2. Two: Sauron
Two: Challenge the Lightning
Tonight I challenge the lightning, the mocking assault from the sky
The storm has long been in waiting, the doom of the star-land is nigh
The clouds are coming, the eagles, and the West all ill does bode
But I now I fear them no longer - tonight all would call me a god
The days of bliss have ended, gone are the times of rest
Driven by lies and defiance the ships have long left for the West
And I am left here laughing and knowing that once again
Fate I have mocked and godly love and darkened the Gift of Man
Say it is evil I wakened, or say it is freedom of heart
Both I will take, and proudly - both I have loved from the start
For both I long have labored and tonight my work is done
And my laughter would challenge the storm and ring on ere the wave is gone
Thus laughing I stand in the star-land and wait for doom to fall
And the wave is rising higher and yet more to devour all
And I care not if I die tonight, with the proud, desperate Men, every one
For tonight I have challenged the lightning, and the world will remember I've won
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Tonight I challenge the lightning, the mocking assault from the sky
The storm has long been in waiting, the doom of the star-land is nigh
The clouds are coming, the eagles, and the West all ill does bode
But I now I fear them no longer - tonight all would call me a god
The days of bliss have ended, gone are the times of rest
Driven by lies and defiance the ships have long left for the West
And I am left here laughing and knowing that once again
Fate I have mocked and godly love and darkened the Gift of Man
Say it is evil I wakened, or say it is freedom of heart
Both I will take, and proudly - both I have loved from the start
For both I long have labored and tonight my work is done
And my laughter would challenge the storm and ring on ere the wave is gone
Thus laughing I stand in the star-land and wait for doom to fall
And the wave is rising higher and yet more to devour all
And I care not if I die tonight, with the proud, desperate Men, every one
For tonight I have challenged the lightning, and the world will remember I've won
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