City Walls-Bob Catley

[ti:City Walls] [ar:Bob Catley] [al:Middle Earth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]City Walls - Bob Catley [00:13.91]The lights go down [00:15.41]To the deafening sound [00:17.11]Thunder clouds rolling in through the night [00:19.59] [00:20.84]My heartbeat pounds [00:22.31]As the heavens resound [00:23.95]In the wide invincible sky [00:26.68] [00:27.70]The lightning strikes [00:29.10]From celestial heights [00:30.84]Goes to ground and testifies [00:33.26] [00:34.49]Its broken chains [00:35.89]Like symmetrical veins [00:37.70]Crack the black terrestrial night [00:40.20] [00:41.37]The fortress walls [00:42.84]Face the numberless hordes [00:44.49]Will they stand the test of time [00:47.05] [00:50.06]The hourglass stands [00:51.37]Almost empty of sand [00:53.08]Live or die on destiny's shrine [00:56.01] [01:36.33]The cruel wind cries [01:37.72]It incessantly whines [01:39.46]In the face of the battle to come [01:41.84] [01:43.11]In strength and size [01:44.49]This colossal divide [01:46.31]Is a vast immeasurable one [01:48.90] [01:49.94]The horns that sound [01:51.26]Strike fear in the proud [01:53.03]But we're snared and there's nowhere to run [01:55.63] [01:56.81]We'll live or die [01:58.17]With heads held high [01:59.87]Till the mighty victory's won [02:02.66] [02:03.70]The skyline cloaked [02:05.09]By the blackening smoke [02:06.74]That defies the naked eye [02:09.60] [02:12.30]We stand our ground [02:13.81]Inextricably bound [02:15.34]By the ties of friendship and pride [02:18.98] [02:24.10]We flight the bow [02:25.46]And wait for the archer's drum [02:28.62] [02:30.86]We strike the blow [02:32.33]That's straight to the heart our shields to the hun [02:36.68] [02:37.60]We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive [02:40.97]That history might recall [02:44.70]Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall [02:49.45] [02:49.97]Fought from the city walls [02:52.35] [02:58.59]Retreat or stand [02:59.89]Is the law of this land [03:01.63]In the cold hearted thick of the fight [03:04.07] [03:05.33]And death's reign damned [03:06.76]My superlative plans [03:08.44]Making pyres of dreams and old times [03:11.06] [03:12.08]For Isengard [03:13.46]Cast flames through the heart [03:15.21]Like the fireball crossing the sky [03:18.03] [03:18.99]The Helms Deep walls [03:20.42]Lie breached in the dark [03:22.16]As we stand defenceless inside [03:25.01] [03:25.90]The brave and pure [03:27.23]For a moment stand sure [03:29.01]Then to sanctuary we fly [03:32.02] [03:34.37]The hordes can't reach [03:35.83]Our impregnable keep [03:37.61]Till the light of dawn when we ride [03:41.73] [03:46.36]We flight the bow [03:47.62]And wait for the archer's drum [03:50.73] [03:53.03]We strike the blow [03:54.58]That's straight to the heart our shields to the hun [03:58.93] [03:59.81]We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive [04:03.20]That history might recall [04:06.65] [04:07.19]Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall [04:11.43] [04:12.24]Fought from the city walls [04:14.83] [04:47.99]We flight the bow [04:49.42]And wait for the archer's drum [04:52.40] [04:54.69]We strike the blow [04:56.24]That's straight to the heart our shields to the hun [05:00.62] [05:01.61]We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive [05:05.08]That history might recall [05:08.30] [05:08.82]Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall [05:13.33] [05:13.91]Fought from the city walls [05:15.63]We flight the bow [05:16.80]And wait for the archer's drum [05:19.95] [05:22.08]We strike the blow [05:23.64]That's straight to the heart our shields to the hun [05:28.06] [05:28.90]We fight as we try to keep our dreams alive [05:32.48]That history might recall [05:35.62] [05:36.19]Those who braved the kingdom's rise and fall [05:41.58] [05:44.82]Fought from the city walls [05:48.60] [05:58.56]Fought from the city walls