A Sorcerer's Pledge Lyrics - Candlemass

Part I 

Time stands still in these ancient halls 

Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps 

Dark are the secrets between these walls 

hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps 

Where is the morning 

where is the sun 

Thousand years of midnight 

the sunrise is gone 

An old man marked by a life so long 

Is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong 

Waiting still for new times to come 

a thousands years to see if he has won 

Where is the morning 

where is the sun 

A thousand years of midnight 

the sunrise is gone 

Part II 

What has he done ? 

Why is he sleeping so long ? 

He wants to live for evermore 

Soon is he young 

When will he open his eyes ? 

When he is strong enough to rule 

Back in the time goes the legend 

of a sorcerer so old 

He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn 

Soon a tyrant will conquer 

So spoke the wise 

of the day when the sorcerer will rise 

Rise 

The sorcerer is cheating on time 

and he'll be stronger than before 

Cursed be the sun 

the women will weep for his fun 

In the name of his magic so strong 

Part III 

A thousand years have gone 

Armageddon hasn't come 

Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark 

Backwards goes time 

as the stars are passing by 

and nothing remains of this foolishman except his fate 

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