Dark and dangerous damsels all! Harken my heed to The Hall! There you'll find your broken man Once so steady, word in hand Chivalrous intentions still persist, Would-be lovers yet insist Hear this claim throughout the land Heartbreak has made its final stand.
First kiss lies you put upon His love-struck desire openly drawn Clever whispers, tokens of deceit Offer false promise, a life complete Should he ever since true love find Stoic, honorable, warm and kind Instead a woman forging frozen heat Herself all others she doeth cheat.
Your truths belie deceptive folly Words disgrace values melancholy The plays and acts of your selfish charm Cannot try dissuade his sharp alarm You’ve duly sung your siren's song He’s awakened thus! And leaped headlong No halting now from hero’s harm His pain, eternal efforts to disarm.
Heroes have reached long for your heart Gentry ambitions caused noble start Lady Deception has lain her claws Directly tearing virtuous cause She cannot help herself, it seems Her temperamental manner schemes The love inside must surely die From both the suitor and her lie Nothing left save bitter dreams O’ hollow silent endless screams.
Heroes die many of macabre accord Falling upon their daunted sword Worthless promise she has vowed Nothing more than Vesta's shroud Young men’s promise to hold true Has been destroyed, Alas! By the few Tarts and trollops plague the crowd Harsh lessons ‘ere romance once proud
True love’s cunning and deceitful face Condemned Sampson rout the Temple place! By serpent’s tongue she doth speak Where only true love he doth seek Ill-mannered maids feign mystery While decent men test history Release me from thy maiden's bane And surrender myself, devoted, again To summit true love's crowning peak No folly left, Mine heart is weak.
Upon this dream I shall die Amid a broken hero's cry Heed all acting faithfulness With all one's heart must profess Love is not a sword to parry T’is but a gift, a song to carry Take from these words my heart and sing Of not cruelty, strife, or suffered King No blood upon his battle dress Valiant pursuits across mine chest.