Endless Dark Rivers Once upon a primordial shore On sandaled feet, apposing the waters Brigades of men, combatants of old Point their steel at a setting sun Lo, the light retreats And wild beasts tarry not For their nightly hibernation Though ghosts of war dance on the waves I remember long ago When carefree we fished the rivers As children it was our own world In the chasms of yesteryear I can see now the battlefield Blood and water merge A river blackened with death Endless dark rivers These lands have been forsaken Tainted by swords of fury Drink not the graveyard waters The streams are flowing poison A curse upon us all All has been for naught Lands scorched with war Blighted by onslaught Ruined tides, blood of many Contamination from shore to plain A river blackened with death Endless dark rivers