The Last Gate to Fairie

[Lyric] Through the center of the city There runs a fine green leafy hold Gifted to the Queen of Faerie By the city folk of old In those woods there lies a lake And in the lake a Faerie hill By the hill there stands a doorway A doorway standing lone and still [Chorus] In that older fairy fiefdom There the ancient gate still stands Hill above and lake beside it In that green green fairy land Long shut now, but not so tightly Amongst the trees and green green grass Long shut now but not completely It still lets the whispers pass [Lyric] To this fief you bring your journey To the lake and to the hill To beg the wisdom of Faerie To ease your soul and cure your ill The fair folk no more walk among us Not for many a long long year But at the door they still do linger And if you speak they still might hear [Chorus] In that older fairy fiefdom There the last gate still stands Hill above and lake beside it In that green green fairy land Long shut now, but not so tightly Amongst the trees and green green grass Long shut now but not completely It still lets your whispers pass [Lyric] Before that gate you beg forgiveness Of all you've done and all you've sold All your sins and all your weakness And all the stories you've left untold On your knees you seek redemption Of all the ills and all the lies All your deeds, you would reclaim them A vow you make by branch and sky [Chorus] In that older fairy kingdom There the final gate still stands Hill above and lake beside it In that green green fairy land Long locked now, but not so tightly Amongst the trees and green green grass Long locked now but not completely Still it lets your sorrow pass [Lyric] But from that gate you hear no answer And in your heart your wrath does rise You curse and scream and promise vengeance Over stone and under sky But from that gate there's still no answer Just the quiet of the night At last your voice falls silent Fading lost, in fog's pure white [Chorus] In that older fairy fiefdom There the pilgrims' gate still stands Fog above and mist around it In that green green fairy land Long shut now, but not so tightly Amongst the trees and green green grass Long shut now but not completely Still it lets your anger pass [Lyric] Before the gate your voice stands silent What's done is done, there's no way back Earned your scars; you now must bear them Your deeds are done, and some are black But in the stillness you hear a whisper From the gate, these simple words: "These things you've lost they were not taken, Not lost but buried, not lost, interred. No gifts returned grant your freedom, An empty cup is what you seek. Climb the mountains of the sisters, Empty your cup upon the peaks [Chorus] In that older fairy kingdom There the pilgrims' gate still stands And answers come to those who seek them In that green green fairy land Long shut now, but not so tightly Amongst the trees and green green grass Long shut now but not completely still it lets your answer pass