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Heartsword! Ft Iliana Baselios Tsakiraki

from The Seven by Aonia

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lyrics

Heartsword! Of legends.
Forged from a thousand suns.
Cooled in still waters.
Drowned in impossible dreams.

Old bards tell tales of a powerful sword
which grants mystical gifts to its bearer:
the speed of hawks and the claws of lions,
the wisdom of owls and a dragon’s will of iron.
A thousand years and a thousand more,
the myth endured of the brave Heartsword.
Legions of warriors, priests and mages
sought the weapon throughout the ages.

It lies in dark and untamed waters,
guarded by fierce fires, white-hot with rage.
None but the purest hearts prevail.
Many seek the path and fail.

(Chorus)

A hero rises to make her claim
to the fabled sword of myth and fame.
Enrobed in virtue, certain as night,
she flies, swift and true as the arrow’s flight.

Zealous and firm, she does not yield,
hardy as a willow with compassion’s shield.
With noble truth, she seeks her art
with the light of the right
and a sunchaser heart.

(Chorus)


Seven weary nights tried our heroine’s faith.
Immortal agonies shadowed:
she never lost her faith.
Though temptations loured under turbulent skies,
she never lost her faith.
She was not singed in fire, nor drowned in lakes,
for seven weary nights she kept her faith.
She kept faith (etc.)

A candle drifted through water, like dreams,
though no sword shone in the moonlight’s beams.
Inscribed in steel, in her own hand,
lay a list of her deeds throughout the land.

She knew then that the prophecy sang true:
a sword of her soul swam in the watery blue.
The myth was mangled by time and man:
it was her Heart’s Word that strengthened her hand.

Her heart’s word: her legend!
Forged from her battles won.
Cooled in mercy’s rain.

Forged from unreachable stars.
Cooled in deep sorrow

Forged from her heart’s pure sun.
Cooled in honour gleaming.

Drowned in impossible dreams.

credits

from The Seven, released October 6, 2018
Featuring Iliana Baselios Tsakiraki of Enemy of Reality

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Aonia Doncaster, UK

Aonia is a 7-headed, 14-legged creature, wielding two 'sopranos with balls' as vocalists, shredding twin axes, searing keys, and driving drums and bass. An operatic/progressive metal band, Aonia has been compared to artists such as Therion, Avantasia, Nightwish, Epica, and ReVamp. For more, please see our website www.aoniaband.co.uk ... more

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