All the miles to cover
A little closer to the gale
I face this storm crying out my wail

Through perilous, insidious ways
I walk uneasy steps i'm led by grief
(I walk uneasy steps, I'm led by grief)
The soil I tread is crumbling
Like shifting sands is eating me away
It's taking me under
No air to breathe, no blood to bleed

Wake the fury, the cry for mercy
Feel the winter's fire
Back to old days where I can recall
My candid unready desires

Abortion, contention
Turned to new life and redemption
Carried away by all that's said and done
I'm a teardrop away from salvation
From my own liberation
Now the time has come, and my path undone
All the boundaries've been broken
Chains are dead and gone
Now the time has come, and I am the one
A reign of renewal, carved in my roots
The king of the elves is back!

One night I heard the owls say:
"Find the truth beneath the stars
And travel back to heaths of green"
A memory from long ago
Vague images are floating
Like a branch I need to cling to

I cling to, yeah

I have been under siege
But overwhelmed my enemies
I'm still alive, prevail the realm

Through perilous, insidious ways
I walk uneasy steps i'm led by grief
(I walk uneasy steps, I'm led by grief)
The soil I tread is crumbling
Like shifting sands is eating me away
It's taking me under
No air to breathe, no blood to bleed

Standing by the oak tree
Crooked bones all over me
Knock, knock, hear the clock
Spiders now are stitching up
Standing by the ghost tree
Lumpy, knotty old tree tic, Toc, Tic, Toc
All my time is running out

I yearn for my release
(Tear it up, tear it u)
Disheartened bars contrived with hurt
A weave of broken dreams
(Tear it up, tear it u)
Is caging me, yet I will run away

Standing by the oak tree
Crooked bones all over me
Knock, knock, hear the clock
Spiders now are stitching up
Standing by the ghost tree
Lumpy, knotty old tree tic, Toc, Tic, Toc
All my time is running out

I yearn for my release
(Tear it up, tear it u)
Disheartened bars contrived with hurt
A weave of broken dreams
(Tear it up, tear it u)
Is caging me, yet I will run away

The light of a new day is born
Caressing with it's morning breeze
Crimson winds are gone with dawn
With every memory to seize

Stand and hail the sovereign
Dethroned, banished in slavery
Acclaim and revere the new King
Crowned with just a reverie our dream
And fantasy

Dreaming away find another way to live and
Find another dawn and another place

Dreaming away try to be so strong within and
Find another path and another road

Dreaming away
Give relief to the scars of yesterday
Washing away
All the blames you have already paid for

Now the time has come and I sing my song
Of a small boy chasing daydreams
Reaching high above

Now the time has come and I am the one
The passionate heartbeat and my soul ablaze
I have been crowned

Abduction, subversion
Deep inside, a wild commotion
No more at war with all that's said and done
I have finally conquered salvation
And my own liberation

Now the time has come, and my path undone
All the boundaries've been broken
Chains are dead and gone
Now the time has come, and I am the one
A reign of renewal, carved on my roots
The king of the elves is back!

With tears in my eyes
I now follow my heritage
I have been crowned the new Elvenking
With tears in my eyes
I now follow my heritage
I have been crowned the new Elvenking