Caladan Brood
2013 - Echoes Of Battle
6. Book Of The Fallen

 Still we ride, fight, and die
 Wayward path far beyond the pale
 We are lost, marching on
 Heavy hearts longing for those lands we once called home

 Emerald hills, sparkling seas
 Fade to distant memory
 Horizons blaze in foreign land
 Ochre seas of scorching sand

 The fires of Y’Ghatan burn in the night
 The shadows of a fallen god
 Chains against light

 For weeks on end we journey on
 Weary and worn, the glory is gone
 All that’s left are tired souls
 Aching limbs and dreams of home

 The fires of Y’Ghatan burn in the night
 The shadows of a fallen god
 Chains against light

 Marching on as one as the ghosts of brothers sing
 Deep in the night where their faces haunt our dreams
 Halfway through the veil we are summoned to Hood’s gate
 Lands rimed in frost, they will [bad word] us to our fate

 Push on through the din of the slaughter
 Flight through this perilous land
 To where our blades spring forth
 Soldiers of Empire Malazan
 We fight for the seat of the highborn
 Our fates were never our own
 Weathered skin is battered and broken
 Bloodstained dawn in a land unknown

 Stars reign in the sky of the desert
 Lost in the blistering sands
 host now long forgotten
 Soldiers of Empire Malazan
 Far away from the hearths of our fathers
 We’re never returning home
 Weathered swords are a warrior’s burden
 Battles fought but our deeds will go untold

 Still we ride, fight, and die
 Wayward path far beyond the pale
 We are lost, marching on
 Heavy hearts longing for those lands we once called home

 Dawn has brought its cleansing light
 So we behold a mournful sight
 The fading sounds of clashing steel
 Bodies strewn across the field

 The fires of Y’Ghatan burn in the night
 The shadows of a fallen god
 Chains against light

 Buried seeds, scattered bones
 Blazing hearts by steel sent home
 Mortal screams, names unknown
 Shattered dreams by steel sent home

 Strap on your shields and raise your banners
 Hear the call of raging battle
 Beneath a hail of burning arrows
 Push ever forward, never surrender
 Siege weapons tolling out like thunder
 Ripping the city walls asunder
 Columns of flame reach ever skyward
 Horizons filled with burning pyres