Letters To The Other Side

When they first gained consciousness Their senses yet dull and unrefined All they could do was follow their calling And so they set out Full of hope Full of purpose Towards the center of civilization Towards the capital But they were rejected Frightened by their mere appearance The common folk hunted and captured them And after the clerics declared them Blasphemous creatures One by one they were destroyed Now only a few of them remain Gathered around a fugitive Who escaped the inquisition They move at night Stay off the road As they head from the borderlands to the capital So the world might be mended

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

(Raise your swords) (Praise your lords) (Forge on) (Forge on) (Forge on) (Oh-oh) She was foreseeing That the world adapts To reject our changing times Oh-oh but in revealing what her visions said She was imprisoned And they would rise There were reports All across the countryside Of unsightly beings appearing For seemingly no reason And being hunted down As soon as they approached the towns The council declared them a threat And the cleric’s decree had the same effect Forsaken by steel and cloth alike They turned to me You turned to me For I was the one who was able to flee When she got accused of blasphemy Oh-oh blasphemy Now I will lead you back (So the world might be mended) Stay off the beaten tracks (So the world might be mended) You have three more moons To make it to the capital Where the high priestess waits To reveal to you your purpose And your fate So the world might be mended Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoooo (Raise your swords) So the world might be mended (Praise your lords) So the world might be mended (Forge on) (Forge on) (Forge on) Oh-hoh So the world might be mended As a party of four we move on My retinue used to be thirteen But two went off unseen And we lost five more souls When we encountered a patrol You need no sustenance But a bolt to the chest Will still spell your end Two stayed behind At the bridge as decoys One lost mind And was destroyed Now I will lead you back Stay off the beaten tracks You have two more moons To make it to the capital Where the high priestess waits To reveal to you your purpose And your fate So the world might be mended Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-hoooo (Raise your swords) So the world might be mended (Praise your lords) So the world might be mended (Forge on) (Forge on) (Forge on) Oh-hoh So the world might be mended Oh-hoh Oh-hoh-hoh-hoooo So the world might be mended Oh-hoh Oh-hoh-hoh-hoooo So the world might be mended Oh-hoh Oh-hoh-hoh-hoooo So the world might be mended Oh-hoh Oh-hoh You have one more moon

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

You return what is broken And take something new You remember what’s spoken It’s all wrong and all true The other side is but a smile In the mirror of our time Pass it by or stay a while And listen You give me a shadow I’ll give you a ring If you give me a heartbeat I’ll pay you in strings Of so many moonbeams So many dreams So many stars at once You return what is broken And take something new You remember what’s spoken It’s wrong and it’s true This world isn’t one thing This whirlwind’s just something Turning you ‘round in a dance A thimble of sadness And a sprinkle of regret You add a cup full of happiness And a measure of the Good things people said Stir seven times And let the moment give Pour over smiles And drink a life well lived What you hide Is not a crime But an ache in your mind Carry on Stay on your side Become your vision You give me a shadow I’ll give you a ring If you give me a heartbeat I’ll pay you in strings Of so many moonbeams So many dreams So many stars at once You return what is broken And take something new You remember what’s spoken It’s wrong and it’s true This world isn’t one thing This whirlwind’s just something Turning you ‘round in a dance Oh every night When the moonbeams are shining bright Look to the stars Let it into your heart The moonlight The luminous guide Take to the sky Feel the night advance Join the endless dance Be part of this heavenly art Your moonlight Your luminous guide The soothing wind in your mind Let it go Become your vision You give me a shadow I’ll give you a ring If you give me a heartbeat I’ll pay you in So many moonbeams So many dreams So many stars at once You return what is broken And take something new You remember What’s spoken is true This world isn’t one thing This whirlwind’s just something Turning you ‘round in a dance (Look to the stars) (Let it into your heart)

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

The sea is high The sun is low The treasure sets our hearts aglow Our homes are far The journey’s long We follow the song Not a single map will show The island where we have to go We can feel it in our bones We are not alone The wind is heavy in our sails Chasing us to our graves The captain fell long ago To the call of the gold The midnight call of the old man’s gold A treasure beyond belief There’s not a friend we haven’t sold For gold prevents the grief We are following the tales From the harbours to the waves Hailing every single port For another clue to sort The trail was once so clear Our desire’s drawing near Nothing as our guide But the golden glow at night Just a few more leagues to go The wind will lean just so Not even sirens have a hold It’s the call of the gold The midnight call of the old man’s gold A treasure beyond belief There’s not a friend we haven’t sold For gold prevents the grief Chased by eerie sounds As we step over bones Onto golden grounds Almost within reach When we are caught by the Voice of the deep We are the drowned We are the servants of the rolling deep Light our hearts Free our souls There is gold enough There is no grief The midnight call of the old man’s gold A treasure beyond belief There’s not a friend we haven’t sold The midnight call of the old man’s gold A treasure beyond belief There’s not a friend we haven’t sold For gold prevents the grief For gold prevents the grief

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

I catch the sunrise every morning Follow the tide back to the shore The seasons turn The future’s calling every day The children grown so tall The ones who taught us where we came from And kept watch since we were born We know one day they will be torn from our lives And we will doubt it all Ooooh-ho-hooooo oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho And sometimes I catch myself Writing letters to the other side Across the emerald divide and Sometimes I burn Letters to the other side Memories of a different time A different life They say that time’s the greatest healer (The greatest healer is time) They say don’t worry, you’ll be fine (You’ll be fine) Time, it turns out, wages war against us all Will rule us all Resist the loss you fear Resist the forces that drive you from here Write your letters to the other side The other side Ooooh-ho-hooooo oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho And sometimes I catch myself Writing letters to the other side The emerald divide and Sometimes I burn Letters to the other side Memories of a different time A different life (Resist the loss you fear) (Resist the forces that drive you from here)

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

Night falls All the guests retired Except for that young couple Still discussing all their struggles In the garden pavilion They too will soon be gone Family can be trouble And for yours That goes double Yet despite all We’re still here Stay with me Until the dawn draws near Come sit with me in the hallway Find peace If brief The world will wait Let your mind wander off Let your thoughts sway There’s silence in the hallway Allow the gloomy light To wash it all away All away All away In the hallway Breathe I breathe Let the silence envelop your mind In my mind And you will find A sense of relief That’s how you know the worst is over That’s how I know that Night has fallen The darkness is calling An eventful day but We are still here And I can feel The allure of the dim light The glamor of the night And the coldness of the wall At the end of the day This small break we take Makes it worth it all Come sit with me in the hallway Find peace If brief The world will wait Let your mind wander off Let your thoughts sway There’s silence in the hallway Allow the gloomy light To wash it all away All away All away In the hallway Oh Harmony But they had other plans At lunch they fought like vultures So obscene and so uncultured Over the inheritance Like you were not even present Wayward, rash, misguided Animosity, divided And I was blinded by Assurances they gave Stories they relayed And the outcomes that they feared At the end of the day Discarded, betrayed All we need is here Come sit with me in the hallway Find peace If brief The world will wait Let your mind wander off Let your thoughts sway There’s silence in the hallway Allow the gloomy light To wash it all away All away All away All away All away All away All away In the hallway

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

At the darkest hour Our wings will be restored That was promised by the powers That we were drawn towards We traded freedom for certitude And longevity But now the time has come to leave We will fly The herald’s warning War will come By the next morning All this beauty will be gone And so will we For we’re about to flee We say goodbye and We will fly It is not much longer now Until we conquer the skies Yes tonight We rise above the treetops Out of sight And the whole world stops Tonight We fly After all this time We will fly We can feel The rumble from the distance Drawing nearer as we speak It seems time is running out We must take above the clouds Escape above the clouds Right now Still shackled here But we did negotiate Our wings await Yes tonight We rise above the treetops Out of sight And the whole world stops Tonight We fly After all this time We will fly What is this music we perceive Like a lost divine motif And this feeling that we’ve heard it before In old times of yore A being manifests in front of us An ascended one A god And it speaks Please do not fear I come in peace You have served for centuries As your reward Your wings shall be restored The only thing I ask in return Anything Take me along As long as we will fly For I do not have wings of my own We agree to this deal Return our wings And we take to the sky We will fly We will fly We will fly We will fly (Yes tonight) Fly (We rise above the treetops) (Out of sight) We will fly (And the whole world stops) We Will Fly (Tonight) (We rise above the treetops) (Out of sight) We will fly (And the whole world stops) (Tonight) Fly (We rise above the treetops) (Out of sight) We will fly (And the whole world stops) We will fly (Tonight) (We rise above the treetops) (Out of sight) And the whole world stops

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

I get out of bed Aching back Heavy head That is when I hear the voice again It repeats like an advertisement In a cadence unrelenting Oh-hoh-ho-ho And it goes like this From everywhere they come to see The iridescent embassy You should plan your trip right now The spots go quick My brothers and sisters From across the sea Visit the iridescent embassy The first night is free Rheumatism diagnosed And a treatment was proposed When the cunning woman gave me herbs I think I was supposed to Put them on my back But I did smoke them instead Oh-hoh-ho-ho And ever since I hear that voice Repeating again and again From everywhere they come to see The iridescent embassy You should plan your trip right now The spots go quick My brothers and sisters From across the sea Visit the iridescent embassy The first night is free One night in my dreams I hear the woman’s voice Speak to me Oh what you have you done Oh-oh please I beg for help Although I am aware I brought this on myself Well in that case There is one way You should pick your fights And quickly cast aside The ones that you can’t win Embrace it Give in No, no, no This isn’t right Take away the voice inside Oh can you hear the voice inside Oh what have you done What have I done Embrace it No Concede it I will not be defeated Face it and repeat it There’s no escape from it I will escape from it From No From No From From From everywhere they come to see The iridescent embassy You should plan your trip right now The spots go quick My brothers and sisters From across the sea Visit the iridescent embassy The first night is free

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

We were deceived by the epitaph We were tricked by the light Oh did not foresee the aftermath Of adhering to the rules Of listening and believing That was the truth Iron key Golden hourglass But the answers did not appear Did not appear So what do we do now Now Where do we go from here The tales they write It’s all hidden in plain sight Hush hush Lest a truthful story will rise Now we recognize It’s all hidden in plain sight Always hidden Hidden in plain sight Lead us Feed us Treat us And complete us That was the idea Turned into fear Fear that the guiding hand is absent And has always been And that without magic It can not be seen It’s not here Nor there Nor anywhere Where the light shines Storms rise The order aligns And the truth dies So what do we do now Oh where do we go from here The tales they write It’s all hidden in plain sight Hush hush Lest a truthful story will rise Now we recognize It’s all hidden in plain sight Always hidden Hidden in plain sight Hidden in plain sight Always hidden in plain sight Oh has our faith been a crime Is this punishment divine Was there any other answer That we missed Now the magic is gone It was elusive all along Where did it come from and Where do we go from here The tales they write It’s all hidden in plain sight Hush hush Lest a truthful story will rise Now we recognize It’s all hidden in plain sight Always hidden Hidden Hidden Hidden Hidden Hidden in plain sight

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026

Speak to me now This room stands abandoned Please let me hear Your voice once more Like before When we made our stand and Were unjustly brought down Brought down Oh speak to me now The war has ended You stood guard for millennia Rulers changed Laws were amended The old ways disavowed Speak to me Speak to me Heal me Come near me It is weak Barely audible But a sign nonetheless At your peak Your voice was extraordinary Now I must confess I do not know Why you still stand there Enshrined in the stones of sorrow So many years I am aware that you miss her Things turned out as I feared Let me hear A little more than a whisper More than a plea Heal me The link is broken I tried Come near me Oh remember the curse he applied We are accursed to be eternally Enshrined in the stones of sorrow Agony No serenity No tomorrow Stones of sorrow Break out Break out Break out Break out Break out of the stones of sorrow now A first step A first warning Of what the world will hear Once you're released A new hope A new age A new dawning Erasing the grief Goodbye agony Soon you'll be free Free Free Free Heal me The link is broken I tried Come near me Oh remember the curse he applied We are accursed to be eternally Enshrined in the stones of sorrow Agony No serenity No tomorrow Stones of sorrow But alas What you seek Is no longer here This is not a fairytale Did you expect a happy ending Yes indeed Long forgotten relic of the past You might as well give up Did you think I had forgotten Did you plan to leave Without my decree Understand your endeavors are laughable Snarl and seethe Lash out and scream You remain here Enshrined in the stones of sorrow Stones of Stones of sorrow Oh architect Please consider that Fate did not leave us a choice When the sanctum was attacked And we turned our backs On the elders Oh please spare me that It was you in fact Handing the keys To the enemies Your ideas of betterment Did not come about in the end All you achieved Was for her to leave The gods went with her All three of us miss her Her wisdom Her candor Her grace A loss for the ages And all that remains is This lonely, lonely place And yet all that pales Next to his crimes Brother Brother Break through Break through Break through And reach out Brother You have forfeited Any claims you had Heal me To the ties of family For what you did You will never be freed Come near me Oh-oh architect It has been millennia Let go of your grief And remember Yes remember And let go No The stones of sorrow Stand as a testament To your crimes I was kind in letting you Keep a part of your form But I now realize my mistake Long forgotten relic of the past Your defiance ends now Heal me It pains Blood flows Once more Through my icy veins Millennia of hate Channeled for this day You will pay When the stones of sorrow Break I must admit This is quite unexpected Be welcome here So many years So many stones were erected Just listen Do you hear Heal me She could be one with you now Come near me Oh if only you Did not break out I won’t fall for your tricks Spare me the theatrics I have broken out And she will as well Snarl and seethe Lash out and scream When I drag you down to hell Tough words For a reject You should save your breath or You will regret that You had any part In her suffering Suffering Suffering Right back at you Prepare At you Prepare The futility Of this wrath you undergo The stones of sorrow grow To infinity Further below As you as a fellow architect know An acknowledgement Of the power I control The clout I once again hold A wave of my hand And here we go Welcome back Ooh-oh This is not the way That her prophecy foretold With you at each other’s throats Put your grief out there Then let it go We once shared a common goal I know you hear her sometimes Fear that sometimes You were wrong In these millennia of life Not all curses must survive You don’t have to dwell on your sorrow You are not your mistakes Surrender your hate On the altar of tomorrow and Heal me Oh why, why, why Come near me Oh why was it me who survived We are accursed to be eternally Bound to the stones of sorrow Agony No serenity No tomorrow Stones of sorrow

Submitted by Finntroll — Jul 21, 2026