After the Storm ft. Dianne van Giersbergen Lyrics

The lights went down, the curtain fell, a lingering, heartfelt cheer died away

The harmony, if it was real, then why am I dismayed

At eventide, in vain I whiled, should we not stand and fight together

How I regret, my bannerets left me bereft and shamed

Flow down, bleak rivulet, and carry me ashore

Fuel my heart, mend my bones for I can't bear no more

After the storm, after the battle, the bitter rain pours

Battered and broken I'll leave no words unspoken

Bravery fell into the deepening night where I dwelled

Demonized, terrorized, scorned but eyes wide open

Oh dream that I adored, oh memories galore

Awaken me once more, the tyrant will not be dethroned

And so you wilt, while he will not atone

He'll forsake our world: the cretin sways his sword

Commands the sky, 'till feathers fly and burn forevermore, forevermore

After the storm, after the battle, the bitter rain pours

Battered and broken I'll leave no words unspoken

Bravery fell, into the deepening night where I dwelled

Demonized, terrorized, scorned but eyes wide open

A plague on your kingdom, a plague on your chest

Render me lost, all that I'll have I'll forgo but not my quest

Dishonoured, abandoned, a lone soul, lost and awash with tears

Without arms nor armour, a meagre shadow, laden with fear

To you, my love, I bid farewell and bestow the flame

Hold it high, bright it shines when I reclaim my song

After the storm, after the battle, the bitter rain pours

Battered and broken I'll leave no words unspoken

Bravery fell, into the deepening night where I dwelled

Demonized, terrorized, scorned but eyes wide open