I raise up my head and gaze upon silvery seashore

Swith the sand on my feet and with the sun on my back

For days the coast leads my journey shining in the misty dew

I seeThere a thousand spires

Glowing like fire in the sun

I see them rising o'er these open plains

And I know

I shall remember foreverhow

I saw a thousand towers white

When young

I was told

Of a city of might and of honour

An empire's crown as powerful as it was feared

And now as

I stand before her

I set my eyes upon a waking dream

There a thousand spires

Gleaming like ice in the sun

I see them rising o'er these open plains

And I know

I shall remember foreverhow

I saw a thousand towers white

Mirrorlike gates stretch before meblazing serene in the dawn

Split open for vast lines of many men

I gaze beyond in bewilderment

Shattered hearts and dreamscrushed by grievous tyranny

A sinister reignbrother is turned against brother

Irrational fear enslaved the dwarves and the elves

What lies beyond such opressionshining towers cast a shade on me

There a thousand spires

Glowing like fire in the sunbut

I see no honour in these broken menyet

I know I will remember foreverhow

I saw a thousand towers white