Bathory - The Lake Lyrics
The one eyed old man told me that the face that I will seeHas paralysed a thousand brave men sure of victoryI cannot fight blindfolded and I'd freeze if I should seeSo I need to sacrifice my eyes to see all from withinThe one eyed old man had told me of a lake that no one knows ofWhere the end of the sky unites with the bottomCountless feet down deepAnd he told me when this world was youngInto its depths his eye he had thrownSo that, though one eyed, he could see more than can be seenI'll throw my eyes into the lakeSo that I will see from withinI'll throw my eyes into the lakeAnd when blind I will still seeAt the bottom of the lakeMy two eyes will shine like the stars.At the bottom of the lakeI will see no matter how near or farRegardless at which speed my horseTakes me through the nightNo matter how sharp the bladeOf my sword seems to beEven with the aid of two pairOf eyes way up highIn the end before the Beast its faceI would have had to seeBut with my two eyes in the depths,My vision is supreme.I see all things that can't be seenBut not my hand held out in front of meThe face that makes men freezeI now need not see at allI'll feel the presence of the BeastBut will not need to stare him down no moreI've thrown down my eyes into the lakeSo that I will see from withinI've thrown my eyes into the lakeAnd now when blind I still seeAt the bottom of the lakeMy two eyes are shining like the starsAt the bottom of the lakeI now see no matter how near or far