Blind Guardian: The Tides of War

I would pay an inordinate amount of money to see them play this song live, it quickly became one of my favourites when I heard it on the Nightfall re-issue.
The image is 'Burning of the Ships' by Ted Nasmith, all credit to him etc. etc.
Were you looking for the version of this song with Frederik on drums, and Barend on bass? Find it here: • Blind Guardian: The Ti...
Lyrics
Call the wind, I hail thee
But sail on through the storm
There's fire in my mind, fire in my mind
Fire in my mind, fire in my mind
There's no escape
And there's no return
The blood and smoke behind us
It's now out of sight
Tears you might be crying
But it's over now
For a higher cause we've come
So just keep your hate alive
The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor
No sorrow, no loss I count the ones behind
Come follow, don't turn your back and let 'em whine
The grief is real, the pain I feel
It's not what I've been longing for
They shall be free, they'll be released
They can't get over the sea
They were following in vain
Burning vessels, burning hope
Needless baggage on the road
Let 'em curse me, let 'em blame
They may have faced their journey's end
Boats at distant shore they burn
The wind still carries smoke
In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire
Across the ice, aflamed
To take revenge, ashamed
Betrayed by the insane Fëanor
You've gone too far, you've come to fail
Fëanor
All done in vain, by the oath
You delivered our doom
The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor
Boats at distant shore they burn
The wind still carries smoke
In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire
Across the ice, aflamed
To take revenge, ashamed
Betrayed by the insane Fëanor
We've gone too far, we've come to fail
Fëanor
Yet we have reached the promised land
Oh, Fëanor
The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor