Standing on a strange shore-nThis desolate coastline,nIt offers cold comfort.nVery little more than the skynFor a blanketnThe earth for my bed.nn[THE SISTERS OF WYRD:]nThethreads upon the loom of lifenHave foreordained your coming here,nSo weep not mannikin of mankindnDry your worthless puppet-tears.nnUnanswered questions-nHow they play on my mind,nNow that darkness is falling andnStill there's no sign of my guide.nnEither I have been betrayed-nThey have left me to die,nOr worse still at this moment he lies-nAn unwitting victim by brigands attacked,nLeft naked and dead with a knifenIn his back.nnChildhood terrors return to me now,nFrom the rand stench of fear innThe sweat on my brow.nDeciet and despair are to menKith and kin,nSeduced into slumber-nMy nightmare begins.nnWelcome - welcome to my domain,nI have been biding my time.nWatching and waiting -nBut now you are mine.nnWeaving the web that entwines you,nLike a puppet you play on the endnOf your strings 'till the end ofnYour days.nnDaylight flees as night gives chasenI'm held in panics dank embrace,nI smother in his cold caress -nThe sum of all my worthlessness.nI have been told to thank the LordnFor all that He will send,nBut if death should come to meet me -nMust I greet him as a friend?nnNow I see that this quest isnA test of my fidelity -nHas God forsaken me?nWhen maddness sings his lullaby annNightmare filled with unknown things -nTo cast aspersion on my sanity.nnFaith starts to flounder innA mind torn apart,nMy thoughts move in time withnThe beat of my heartnA creature of habitnI make easy prey,nCross faith and fire cannotnHold at bay the beast thatnPursues me -nThe end drawing near.nMy soul keeps no secrets -nHe knows what I fear.nnFlying so high on the wingsnOf a dream,nOver mountain and forest -n'cross river and stream.nWhile the creatures that feednnOff the doubts I inventnAwait my arrival with evil intent.nnWelcome - welcome to my domain,nI have been biding my time.nWatching and waiting -nBut now you are mine.nWeaving the web that entwines you,nLike a puppet you play on the endnOf your strings 'till the end ofnYour days.nnSo in that twilight world thatnLies amidst life and death I dream,nAnd writhe in fitful slumber no-onenHears mjy silent screams.nExcept the horses head that staresnWith black and lifeless eyes,nnAtop its totem glaring as it mocksnMy helpless cries.nnNow I see that this quest isnA test of my fidelity -nHas God forsaken me?nWhen maddness sings his lullaby anNightmare filled with unknown things -nTo cast aspersion on my sanity.nnShapeless form surround menCasting shadows in the night,nI feel their breath upon me-nCatch their faces in the light.nSomnambulistic hunters comenTo prey upon my fears -nAs peals of psycopathic laughternEcho in my ears.nnStartled I waken from mynDeath-like sleep,nThough fearful and shakennI crawl to my feet.nStill my memories taunt me -nLike ghosts they appear,nForever to haunt me whennDarkness draws near.nnWelcome - welcome to my domain,nI have been biding my time.nWatching and waiting -nBut now you are mine.nWeaving the web that entwines you,nLike a puppet you play on the endnOf your strings 'till the end ofnYour days.nnThen fleeing from the terrorsnAt the night before I leave,nnThe remenants of reality behindnMe 'neath the trees.nWaking in the light of dawn InPray that God will send -nHis wisdom now to guide menThrough this night-time without end.nnNow I see that this quest isnA test of my fidelity-nHas God forsaken me?nWhen madness sings his lullaby anNightmare filled with unknown things -nTo cast aspersion on my sanity.