Giant's Lore (Heart Of Winter)

(Album: Awaken The Guardian - 1986)

In a time long past tomorrow sleeping in the castle of the black
In the Leland hills are the monster tracks of a giant
The dawn of Autumn playing in the garden of the rising sun
The children they run in the yard of the Giant
If he awakens he will crush them in the earth
Fear the children inherited at birth

Oh, thunderclouds close the skies, he opened up his eyes
He awakened, hears the children in his paradise
You must leave this land forevermore or live behind my iron doors
Of the darkest dungeon. So they left with the passing storm
The Gods were awakened they will crush him in the earth
He is forsaken until he shares his worth

Kings, queens, pirates, giants, castle walls and dungeon doors
Earthbound to your treasures sunken heart to the ocean floor
I will remember knocking on the cold side of your door

Spring came soon to the outside world
But the north wind whirled through the castle halls
Children played in the outside sun
Frost giants stood guard in the garden walls
Seasons passed he's locked in winter
He's filled with remorse his frostbitten heart

Through a break in the garden wall
Came a child with the gift of spring
The frost giants went away
The dawn of autumn came into
The garden of the rising sun
All were welcome in the yard of the giant
His heart was awakened
He was forgiven then
Always remembered
As a giant among men

Kings, queens, pirates, giants, castle walls and dungeon doors
Earthbound to your treasures sunken heart to the ocean floor
I will remember knocking on the cold side of your door