Stones of Castle Wyvern

lyrics by Constance "Eilonwy" Cochran

eilonwy@earthlink.net

Based on the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles Written for Goliath in "Shadows of the Past" ***** On a dark Scottish headland, cold rain in my hair The hot smell of lightning, burning wood in the air From the cave in the distance, I felt a summoning call My eyes deceived me and my senses spun I almost welcomed the fall. There she was in the cavern; I heard her voice once more And I was thinking to myself, ‘Is this heaven or fresh hell from before?' And their voices were calling as they showed me the way There were words in the wind there, I thought I heard them say... Farewell to the stones of Castle Wyvern For a thousand years For a thousand fears Nothing but leaves touch the sky at Castle Wyvern A lonely place, it's a lonely place Her mind is tragedy-twisted, she uses merciless means She used to be my angel, but she was never what she seemed And the few who survived it, destiny set Some want to remember, some want to forget Asked the ghost of the Captain, ‘What do you do this for?' He said, ‘I haven't had the chance to rest since nine ninety-four' And all those voices were calling from far away Bringing me back to the shadows long past And I heard them say... Farewell to the stones of Castle Wyvern For the thousand years There's a thousand tears The spirits don't rest in the stones of Castle Wyvern So the sun will rise lighting all the lies Green glow on the ceiling A game that fools by twice And she said ‘We are now the prisoners here, by your own device' And in the haunted cavern Rose up stone restored Faces, figures in living rock Shattered by the Viking hoard Last thing I remember, Elisa's Calling out my name I struggled back into the light But I wasn't quite the same ‘Farewell' said the night wind ‘It is natural to greive. Though you move on any way you like Your heart will never leave!'