And so it's come to this. Two Gates - two portals await. Let your choice be guided by
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collective wisdom. Ah, hath the prospect of freedom ever tasted so good? One gate completes the
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circle;one step away from your own dimension, your cherished time. One gate severs all
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connections: one step away from the dreamworld of everlasting ebony. You call it Oblivion.
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It is a brave soul who makes the first choice.
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[barbarian]
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behold these gates, the first one plain and old
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behold these gates, the second forged of gold
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the gate of old spells out disgrace and shame
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the one of gold cries out my noble name
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I challenge death to meet me at this gate
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I challenge Odin to pronounce my fate
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and if I thrive I've overcome this land
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but if I fail I'll die a worthy man
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[chorus]
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[roman]</i> open the gate, we're now on our own
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[all]</i> enter the gate to your destiny
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[roman]</i> will it be fortune or fate, the truth shall be known
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[all]</i> enter the gate to your destiny
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[barbarian]
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cowards whine beyond the olden gate
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Valhalla shines beyond the golden gate
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I walk alone so dare not follow me
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but choose your own and die in agony
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[chorus]
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[barbarian]
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(fading into oblivion,)
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What ever place might this be? Why ever happened so bad?
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Eternity turns - darkness crushes down upon me! Ohh!
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Like a big black deck of death - smothers my senses!
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Makes me lose my sense of time! This cannot be a dream!
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I need to be run away! Run away! When lucky risk come to take me!
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Do not place among the warriors - to mark a place by Odin's side! Ahhhh!
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[knight]
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we have been saved, our journey has ended
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but tell us why, why this ordeal?
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what was your aim, or was it just some game
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have we've been humbled, or did we prevail?
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we've been enslaved, our wounds have not mended
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and who are you, what magicians or gods?
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what was your plan, we don't understand
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did we pass, or did we fail?
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[chorus]
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The Two Gates
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