This tome presented many further views Essential rules of power were revealed And thus the pages offered up one clue The child bore one significant Achilles Heel Should the Crimson Queen be blinded, then powerless she'll be Bereft of piercing vision, her victims will be free Salvation lies in banishing this creature to the dark Let not your hand be hesitant or death will be your mark Lest regained sight should speed her flight away from burning hell A steady heart must seal her back within her crimson cell And thou who didst release this most vindictive enemy Must serve to be her warder there for all eternity One quiet night the lady traveled out beyond the monastery Her quest was one of urgency and human preservation She traveled with companions to reach the ruined city Where lay the means to save her kind, a path to their salvation When there they searched for evidence of where the Queen once slept And came upon a gateway, which was tightly closed and barred A stark inscription warned them of the risk of their next step But choices were no more; they had already come too far Let no man breach the gate to this most blasphemous of halls Lest bitterness and chaos be the harvest they wouldst reap He must n'er become a slave to this Child's beck and call For she must never waken from her Crimson Sleep... (Lead: Mike) With fresh resolve the women carried on towards their goal And found themselves a cell where crimson shade were scattered A sight so dreadful it chilled their very souls The cell had long been drained and all around the glass lay shattered A movement in the shadows A flash of blazing light The child stood before them With murder in her eyes The women ran towards her To try to stem the tide Of purse and crimson anger There was nowhere left to hide Too slow was their reaction They were thrown back off their feet Their throats were filled with panic As they stared as harsh defeat Too weak was their protection They couldn't staunch the trail Of vitriol and vengeance Meted out for this betrayal So the mother's brave compatriots Consumed with damning pain Died writhing in the dirt They were bleeding and insane They'd looked into the child's eyes And crumbled in despair From images too hideous For human minds to bear Salvation lies in banishing This creature to the dark Let not your hand be hesitant Or death will be your mark" But there was still one single hope No room for fear or doubt The mother knew there was no choice She had to end this now She crawled across the bloodstained ground Her eyes averted from the steely glare But secretly she knew she'd found A way beyond this nightmare (Lead: Simon/Mike) A few more seconds spanned the path Between success or damnation Mankind would face the aftermath speed Of this deadly confrontation Got to strike for the eyes Leave the monster running blind Go to cross the line Got to strike for those unforgiving eyes She veiled herself with trivial thought A mask of insignificance Her daughter failed to see beyond The fabric of irrelevance For a moment they were face to face No sign of what was soon to be But still her mind refused to break Those thoughts must not be seen Got to strike for the eyes Leave the monster running blind Go to cross the line Got to strike for those unforgiving eyes (Lead: Simon) Striking hard, striking fast in desperation The world around is filled with shades of red Forced to stand in weak anticipation As rivulets of blood run down the Child's head The chamber fills with screams of violent rage Of petulance and impotent frustration Consumed with frenzied tidal waves of hate The princess falls to earth in dark sedation Her blindness stunts the growth of nascent power That grows within her like some poisonous flower The blade of darkness strikes her to the hilt And so the flower inside begins to wilt But time is short for action to be taken No chance to dwell on pity or mistakes No chance for dark excuses to be found The moment of Salvation must be now! Cast me to the crimson flames Thou hast the power should I be blind To overthrow my wicked reign And throw me to the pit of time Cast me to the crimson flames Thou shalt bar the doors of hell Incant these words of sacred rule Seal me in my crimson cell (Lead: Dan) And thus was read the incantation Voices echoed round and round The woman smiled in weak elation Mesmerized inside the sounds (Lead: Dan) And with these chants of higher lore So mortal flesh began to fade Soon child and mother were no more Their earthly bodies now decayed Cast me to the crimson flames Thou shalt bar the doors of hell Incant these words of sacred rule Seal me in my crimson cell (Lead: Dan) And still inside the chamber stands A single cell with crimson hue Resealed by spoken word of Man Imbued with power from spiritual Truth Two souls imprisoned for eternity Light and dark forever bound Two souls that never can be freed A pathway back will not be found For trapped beyond some foolish reach And far away from prying eyes No channel now to lead or preach No chance to influence or guide The final sacrifice she took Ensured the hope of the human race And thus she holds the sacred book A captive in her crimson space Lest bitterness and chaos be the harvest they wouldst reap For she must never waken from this Crimson Sleep (Lead: Dan)