So you think a man can cheat death and outwit doom…?
I say a cunning man can cheat death for a long time…
He spoke the curse and nothing more… to set our fate
Cursed to leave, cursed to fight, cursed to die
In what words might death call?
Repeat them twice, that is all
The hooded stranger said those words
All around us, no one heard
He spoke the curse and nothing more
To set our fate to the Bleak Shore
In a voice only spoken to us
We must rise and leave at once
To that place where death hunts
A thousand miles have come and gone
And all around life wanes on
Sailing west to ocean's song
A thousand more will come to pass
But will our deaths come at last…
Despite the doom that holds us fast?
Thirty days then cliffs appear
The blackened sands are drawing near
The Bleak Shore and unknown fear
So you think a man can cheat death and outwit doom…?
I say a cunning man can cheat death for a long time…
He spoke the curse and nothing more… to set our fate
Cursed to leave, cursed to fight, cursed to die
Bleak Shore…Bleak Shore…Bleak Shore
In what way might death chance?
Spoken three times, held in trance
Black dead eyes transfixed in space
The bloodless lips part the pale face
He spoke the curse and nothing more
We sail to death to the Bleak Shore
In a voice only spoken to us
We must rise and leave at once
To that place where death hunts
A thousand miles have come and gone
And all around life wanes on
Sailing west to ocean's song
A thousand more will come to pass
But will our deaths come at last…
Despite the doom that holds us fast?
Thirty days then cliffs appear
The blackened sands, unknown fear
The Bleak Shore is why we're here
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