Day 9: A Song That I Can Dance To

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Heart's Desire by Dreamtale from Beyond Reality (2002)


One name for you. Marco Hietala. He is an amazing singer, and I know it was that and the general tone of the song that made me prance to it. As much as you can dance to a power metal song. The riffs are powerful and vary in tempo through the song. I think I would love to maybe just sway slowly to it if I could. It's  battle song, I know, but somehow I can actually picture myself dancing to it.







As the sun rises
I see our banners flowing in the wind
And the sounds of trumpets calling for war

All that night I lay awake
Thinking you, thinking war
The madness and despair I have seen

Now the time has come
We will charge to our doom
Arrows are whistling by my ears as we ride

Please my guardian angel, let me see my love again
In the mercy I thrive, shelter me, as I shelter mine

I'm riding away from the light of the day
A letter left behind to lighten my way
I'm writing to you maybe (the) last time now
Please let me see your face once more again

Screaming men I left behind
I am sure they all will die
Blood is covering my armor and my sword

Where is the honour? The code we all held?
In this madness we all turn to beasts
Gathered at a grim feast

Our banner is down
We are scourged to death
Flash of pain was the last thing I saw in my life

Please my guardian angel, let me see my love again
In the mercy I thrive, shelter me, as I shelter mine

I'm dying away, I'm leaving today
My rusting sword, lost, alone in this fray
I wrote to you, my last farewell
Please let me see your face once more again

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  1. Day 20: A Song I Listen To When I’m Angry | 30 Days of MusicMay 16, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    [...] volumes of his talents. And Marco Hietala. Ah, what can I say about this man that I have not said before? I love his voice. He has such a range of emotions that he portrays with seeming ease (I especially [...]

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