LONG AGO I STOOD ALONE

ON A DARK BARREN MOUNTAIN

OVERLOOKING THE LANDS BELOW

I KNELT IN PROFOUND SORROW

OFFERING MY SOUL TO THE NIGHT

I CALLED OUT FOR DEATH AND WAITED,

BUT AS MY LIFE SLOWLY FADED

THE NIGHT REACHED OUT FOR ME

AND TOOK ME AS IT'S CHILD

AND A DARK ONE CAME AND OFFERED IT'S GIFT

TO DRINK OF THE SACRED BLOOD

IN ECSTASY UNPARALELLED BY MORTAL LUST

I EMBRACED THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

AND BECAME ONE WITH THE SHADOWS

IN SILENCE I WEPT

AS I BEHELD FOR THE FIRST TIME

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL BEAUTY

UTTER DARKNESS TRULY UNBLEMISHED BY LIGHT



[LYRICS: IXITHRA, LORD OF THE SYLVAN SHADOWS]