Once and Future King, Part I

Upon a Pagan land in darkness came A black and heartless spawn of seed A cruel and wretched plague For in the mist of time a king lay slain And left the vilest form of greed With a crown to claim They battle, heed no warning Prattle as they feud their lives away They drown in civil war; they bleed And still your dreams chill the night While the dead fill your head Desperate scenes take the knife Through your flesh to the bone Such extremes shape this fight Fire is fed; blood is shed And the pleas to unite Scream "Excalibur, guide our way home" A ray of hope emerging bright as day Amidst the darkness hour, reveals What is pre-ordained To hold a sword of power the Gods have made To temper lightning forged as steel For its sacred blade Strenght, passion, hopes and glory Balanced on the brink, no time to fail This time the saviour must be real And still your dreams chill the night While the dead fill your head Desperate scenes take the knife Through your flesh to the bone Such extremes shape this fight Fire is fed; blood is shed And the pleas to unite Scream "Excalibur, guide our way home"

Submitted by Finntroll — Feb 24, 2026

[Arthur] Rising from the ocean like a fortress from the black, The Pagan sacred isle "Ynys Mon" It looms before me now there's no turning black As my Kingdom and my destiny come I'm sailing on the wings of time, The paths of fate unfold, entwine, For I must face the warning tribes I must embrace and unify Kneel, This Dragon Isle Cathedral forged upon the anvil and honed from the stone, Steel Sceptress its mountainous steeple Land at no command but its own, This throne, Dragon Isle of Ynys Mon, home Hallowed down the centuries, through this sacrificial age, These dark foreboding towers of stone It is my calling I was born to this place Where the timeless seeds of history are sewn, I'm sailing on the wings of time, The paths of fate unfold, entwine, For I must face the warning tribes I must embrace and unify Kneel, This Dragon Isle Cathedral forged upon the anvil and honed from the stone, Steel Sceptress its mountainous steeple Land at no command but its own, This throne, Dragon Isle of Ynys Mon, home

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 18, 2026

[Guinevere And Arthur] Now that the madrigal has died And the crowds have gone It's you and I, Bathed in the light as the embers flare You shine, beyond compare I will be everything you need, For the timeless one Brought you to me, Safe in my arms as the torches fade With the light at the end of day I saw a miracle arrive, For an angel walked into my life, You make the flames in a heart so cold Ignite, you melt my soul I found the keeper of the key To the chains inside, Don't set me free, Slave to your touch as the darkness plays With the light at the end of day Time leads the river to the sea, And without you would be Faithless and broken Climb on the magic we weave And I promise I will see The spell is never broken Love, is the mirror of your eyes Where the wildest heart is purified Lost to the glow as the candles wane With the light at the end of day Locked in the cradle of a kiss With the words of love upon our lips Framed in caress by a golden veil From the light at the end of day

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 18, 2026

[Lancelot] In this world we are more or less entwined in a race Losing ground, it's a brittle mess, designed to decay, We never dream to think of others, Lie in the face of truth We're ensnared in the ties of love then bound by a ring Spring is short as the cries above, resound, deafening But 'silence' greets the brink of summer, "Why?" meets the winter's chill Show me the reason why we put chains on our lovers How can we justify this king of control? Show me the reason why we enslave one another We swear to keep our promises, in time we renege, And though we sleep in the dragon's lair, we're blind to the flames We're callous, disrespect our brothers, Fight in an age of fools Show me the reason why we put chains on our lovers How can we justify this king of control? Show me the reason why we enslave one another

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 18, 2026

[Morgana] The perfect spell, you could not resist, I cast it well, beguiled and bewitched, The evening fell and knocked like before, But this time Hell had come to your door, Trick of the light, (Shape) Shapeshifter, Thief in the night, behind a lovers disguise, Dream (Hey) Shapeshifter, Tracing the face of a lie your eyes betray My changling heart can mould you within This fire starts with vegeance and sin, I guide your hands, control every move I steal your love, I win and you loose Trick of the light, (Shape) Shapeshifter, Thief in the night, behind a lovers disguise, Dream (Hey) Shapeshifter, Tracing the face of a lie your eyes betrayTrick of the light, (Shape) Shapeshifter, Thief in the night, behind a lovers disguise, Dream (Hey) Shapeshifter, Tracing the face of a lie your eyes betray The perfect spell, you could not resist I cast it well, beguiled and bewitched, The evening fell but noy like before You've taste Hell and still you wants more, Trick of the light, (Shape) Shapeshifter, Thief in the night, behind a lovers disguise, Dream (Hey) Shapeshifter, Tracing the face of a lie your eyes betrayTrick of the light, (Shape) Shapeshifter, Thief in the night, behind a lovers disguise, Dream (Hey) Shapeshifter, Tracing the face of a lie your eyes betray

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 18, 2026

[Merlin] True Gods, they sleep Locked in their mountain of dreams They wait for the call: for the hunger They must be freed. Drive out the Christian seed Lay waste; bring the storm and the thunder There must be change Or this land will crumble and decay I must redeem them; somehow I must free them, Return waht was lost once again If I was King for a day This land would burn in the mystical flames Born through the fire The Old Gods would reign If I was King for a day These words I speak Let loose the dragon I seek His breath will transform through the madness Immersed, so deep, Secrets the centuries keep In death are restored in the vastness Until that day We must take their sanctuary away Cast out the pieces, the Christian weakness And build on the pyre that remains If I was King for a day This land would burn in the mystical flames Born through the fire The Old Gods would reign If I was King for a day

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 18, 2026

[Lancelot] It's a emotional crime, You should be here by my side, I'm set on manking you mine I cross a dangerous line Oh, but I can't barely describe The way i want you inside I love you, I need you, The truth will not decieve you This heat grows stronger every day, Don't you go, won't you stay Girl I'm beggin' you to find a way For this feels so strong it just can't be wrong And it grows, every day Just like dreaming but I'm wide awake You and I, we belong, this is Avalon You're an obsession of mine, The only face in my mind, You are my one of a kind As sure as love is not blind Oh, and though your love is implied I'll peel away your disguise I love you, I need you, The truth will not decieve you This heat grows stronger every day, Don't you go, won't you stay Girl I'm beggin' you to find a way For this feels so strong it just can't be wrong And it grows, every day Just like dreaming but I'm wide awake You and I, we belong, this is Avalon We live in turbulent times We never know what we'll find I see that look in your eyes, You turn away but can't hide Oh, you're giving all the right signs So just give in and don't fight I love you, I need you, The truth will not decieve you This heat grows stronger every day, Don't you go, won't you stay Girl I'm beggin' you to find a way For this feels so strong it just can't be wrong And it grows, every day Just like dreaming but I'm wide awake You and I, we belong, this is Avalon

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 18, 2026

[Galahad] Born of a nightmare nad your heart never breaks One of the black lair's fateful mistakes, No one sensed the storm was comin' No one sensed the mountains start to crumble The laws tore Dawn and the light snares every crime like a stain Spawns as the rites tear, tempers the blame, No one breached your lies and cunnin' No one reached your heart but now its over The walls fall For you dared, now the battlefield is bloody, And you shared, what was sacred is undone, You're the queen, it's obscene how you lied and schemed You're a fake; there's a snake deep within ya It's a web that you weave out of vile deceit You've got blood on your hands, You're a sinner Your thrust at the heartland with the sword of bretayal Trust tore apart there, honesty failed No-one's left to save you woman No one rests; the blame is on your shoulders For all time Is your soul full of sandness? Is your heart full of hate? Were you touched by the madness? passion and fate; No one cares and now you're runnin' No one can deny that now it's over You're long gome For you strayed and I should have seen it coming, Now you pray, only look what you've become, You're the queen, it's obscene how you lied and schemed You're a fake; there's a snake deep within ya It's a web that you weave out of vile deceit You've got blood on your hands, You're a sinner

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 18, 2026

[Merlin] The time has come There's no other way now This crime is done It tore what remained of our reason 'Right' is gone This 'Wrong' is the shame As it buries the soul for your treason This night has come It falls from the rain clouds This blight is done Flawed with the stains from your scheming 'Sight' is gone We're 'blind' by the pain So we stab at the heart of the demon Crawl out, bruised by the landslide Fools fate, destiny's jaws Ground down, used and abused by Love like a silent blade Shout; bleed as the dammed die Too late, venom and claws, Gouged out, wounded and tongue tied Love Love cuts you down in flames This plight has come Full circle again now But what was done Can't be erased to redeem her Trust is gone The people are shamed She must burn at the stake to appease them Crawl out, bruised by the landslide Fools fate, destiny's jaws Ground down, used and abused by Love like a silent blade Shout; bleed as the dammed die Too late, venom and claws, Gouged out, wounded and tongue tied Love Love cuts you down in flames

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 18, 2026

[Arthur] Life, testing my courage tonigt, Stretching my sanity, Broken and bruised, open and wounded inside I thought that you loved me, you lied Stabbed at the heart of me, Callous and cruel, showed me no mercy this time This web of lies is to blame, binding the pain, You betrayed me time and time again, Why don't you answer me, You left me crying in the rain, blind and afraid, Now the broken words I have to say Echo but my heart has turned away, You'll never lie me again Gone, ended before it's began, I need no sympathy, I was a fool and now the damage is done This web of lies is to blame, binding the pain, You betrayed me time and time again, Why don't you answer me, You left me crying in the rain, blind and afraid, Now the broken words I have to say Echo but my heart has turned away, You'll never lie me again The cast:Gary Hughes - King ArthurLana Lane - Queen GuinevereDanny Vaugh - LancelotBob Catley - MerlinIrene Jansen - MorganaSean Harris - Sir GalahadDamian Wilson sings - "Excalibur" (The prologue)Thanks to lobo_hati for sending these lyrics. Submits, comments, corrections are welcomed at webmaster@darklyrics.com GARY HUGHES LYRICS

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 18, 2026