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.
