A STORM IS COMING
by Joel Sattler

a storm is coming
a helluva storm
let me be thunder
let me be born
let me be lightning
high in the sky
and go to the place
where I'll never die

I saw the Valkyries
ahead of the wind
on the way to Valhalla
there was ice on my skin
the blood of my ancestors
all gone before
when the gods and the angels
all went to war

a storm is coming
a helluva storm

sing me a song
of our history
that lasts all day long
of our memory

of heroes and villains
and queens in distress
of battle and fire
come out of the West

so many nights
have I wandered alone
through dreams and through nightmares
among sacred stones

the visions of ghosts
banshees with out form
that bring the release
of the soul to transform

a storm is coming
a helluva storm

now I have done
you know in my heart
that the red blood does run
and things fall apart

run up to the mountains
fall up to the night
and then disappear
in the moon and the light

a storm is coming
a helluva storm

[spoken]:
I am just a traveler
on an infinite long highway
looking up to read the message
written in the skyway
when the zephyr comes down from
the mountain in a rush of thunder
and I see the valkyries
go riding and I’m filled with wonder

I’ll stand in the rain
and though I am afraid
I’ll raise my fist up to heavens
laughing as the gale is lashing
the clouds will swarm around me
the flood will burst apart the dam
that’s building up inside me

With the thunder crashing
and the lightning flashing
I shall not give in to fate
and I shall not give in to hate

I am here a man who will not
give my soul to Satan
even if I have to stand
in hell of my own making

I shall defy the demons
and the lies that are repeated
I shall never be defeated
I shall never be defeated

and when at last the storm is over
and the front has passed behind me
and the sun begins to rise
and the morning tries to blind me

I’ll remember this rebirth
why I’m put upon the earth
and I will learn what I am not
if God has not forgot

then I shall be complete
I will have tamed the beast
and at last I can be
a simple soul at peace

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