Artist: My Dying Bride (United Kingdom) Song: The Light At the End of the World Album: The Light At the End of the World Year of release: 1999 Lyrics: An isle, a bright shining isle stands forever, alone in the sea Of rock and of sand and grass and shale, the isle bereft trees. Small. A speck in the wide blue sea. 'Tis the last of all the land. A dweller upon our lonesome isle, the last, lonely man? By the Gods he is there to never leave, to remain all his life. His punishment forevermore, to attend the eternal light. The lighthouse, tall and brilliant white, which stands at the end of the world. Protecting ships and sailors too, from rock they could be hurled. Yet nothing comes and nothing goes 'cept the wide blue sea. Which stretches near and far away, 't is all our man can see. Though, one day, up high on rock a bird did perch and cry. An albatross, he shot a glance, and wondered deeply, why? Could it be a watcher sent? A curse sent from the Gods, who sits and cries and s! tares at him, the life that they have robbed. Each year it comes to watch over him, the creature from above. Not a curse but a reminder of the woman that he loved. Oh weary night, under stars he'd lay and gaze up towards the moon and stars. The sun's dying haze. Time and again, Orion's light filled out man with joy. Within the belt, he's see his love, remembering her voice. The twinkle from the stars above bled peace into his heart. As long as she looks down on him he knows they'll never part. One day
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