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Into the Fireby Michelle DockreyTo the tune of "Under the Gripping Beast" by Cat FaberBeloved of the singer, I, and harper to her song Yet time to time I sensed in her some strange and silent wrong Though long our life together, and her songs we played with pride She kept her secret pain from me until the day she diedInto the fire lies the path that I must tread For I swear I'll pull her from the flames or burn there in her stead Her gentle rest I could have borne, but now the price I know Into the beast's eternal grip I cannot let her goThe price she paid was shown me as I stood beside the bier For I bent to give a farewell kiss and grief turned into fear Two things clutched tightly to her breast that froze me where I stood A journal bound in leather and a parchment signed in bloodInto the fire lies the path that I must tread For I swear I'll pull her from the flames or burn there in her stead Her gentle rest I could have borne, but now the price I know Into the beast's eternal grip I cannot let her goI closed my eyes and laid my torch to the timbers of the pyre Stood summoning my courage as I faced the blazing fire With all the force of rage and grief I called Him in my mind Then felt the flames engulf me and in blood-red strike me blindSongtexteInto the fire lies the path that I must tread For I swear I'll pull her from the flames or burn there in her stead Her gentle rest I could have borne, but now the price I know Into the beast's eternal grip I cannot let her goThere in His court I met His gaze, my blood a pounding drum No words we spoke, He knew my mind, He knew why I had come I flexed my aging fingers as I touched them to the strings I held her face within my mind and then began to singInto the fire lies the path that I must tread For I swear I'll pull her from the flames or burn there in her stead Her gentle rest I could have borne, but now the price I know Into the beast's eternal grip I cannot let her goA song of love so pure that it could reach through darkest pain For tears shone on His face as we were freed from His domain I marveled even through my joy as we left the fiery keep Waterfalls could run uphill-- Lucifer could weepInto the fire lies the path that I must tread For I swear I'll pull her from the flames or burn there in her stead Her gentle rest I could have borne, but now the price I know Into the beast's eternal grip I cannot let her goWe said our last farewell and she stepped through the shining gate I found myself at home again, the hour growing late There on her empty pillow lay, and God knows what within, A journal bound in leather fine, as soft as human skin. Aus Songtexte Mania