The Sword Was Never Meant For Blood (The Lady Of The Lake)

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[Verse 1]

I watched the rivers carry kings

I watched the banners burn

I saw the sons of Camelot

Ride proudly with no return

Sir Kay fell beneath the rain

Sir Galahad beside

And one by one the knights of old

Were swallowed by the tide

[Chorus]

And the water remembers

And the water remains

When kingdoms are ashes

And nothing remains

The water remembers

The names and the pain

The sword was never meant for blood

[Verse 2]

Then Arthur met young Mordred there

Where broken armies lay

The father and the son at last

Had come to end the day

And Mordred struck King Arthur down

With hatred in his hand

But Arthur rose one final time

To make his final stand

[Bridge]

Excalibur descended

Bright as the morning sun

Forged against the enemies

Of Britain every one

But never for a father's hand

Against his own bloodline

Never for the blood of kin

Never for that crime

And Arthur struck at Mordred then

To end the war at last

But when the blade met Mordred's mail

The ancient law held fast

The sword refused the fatal blow

Against the Pendragon line

And Excalibur was shattered there

By fate and old design

Yet broken steel still struck him down

Its final duty done

So Arthur slew young Mordred there

As Mordred slew the king

[Chorus]

And the water remembers

And the water remains

When kingdoms are ashes

And nothing remains

The water remembers

The names and the pain

The sword was never meant for blood

[Verse 3]

Mordred died

And Arthur died

Beside the western shore

And Camelot became a dream

To walk the earth no more

Elaine fell for silver crowns

And gold she could not keep

While Morgan, Guinevere, Morgause

Lived on beyond the grief

Sir Bedivere survived the storm

Sir Gawain walked alone

And Percival was never found

Still seeking for the Grail

[Final Bridge]

And Gawain took the shattered sword

The last light of the king

He cast it to the waiting lake

Beneath the evening sky

And I reached upward through the depths

As Excalibur passed by

The broken steel became as one

The ancient wound was healed

For what was forged before the kings

No mortal hand could kill

[Final Chorus]

And the water remembers

And the water remains

When kingdoms are ashes

And nothing remains

The water remembers

The names and the pain

The sword was never meant for blood

[Outro]

Arthur is gone.

Mordred is gone.

Camelot is gone.

But Excalibur remains.

And the water remembers.

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[Verse 1] I watched the rivers carry kings I watched the banners burn I saw the sons of Camelot Ride proudly with no return Sir Kay fell beneath the rain Sir Galahad beside And one by one the knights of old Were swallowed by the tide [Chorus] And the water remembers And the water remains When kingdoms are ashes And nothing remains The water remembers The names and the pain The sword was never meant for blood The sword was never meant for blood [Verse 2] Then Arthur met young Mordred there Where broken armies lay The father and the son at last Had come to end the day And Mordred struck King Arthur down With hatred in his hand But Arthur rose one final time To make his final stand [Bridge] Excalibur descended Bright as the morning sun Forged against the enemies Of Britain every one But never for a father's hand Against his own bloodline Never for the blood of kin Never for that crime And Arthur struck at Mordred then To end the war at last But when the blade met Mordred's mail The ancient law held fast The sword refused the fatal blow Against the Pendragon line And Excalibur was shattered there By fate and old design Yet broken steel still struck him down Its final duty done So Arthur slew young Mordred there As Mordred slew the king [Chorus] And the water remembers And the water remains When kingdoms are ashes And nothing remains The water remembers The names and the pain The sword was never meant for blood The sword was never meant for blood [Verse 3] Mordred died And Arthur died Beside the western shore And Camelot became a dream To walk the earth no more Elaine fell for silver crowns And gold she could not keep While Morgan, Guinevere, Morgause Lived on beyond the grief Sir Bedivere survived the storm Sir Gawain walked alone And Percival was never found Still seeking for the Grail [Final Bridge] And Gawain took the shattered sword The last light of the king He cast it to the waiting lake Beneath the evening sky And I reached upward through the depths As Excalibur passed by The broken steel became as one The ancient wound was healed For what was forged before the kings No mortal hand could kill [Final Chorus] And the water remembers And the water remains When kingdoms are ashes And nothing remains The water remembers The names and the pain The sword was never meant for blood The sword was never meant for blood [Outro] Arthur is gone. Mordred is gone. Camelot is gone. But Excalibur remains. And the water remembers.

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