"The one eyed old man told me that the face that I will see
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Has paralysed a thousand brave men sure of victory.
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I cannot fight blindfolded and I'd freeze if I should see.
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So I need to sacrifice my eyes to see all from within.
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The one eyed old man had told me of a lake that no one knows of.
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Where the end of the sky unites with the bottom
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countless feet down deep.
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And he told me when this world was young
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into its depths his eye he had thrown
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So that, though one eyed, he could see more than can be seen.
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I'll throw my eyes into the lake
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So that I will see from within.
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I'll throw my eyes into the lake.
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And when blind I will still see.
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At the bottom of the lake
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My two eyes will shine like the stars.
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At the bottom of the lake
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I will see no matter how near or far.
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Regardless at which speed my horse
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takes me through the night.
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No matter how sharp the blade
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of my sword seems to be.
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Even with the aid of two pair
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of eyes way up high.
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In the end before the Beast its face
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I would have had to see.
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But with my two eyes in the depths,
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my vision is supreme.
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I see all things that can't be seen
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but not my hand held out in front of me.
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The face that makes men freeze
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I now need not see at all.
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I'll feel the presence of the Beast
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but will not need to stare him down no more.
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I've thrown down my eyes into the lake
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So that I will see from within.
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I've thrown my eyes into the lake
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And now when blind I still see.
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At the bottom of the lake
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My two eyes are shining like the stars.
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At the bottom of the lake
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I now see no matter how near or far."
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The Lake
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Bathory |