Master of Past and Present Lyrics


HE'S WATCHING, THE SEER OF TIME WHO WRITES

HISTORY AS IT ALL UNFOLDS. AGELESS. FOREVER

HE'LL BE THERE. EYES OF THE WORLD DIDN'T SEE

THE WARNING. MAN OF THE ROBES ARRIVED AT HIS

STEP HUNGRY FOR POWER OF THE HIGHEST MIGHT

FEAR HAS RISEN, FEAR TO TURN THE PAGE, TO

WRITE WHAT IS NEXT IN THE BOOK OF TIME

INTO THE PAST, PRE-CATACLYSM, CAME THE MAN IN

ROBES, A TRAVELER IN TIME. THESE ARE THE DAYS

THE KINGPRIEST LIVED IN THE HOLY LAND. BEFORE

THE TEMPLES BLED HE CAME TO SEEK THE ARCH

MAGE IN BLACK. KILL AND TAKE HIS PLACE. MASTER

OF MAGIC HE'LL BECOME. MASTER IN THE FLESH.

RULER OF THE TOWER OF HIGH SORCERY

THE GATES SHALL REMAIN CLOSED AND THE HALLS

EMPTY UNTIL THE DAY THAT THE MASTER OF BOTH

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT RETURNS WITH POWER

DEATH AND CHAOS SWEEP THE LAND. COVERED

LIKE A DESERT'S SAND BODIES LIE IN SHALLOW

GRAVES. WINDS DUSTING LIKE RIPPLED WAVES

RUINS OF WHAT USED TO BE. FORTRESSES

SCATTERED IN DEBRIS. THE TREE OF LIFE HAS BEEN

DECAYED BY A SOUL WHO HAS BETRAYED

A MOUNTAIN FELL CRUSHED THE HOLY LAND.

BEHOLD THE TIDES OF BLOOD A NEW SEA IS RISING.

NOW IT'S TIME OVERTHROW THE GODS. FIGHT THE

QUEEN OF DARKNESS IN THE BLACK ABYSS. A WHITE

CLERIC STANDS BESIDE THE BLACK ROBE HOLDING

THE POWER. OPEN WIDE THE GATES, THE FINAL

CHAPTER - AN AGE OF DESPAIR, SO IT IS WRITTEN

IN THE BOOK OF TIME

THE GATES SHALL REMAIN CLOSED AND THE HALLS

EMPTY UNTIL THE DAY THAT THE MASTER OF BOTH

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT RETURNS WITH POWER