Night is nearing its closure The earth is yearning for the light But the skies have frozen over The sun of my heart cannot pierce this dark To catch the whispers of the heavens The black mountain pass must be sought Where the beast of seclusion awaits We won't endure the cold, and neither will the dawn The bitter despair of their starving eyes Has paved the road that I fear In the greenest grove, their savior will never appear Nothing I've learned holds its meaning When the soul is cast out of its home And the scars of my strength never deepening The stars turn their heads from the tears I have shed The key had always been my treasure While the lock was the much greater prize The forest looks straight through the lies I've kept inside Open your eyes and feel no hate Towards the darkness you hold, it will not be your fate The sun may be far away from your grasp But its flames will remain, Illusions of light never last An oath I will make to the depths of my core To die for those who cannot fight this war To shatter the ice destroying our land I'll return gold in hand, or I'll not return at all Embrace the shadow For its path you must follow I close my eyes and feel such hate Will the darkness I hold become my fate? The sun is so far away from my grasp Will its flames still remain, when illusions of light fade so fast? Will the dawn show its face? Or will its life I'll forever chase? The darkest paths converge where the light will meet the ground I hear no sound, and see no sign of fortune's hidden rhyme How strange it seems that at the edge of life, I could find my way 'Cause for today, the road of frozen starlight I've begun