Black Stone Wielder – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
The rain kept on falling
And darkened the sky
The dawn was to come with the sunrise
Revealing the shadows
That passed through the mist
The torchlight was flickering, the storm
Was chasing them on
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A procession of dark coats
Followed the star
Foretold to come since ages
In silence they walked on
Crossing the lands
On their way to Bethlehem
To break the chains of the spell
...
Stone, they worshiped the stone
In generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
To light them way
To the one who is born
...
The leader he knelt there
To greet the newborn
Holding his pendant before him
Teardrops were falling from
His eyes as he said
"Take this stone and use it well, don't do as I did long ago"
Into the sundown he returned
The moon was rising and heaven burned
Like shadows disappeared the men
And the black stone wielders
Were never seen again
Stone, they wielded the stone
In generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
And light them the way
To the one who is born
Black stone wielder is born
Yeah, yeah, yeah hmm
He's born
They came across the western sea
With powers greater than needed
The wizards commanded the lightning
Every creature knelt in for their will
But they wielded the black stone with evil
And their evil was cast back on them
Condemned to praise god forever
'Til his son was born to deliver
Stone, they wielded the stone
In generation, from father to son
A star, a star is to come
And light them the way to the one who is born
...
Key Vocabulary
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rain /reɪn/ A1 |
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dark /dɑrk/ A2 |
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star /stɑr/ A1 |
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stone /stoʊn/ A2 |
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wield /wiːld/ B2 |
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light /laɪt/ A1 |
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newborn /ˈnjuːbɔrn/ B1 |
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power /ˈpaʊər/ B1 |
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creature /ˈkriːtʃər/ B2 |
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heaven /ˈhɛvən/ B2 |
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storm /stɔrm/ B1 |
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chase /tʃeɪs/ B1 |
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generation /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/ B2 |
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spell /spɛl/ B2 |
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command /kəˈmænd/ B2 |
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evil /ˈiːvəl/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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The rain kept on falling
➔ Past Continuous Tense with "keep on" + gerund
➔ "Kept on falling" indicates a continuous action in the past. "Keep on" emphasizes the ongoing nature of the rain.
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Foretold to come since ages
➔ Past Participle as Adjective / Reduced Relative Clause
➔ "Foretold" is a past participle used as an adjective modifying "to come". It is a shortened version of "that was foretold".
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To break the chains of the spell
➔ Infinitive of Purpose
➔ The infinitive "to break" expresses the purpose of their journey to Bethlehem.
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Don't do as I did long ago
➔ Imperative + "as" Comparison
➔ This is an imperative sentence giving a command. "As I did" is a comparative phrase, meaning "in the same way that I did".
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Like shadows disappeared the men
➔ Inversion for Emphasis (Adverbial Fronting)
➔ Normally, the sentence would be "The men disappeared like shadows". By putting "Like shadows" at the beginning, the disappearance is emphasized.
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With powers greater than needed
➔ Comparative Adjective + Reduced Relative Clause
➔ "Greater than needed" is a comparative phrase, and it's implied that there's a relative pronoun missing (e.g., "powers that were greater than needed").
Album: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
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