[00:00:00]Words and music by geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart [00:25:00]I. into darkness [00:27:00]As grey traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky, the three [00:33:00]Travelers, men of willow dale, emerge from the forest [00:37:00]Shadow. fording the river dawn, they turn south, [00:42:00]Journeying into the dark and forbidding lands of the [00:45:00]Necromancer. even now the intensity of his dread power [00:51:00]Can be felt, weakening the body and saddening the heart. [00:58:00]Ultimately they will become empty, mindless spectres, [01:03:00]Stripped of will and soul. only their thirst for freedom [01:09:00]Gives them hunger for vengeance... [02:23:00]Silence shrouds the forest [02:28:00]As the birds announce the dawn [02:33:00]Three trav'llers ford the river [02:38:00]And southward journey on [02:43:00]The road is lined with peril [02:48:00]The air is charged with fear [02:53:00]The shadow of his nearness [02:58:00]Weighs like iron tears [03:00:00]Ii. under the shadow [03:50:00]Shreds of black cloud loom in overcast skies. the [03:55:00]Necromancer keeps watch with his magic prism eyes. he [04:01:00]Views all his lands and is already aware of the three [04:06:00]Helpless invaders trapped in his lair... [04:51:00]Brooding in the tower [04:54:00]Watching o'er his land [04:57:00]Holding ev'ry creature [05:00:00]Helplessly they stand [05:03:00]Gaze into his prisms [05:06:00]Knowing they are near [05:10:00]Lead them to the dungeons [05:13:00]Spectres numb with fear [05:16:00]They bow defeated [07:06:00]Iii. return of the prince [09:02:00]Enter the champion. [09:05:00]Prince by-tor appears to battle for freedom from chains [09:11:00]Of long years. the spell has been broken...the dark lands [09:15:00]Are bright, the wraith of the necromancer soars away...in [09:20:00]The night. [09:55:00]Stealthily attacking [10:00:00]By-tor slays his foe [10:04:00]The men are free to run now [10:08:00]From labyrinths below [10:12:00]The wraith of necromancer [10:16:00]Shadows through the sky [10:21:00]Another land to darken [10:25:00]With evil prism eye...