Lamentation

Death awaits me every night

I ride in silence down the road

Hel's gate is just in sight

Let me lay down this heavy load

I know my days are numbered

Though long I've journeyed here

Never can I slumber

When I awaken every tear

And I would see the forest bathed in fire

I would see the oceans wash away

To plant the seeds of my desire

To see my son arise some day

Bring us to the promised time

Let mead flow in golden hue

Alliterate reason with rhyme

Let this world be born anew

Let the final war begin

And see what must come to pass

If this is what it takes, begin

And let us build a world to last

And I would see the forest bathed in fire

I would see the oceans wash away

To plant the seeds of my desire

To see my son arise some day

The poets remember the ages past

The seers have seen a future cast

In stone my heart has laid alone

Until the day my son comes home