Forsaken Kingdom

Welcome into my empty mind

to the ruins of old times

see what once was but is no more

Dreamspace of what should last upon

but the dreamers were failing

it was destroyed all to the core

I am the last, keeper of the past

holder of the ancient knowledge

and I have been left back until time is no more

I am the last, keeper of the past

holder of the ancient knowledge

and I have been left back until time is no more

I guard the ruins once fair as sunrise

now this Kingdom is forsaken

My story is a sad one

I could not leave this place

the others are all long gone

I've existed in this realm

this forsaken kingdom

with beauty and love gone

Still I must call it my home

secrets of unkind destiny

the echoes in these halls

the echoes in these halls

still roam on and on

on and on

I hold the past within my heart

the reasons it went wrong

find all your answers for yourself

I am spellbound to these halls

protector of these walls

though they're only empty shells

I am the last, keeper of the past

holder of the ancient knowledge

and I have been left back until time is no more

I guard the ruins once fair as sunrise

now this Kingdom is forsaken

My story is a sad one

I could not leave this place

the others are all long gone

I've existed in this realm

this forsaken kingdom

with beauty and love gone

Still I must call it my home

secrets of unkind destiny

the echoes in these halls

the echoes in these halls

still roam on and on

on and on

(guitar solo)

Still I must call it my home

secrets of unkind destiny

the echoes in these halls

the echoes in these halls

still roam on and on

on and on

Welcome into my empty mind

to the ruins of old times

see what once was but is no more

03. MELANCHOLY BEAST

Words & music by M. Kammeyer

Skin of thorns

a breath of fire

no life comes near it

none feels it's desire

A longing for something

to ease the loneliness

in these deep enchanted woods

it feeds on emptiness

Who hears you, who sees you

only those who you infect with fear

no equals, a darker part of light

your only legacy was the pleasant shades of night

(chorus)

And now it's been to long

your cry of pain to someone

you are the melancholy beast of the woods

never have you felt at home

in the silent dark of your throne

you are the melancholy beast of the woods

Who hears your cry

who looks beneath

a twin born creature or a fellow soul

behold your queen

one of your kind

not of looks, but of what's kept inside

Who hears you, who sees you

only those who you infect with fear

across the ages you've waited patiently

oh and now she's here, a light so clear

(chorus)

And now it's been to long

your cry of pain to someone

you are the melancholy beast of the woods

never have you felt at home

in the silent dark of your throne

you are the melancholy beast of the woods

(Words spoken)

And the world held it's breath in enchantment

and the beauty and the beast within united

and the light and the dark were as one

and a new way of understanding was born