Morgaine At Ivrel Words and music by Cecilia EngOn a barren world a single gate was left by folk unknown The Qhal people found it there and made the gates their own They linked their worlds wherever they went, with gates they knew they made The proud gods of the universe were they Lords they were of time and space, the future to them called They leapt ahead by centuries while others 'round them crawled As the all the folk beneath them lived from page to dusty page They passed them by unloved to find their mate And the gates stretched on unnumbered through the stars And I'll never know how many gates there are I've lost friends and hearts desire Beyond each slowly fading fire While there's yet one gate beneath the dying sun I must go on They gathered at the end of time from tedium they fled And nothing new this side of death could interest them ahead Some soul fled back and changed the past and madness took his kin Remembering what now had never been Time recluse around the Qhal a judgement day most dire All the gates spanned time convulsed in frost and wind and fire Untouched by catastrophe linked everywhere and when The gates stood fast to turn the wheel again And the gates stretched on unnumbered through the stars And I'll never know how many gates there are I've lost friends and hearts desire Beyond each slowly fading fire While there's yet one gate beneath the dying sun I must go on When men looked through the darksome gates a warning there they weighed They saw the fate which could be theirs if history replayed So we were trained to roam the gates and seal each one for good We swore we'd close the last gate if we could A hundred strong were we when we embarked upon this quest So proud we were the chosen few, the race's very best We knew as we set forth that there could be no turning back For the winds of space and time blow cold and black And the gates stretched on unnumbered through the stars And I'll never know how many gates there are I've lost friends and hearts desire Beyond each slowly fading fire While there's yet one gate beneath the dying sun I must go on From gate to gate we traveled on destroying them behind So many fell along the way - too often death we'd find The last five fought at E'eriun (?) where all were lost but one Alone I swear I'll finish what's begun And the gates stretched on unnumbered through the stars And I'll never know how many gates there are I've lost friends and hearts desire Beyond each slowly fading fire While there's yet one gate beneath the dying sun I must go on Lonely is my road, I need a good friend at my side I'd like to share the hopes and dreams I've hidden deep inside So come with me to other times, and follow me through space We shall close the doors left by another race And the gates stretch on unnumbered through the stars And we'll never know how many gates there are We'll lose friends and hearts desire Beyond each slowly fading fire While there's yet one gate beneath the dying sun We shall go on