"The Warrior's Battle" - Part III of the epic "The Warrior's Return"

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This song actually was written over the course over a couple of years by our drummer on the piano (hence the myriads of different piano-parts), during which the song went through quite a number of changes... however finally with Eleftheria, our drummer found a way to pack the whole thing into a song and record it, and so here it is!

In the end it turned out to be a 3-Part-Epic, encompassingly entitled "The Warrior's Return". This part now is the third of those three, after a slow intro with spoken lyrics which should, along with the second part, "The Warrior's Aria" transmit the feeling of a seasoned warrior's pondering on the eve of battle; and the feelings he has in this last night of peace and quiet, not knowing if he will live to see another day.

This last part, "The Warrior's Battle" then describes the dreaded sunrise on the horizon, and the warrior almost despairs as he "cannot see" that horizon, so clouded it is with the rising clouds of dust that the masses of his enemies stir up from the ground.

The "battle", which is heavily inspired by some Savatage-choruses is probably the weirdest part in the song, along with the part right after the first chorus, which is played in an entirely different tempo than the rest of the song. Live, this part always proves a certain challenge, but sometimes we manage ;)

My personal favorite parts, though, are the melancholy chorus with I hope somewhat thoughtful lyrics, and the solo which is fittingly played by our lead guitarist "Van" Alen... amazing job on that, probably my favorite solo in all our songs!

Enjoy!

Part III: The Warrior's Battle

I:
I can see there's no horizon
I can't see horizons...


II:
Never sleep, never dream
Never wake, never see forevermore...

III:
Fly away...