Tale of the Copper Guard

The people of Triman with weapons gathering
Rising against the rule of an oppressing king
They will not back down they will demand their right
Against them the king his soldiers sends to fight

The sun god’s sign burning on my shield
As I charge over the battlefield
The next in line to the throne of Triman
I challenge the king’s leading knight
To settle this war in a one on one fight
To end this battle before it has begun

The war still rages on fuelled by people’s hate
Finally, we break through the king’s castle’s gate
The king has now no choice, his power is lost
The people have won, but to what a cost?

I will give up my claim to the throne
To prevent any king from ruling alone
That neither side in this war should rule this kingdom
The princess as new ruler is named
To settle the dispute that so many lives claimed
A council is made to guarantee the people’s freedom

The king ponders on his throne, dark thoughts on his mind
Secret of eternal life the king desires to find
Sorcerers he gathers to cast an ancient spell
Opening a portal into the depths of hell
To gain life eternal his daughter’s soul he’ll sell

Demons enter the king’s realm to take her through the gate
No one her can save now, her father sealed her fate
With drawn sword I charge, demons I don’t fear
They fall for my blade: victory is near
Through the gate of hell the princess disappears

All hope gone, the princess lost,
her soul damned forever
Only hope is now to go
to hell to retrieve her
To the ancient monastery
Sviatogor I’ll travel
Beg the copper guard to send
me to realm of evil

See them reaching for the stars
Walls of Sviatogor
Never breached, since ancient times
Shelter against war
Built by angels long ago
Citadel eternal
Here the copper knights stand guard
Against might infernal

Solo: Igor Jakobsen

I must pass all of their tests
Prove my soul and mind
To be worthy them to join
And the princess to find
Copper knight they me proclaim
Sealed is now my fate
They cast spells me to conceal
And to open hells gate

Serpens, serpens niger
Homines servos
Suos creavit
Serpens, serpens niger
Homines servos
Suos creavit

Solo: Daniel Paulsen Figenschou

Demons all around me as I hide in plain sight
The princess I search for to save her from her plight
Pits where souls are tortured for eternity
How can I pass them without sympathy?
Break the gates I set the sinners free!

Demons fighting sinners: chaos all around
After endless search the princess I’ve found
In a silver cage a many coloured light
Her innocent soul here is shining bright
I charge with drawn sword her guards to fight

A mere man over hell’s might
Victorious I now stand
A bright light surrounds us both
As I take her hand
We rise up to heaven’s gate
I can’t enter with her
I’m sent back to Sviatogor
My time not yet over

Solo: Anna Loppacher