Fortress lyrics

Up on a mount, a grey shape to behold

Clad in mist, it arises

Towers and stairs, much too steep and too bold

Try not to spy over its walls, be foretold

Blaze and glory are gone long

Deadly and deep, withering moats scar the grounds

Dare yee swim, yee will perish

Drawbridges shut, ghostly guards make their rounds

Iron gates, like a hoard of wild hounds

Chains in wind sing in anguish

Yonder the gates, ancient ways lead inside

Guiding yee to the sanctum

Armours stand lifeless in rank and in file

Torches are blazing in dusky twilight

And I stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside my fortress

And I stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside my fortress

Old paintings tell stories of long bygone times

In once vivid colours, in reds and blues

The bridges were open, the gates they were wide

The fort, it stood noble and proud and new

The court, they were drinking and dancing along

Fair Maidens and knights, joined in spirit and song

Now I stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside my fortress

And I stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside my fortress

Climbing the stairs, up right up to the keep

Savage height, cruel ascension

There I can see them, in darkness so deep

Hundreds of strongholds send warnings and please

Silent, forsaken, I see them and weep

For I know that inside them still men go in grief

And they stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside their fortress

And they stride all alone

Through the grey halls of stone

Inside their fortress

• Artist:Maybebop
• Album:Das darf man nicht (2015)