Once a thousand years or so ago

I was free of greif and sorrow

Once a thousand years or so ago

I was bold and completly whole

Once a thousand years or so ago

I had expansive gardens in full bloom

But now, oh now they are naught but full of gloom

Now what was once whole crumbles into ruin

With glass and stone in empty courtyards struin

Once a thousand years or so ago

My halls were full of beauty and grace

Once a thousand years or so ago

I had a purpose strong and true

Once a thousand years or so ago

I housed the worlds roalty

But now, oh now I am free for all to see

Now my hollowed halls are bare

Ruined withut maids gentle care

Now here I lay sitting in my decay above the quay

and perhaps for eternity I'll stay

Once a thousand years or so ago

My towers stood tall and proud

Islands among a sea of cloud

Once a thousand years or so ago

My walls stood strong and wide

With a guard standing alert on either side

Once a thousand years or so ago

I lived a life of gentle peace

But now, oh now war has torn my world apart

Now my towers grace the grounds

With stones once safe and sound

Now my walls have fallen

The guards by death callen

I have found that while I am now weak and rotten

That I shall not be completely forgotten

I have found that while Ivy climbs my shattered walls

That people still wander down my broken halls

I have found that while I am no longer of use

That I hold a key to the past that none refuse

I have found that while my life reaches it's true end

That I shall be rebuilt again my friend

I have found that while I have been know by many a name

That I shall no longer bear it with such shame

You ask what was my name?

Shall I tell you that it lives on in fame?

That it was a name no other could clame?

Very well, My name has changed many a time

Not to tell you now would be a crime

My name was once Pendragon,

Then I was renamed unto my fame

My name is true and know to few

Rumors abound left unfound

My name is famous as is my king

Can you guess?

Have you found the anwser

Have you of my legand been taught?

Very well, my name is Camelot.