Ayreon

Ready for the enemy

Hungry for the battle

Fighting hard for victory

In the army of the king

Armed with shield and sword

We mounted our horses

Leaving on a sacred quest

On our way to fight the holy war

They attacked from different sides

Hard pressed with numbers

We could not even run nor hide

We had to stand and fight

Then I felt a blade of steel

Penetrate my armor

I did not dream the pain was real

As I went down I knew my time had come

And then he rode into the night

Towards that eerie distant light that seemed to charm him

Until he came to a road that disappeared

Beyond the last horizon

He knew there'd be no way back

Once he had vanished in the blackness of infinity

And so he gathered all his strength not to descend

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death

I opened up my weary eyes

The haze slowly lifted

The mighty roar of battle cries

Stopped ringing in my ears

I gazed upon a friendly face

He carried me to safety

I told him of this frightening place

And of my journey back from the other side

And then he rode into the night

Towards that eerie distant light that seemed to charm him

(A force so seductive and yet so destructive and cruel)

Until he came to a road that disappeared

Beyond the last horizon

(I followed that road to the edge of eternity)

He knew there'd be no way back

Once he had vanished in the blackness of infinity

(I fought for my life for I had to survive the ordeal)

And so he gathered all his strength not to descend

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death

And then he rode into the night

Towards that eerie distant light that seemed to charm him

(A force so seductive and yet so destructive and cruel)

Until he came to a road that disappeared

Beyond the last horizon

(I followed that road to the edge of eternity)

He knew there'd be no way back

Once he had vanished in the blackness of infinity

(I fought for my life for I had to survive the ordeal)

And so he gathered all his strength not to descend

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death