The Hours of Wintertime

Take my arms and my shield And instead this life will I wield Now I'll gild my battles with chrome All the glory best earned alone Take my love and my hands Broken justly and damned To align with destiny's trust And to grind that fate back to dust I could go, if I may What makes me strong is today And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! I've begun to see the end I'll chase the battle off world's end And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! Star grows cold in the heat And a life takes rest at my feet Almighty, ever unsold From the hate to the sunlight betrothed Give me power in your stead Irridesce as a measure of worth in this Oh see, for the means yet to fight This regime made ancient tonight I could go, if I may What makes me strong is today And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! I've begun to see the end I'll chase the battle off world's end And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! Now am I meant to go, meant to fight, this time? In the scale of our war, is it better to fight now or see what's in store? And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here fighting on my own... And now I'm left here... I could go, if I may What makes me strong is today And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! I've begun to see the end I'll chase the battle off world's end And so I swear by hours of wintertime I'll stay! And now I'll have to fight this on my own... And now I'll have to fight this on my own... And now I'll have to fight this on my own... And now I'll have to fight this on my own... And now I'll have to fight this on my own...