By The Hands Of Violent Winter (Illnath)

By the hands of violent winter, his fate was sealed Crawling on the icy slopes with limbs frozen cold Memories of untold torture, in his mind Waking from the endless slumber leaving him numb Creeping worms they eat his mind Feelings blind this clouded time They took his soul, so they could find The truth Feeling hate for usurpers gone mad Reaching in for the power he had Wanting more than he could give But they would never falter In his mind only memories of hate Planted there by the monger's of fate Reaching out for sanity But hope is ever fading Looking for the answer Why did they do this to me? Leaving me deserted I never asked for this hell Reaching out for fires burning, in his eyes Hope is still a trusty friend but fires burn low Snow keeps falling all around him, as he screams Seemingly the only answer is from the void Defeated and forsaken, he lies in fields of snow Only sign of life his eyes, in panic seeking solace Sun, rising high Bringing, warmth and energy again Waking up from a steady state Of suspended animation Blinded by these rays of light Hailing from the sky Senses now return to him Tribulations feeling dim Now a sordid memory Impeding doom approaching As he run, try to shake off the vice No one hearing his desperate cries The usurpers are hunting him Hounds barking and wolves closing in His escape was a futile attempt He is hunted by common consent Now returned to the bleak white cell I hope that dying is the end of this hell [Solo] Looking for the answer Why are they doing this? What is it I have done? To deserve this living hell By the violent hands of winter, his fate is sealed Dying by the hands of strangers leaving him cold Memories of untold torture still in his mind Never more awakening, this time it's the end Defeated and forsaken, his peers would not let go The trial was an endless one, and death did not yet show Come, reap my life Now, it's the time of my departure Afore of him a shadow stands It's glowing with eternal might "I am one of many names And one of them is bringer of light" [By the hands of violent winter - Comments] [The idea for this lyric came from and old horror-movie, that I can't remember the name of. But it was about a guy who had his memories shared with those of a cat. He got away from the scientist guys and ran and ran but they caught up with him in the end nevertheless, and all the time he had these flashy images running through his mind that he knew wasn't his own.I wrote it because I found it a scary though that you were being experimented upon and you could do nothing about it. And in the end dying is not even a relief.The lyric was written together with Tyr, before Narrenschiff joined the band.] [- Tobias]