A Sorcerer's Pledge - Candlemass

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?

A 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

What has he done?

Why is he sleeping so long?

He wants to live forevermore

Soon is he young, when will he open his eyes?

When he is strong enough to rule

Back in our 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

Blood is his wine, the sorcerer is cheating 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

Back in our 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

Part II

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 foolish man, except his fate