Dark Valley Suite by The Gates Of Slumber Lyrics

Beyond the bounds of time and space
Flowing eternal in that realm beyond
Past the river black as the grave
Lies Dark Valley home of shadow and fear
Sad life spent on its sullen shore
Midst ruins of an age that never was
You lived apart in that hollow dark
With a heart as heavy as stone

Death, it came in dreams
Haunting while you slept
And you walked alone
Forever at war
Had you lived before
Will you live again
To see the failing of our doomed race
Stretching back through time
Hurling on towards end
Will you ever know our ultimate fate
Or do you rest in that valley dark
Beyond the river forever more

Robert E. Howard's "Lines Written in the Realization
That I Must Die"

"The Black door gapes and the Black wall rises;
Twilight gasps in the grip of Night
Paper and dust are the gems man prizes-
Torches toss in my waning sight

Drums of glory are lost in the ages
Bare feet fail on a broken trail-
Let my name fade from the printed pages;
Dreams and visions are growing pale
Twilight gathers and none can save me
Well and well, for I would not stay:

Let me speak through the stone you gave me:
He never could say what he wished to say
Why should I shrink from the sign of leaving?
My brain is wrapped in a darkened cloud;
Now in the night are the sisters weaving
For me a shroud

Towers shake and the stars reel under
Skulls are heaped in the Devil's fane;
My feet are wrapped in a rolling thunder
Jets of agony lance my brain
What of the world I leave forever?
Phantom forms in a fading sight-
Carry me out on the ebon river
Into the Night."