(MUSIC OF) THE ELDER

These are the lyrics arranged the way the album was originaly released in 1981, The Remasters changed the order that the songs went in for the way that the Elder story was originally made.

The Oath

Like a blade of a sword I am forged in flame

Fiery hot

Tempered steel fire-bright to the night I take

I fear not

Now compelled by something I cannot see

I go forth surrendering to history

Your glory, I swear I ride for thee

Your power, I trust it rides with me

Your servant, I am and ever shall I be

Through a dream

I have a come to an ancient door

Lost in the mist

I have been there a hundred times or more

Pounding my fists

Now inside, the fire of the ancient burns

A boy goes in and suddenly a man returns

I gave my word and gained a key

I gave my heart and set it free

There's no turning back from this odyssey

Because I feel so alive suddenly

And I wonder, is this really me?

fanfare(instrumental)

Just A Boy

Who steers the ship through the stormy sea

If hope is lost then so are we

While some eyes search for one to guide us

Some are staring at me

But I'm no hero

Though I wish I could be

For I am just a boy,

Too young to be sailing

I am just a boy,

And my future is unveiling

And I'm so frightened of failing

Dark Light

LOOK OUT, Cause there's something wrong

And you don't know what it is

WATCH OUT, Or it's Sodom and Gommorah

The malevolent order

RIGHT NOW, Before it's much too late

Before it's much too late

A dark light,A darkness never ending

A dark light,The devil gets his due

A dark night,Is everywhere descending

A dark light,Is coming for you

NOW LOOK UP, Well the skies are black

And they're getting darker all the time

WATCH OUT, For the things that you believe in

You're gonna be attacked,

and you won't know what it is

WISE UP, You better watch your step

You better watch your step

A dark light,A darkness never ending

A dark light,Of perversion and hate

A dark night,Is everywhere descending

A dark light,There's no time to wait

LOOK OUT, For the death of love

There will be no more love

WATCH OUT, It's yourself that you are fooling

Who do you think you're fooling

SHOUT IT OUT, It's a terrible thing

Such a terrible thing

A dark light,A darkness never ending

A dark light,The sun is turning cool

A dark night,Is everywhere descending

A dark light,Is shining at you

Dark light, Dark light

Is shining at you, Dark light

Only You

Only you have the answers

But the questions you have to find

Only you know the secrets

But the truth lies deep in your mind

Only you are the answer

You turn the night into day - yeah

Only you are the manchild

You are the light and you are the way

Tell me the secrets

I wanna know

Tell me the secrets

I wanna know

Only you

Only you are the manchild

You are the light and you are the way

I can't believe this is is true

Why do I listen to you

If I am all that you say

Why am I still so afraid

Only you! Only you!

Only you!

In every age

In every time

A hero is born

As if by a grand design

Under The Rose

Though you may be pure of heart

And free of sin

And though you have been chosen

To begin

And yet you must be worthy of

The prophecy

But seek and you shall find

Your destiny

Loneliness will haunt you

Will you sacrifice?

Do you take the oath

Will you live your life

Under the rose

The more you hurt the less you feel

The pain

And the more you change, the more you stay

The same

But now before you lies the quest

At hand

And from this boy you may become

A man

Do you understand

Will you sacrifice?

Do you take the oath

Will you live your life

Under the rose

A World Without Heroes

A world without heroes

Is like a world without sun

You can't look up to anyone

Without heroes

And a world without heroes

Is like a never ending race

Is like a time without a place

A pointless thing devoid of grace

Where you don't know what you're after

Or if something's after you

And you don't know why you don't know

In a world without heroes

In a world without dreams

Things are no more than they seem

And a world without heroes

Is like a bird without wings

Or a bell that never rings

Just a sad and useless thing

Where you don't know what you're after

Or if something's after you

And you don't know why you don't know

In a world without heroes

There's nothing to be

It's no place for me

Mr. Blackwell

I never said I was more than I am

Do what I want and I don't give a damn

You're all so weak you know it makes me ill

Don't like you now and probably never will

You cheat and lie, and wonder why

You can't sleep at night

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

And we can tell

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

Why don't you go to hell

I am a sinner who just loves to sin

I am a fighter who just loves to win

I know the truth about this crummy oath

There's nothing here that can't be bought or sold

You're cold and mean, and in between

You're rotten to the core

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

And we can tell

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

Why don't you go to hell

You're a victim, a real disgrace

You should be banished from the human race

We'll drink to sorrow then we'll drink to waste

We'll drink a toast to the inhuman race

Here's to the world and the times we're in

Here's to the kid a real man among men

You're cold and mean, and in between

You're rotten to the core

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

And we can tell

You're not well, Mr. Blackwell

Why don't you go to hell

Escape From The Island (instrumental)

Odyssey

From a far off galaxy, I hear you calling me

we are on an odyssey

Through the realms of time and space

In that enchanted place

You and I come face to face

Once upon not yet, long ago someday

Countless times we've met, met along the way

Through the luminescent night

On beams of neon light

You and I in wing-ged flight

As we cross the starry sea, powered by what we see

Now and then, the victory

From a far off galaxy, I hear you calling me

we are on an odyssey

Through the realms of time and space

In that enchanted place

You and I come face to face

There's a child in a sundress

Looking at a rainy sky

There's a place in the desert

Where an ocean once danced by

There's a song in the silence

Weaving in and out of time

We are notes in the music

Searching for remembered rhyme

On a mountain high somewhere

Where only heroes dare

Stand the stallion and the mare

We have been and we shall be each other's destiny

One another's odyssey

From a far off galaxy, I hear you calling me

we are on an odyssey

Through the realms of time and space

In that enchanted place

You and I come face to face

We've met along the way

We've met along the way

I

I was so frightened

I almost ran away

I didn't know that I could do

Anything I needed to

And then a bolt of lightning

Hit me on my head

Then I began to see

I just needed to believe in me

Now I, I believe in me

And I, I believe in something more

Than you can understand

Yes, I believe in me

They said I didn't stand a chance

I wouldn't win no way

But I've got news for you

There's nothing I can't do

Ain't no pretending

Ain't no make believe

But I've got to be the one

I gotta do what must be done

Now I, I believe in me

And I, I believe in something more

Than you can understand

Yes, I believe in me

I believe in me

Yes, I believe in me - yeah

I don't need no money

I don't need no fame....No

I just need to believe in me

And I know most definitely

Don't need to get wasted

It only holds me down

I just need a will of my own

And the balls to stand alone

Now I, I believe in me

And I, I believe in something more

Than you can understand

Yes, I believe in me

Well do you really

Yes, I believe in me

Do you do you

Yes, I believe in me

I wanna rock 'n roll

Yes, I believe in me!

Morpheus, you have been summoned

here to offer your judgement of the boy.

Do you still deem him worthy of the Fellowship?

I certainly do, my lord.

As a matter of fact, I, I think you're gonna like this one.

He's got the light in his eyes and the look of a champion,

a real champion....