Grendel – by Marillion (1989)
I. Heorot's Plea And Grendel's AwakeningMidnight suns bid moors farewell, retreats from charging duskMountain echo, curfews bell, signal ending tasksThey place their faith in oaken doors, cower in candlelightThe panic seeps through bloodstained floors as Grendel stalks the nightEarth rim walker seeks his mealsPrepare the funeral pyresThe shaper's songs no longer heal the fearWithin their eyes, their eyesWooden figures, pagan gods, stare blindly cross the seaAppeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviour born of dreamsThey know their lives are forfeit now, priestly head they bow in shameThey cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's nameEarth rim walker seeks his mealsPrepare the funeral pyresThe shaper's songs no longer heal the fearWithin their eyes, their eyesAs Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant mereAlong the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so clearHe knows that victory is secured, his charm will testifyHis claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the skyEarth rim walker seeks his mealsPrepare the funeral pyresThe shaper's songs no longer heal the fearWithin their eyes, their eyesII. Grendel's JourneySilken membranes span his path, fingerprints in dewDenizens of twilight lands humbly beg him throughMother nature's bastard child shunned by leaf and streamAn alien in an alien land seeks solace within dreams
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