| And so it's come to this. Two Gates - two portals await. Let your choice be guided by | |
| collective wisdom. Ah, hath the prospect of freedom ever tasted so good? One gate completes the | |
| circle;one step away from your own dimension, your cherished time. One gate severs all | |
| connections: one step away from the dreamworld of everlasting ebony. You call it Oblivion. | |
| It is a brave soul who makes the first choice. | |
| [barbarian] | |
| behold these gates, the first one plain and old | |
| behold these gates, the second forged of gold | |
| the gate of old spells out disgrace and shame | |
| the one of gold cries out my noble name | |
| I challenge death to meet me at this gate | |
| I challenge Odin to pronounce my fate | |
| and if I thrive I've overcome this land | |
| but if I fail I'll die a worthy man | |
| [chorus] | |
| [roman] open the gate, we're now on our own | |
| [all] enter the gate to your destiny | |
| [roman] will it be fortune or fate, the truth shall be known | |
| [all] enter the gate to your destiny | |
| [barbarian] | |
| cowards whine beyond the olden gate | |
| Valhalla shines beyond the golden gate | |
| I walk alone so dare not follow me | |
| but choose your own and die in agony | |
| [chorus] | |
| [barbarian] | |
| (fading into oblivion,) | |
| [knight] | |
| we have been saved, our journey has ended | |
| but tell us why, why this ordeal? | |
| what was your aim, or was it just some game | |
| have we've been humbled, or did we prevail? | |
| we've been enslaved, our wounds have not mended | |
| and who are you, what magicians or gods? | |
| what was your plan, we don't understand | |
| did we pass, or did we fail? | |
| [chorus] |