• Once in a land far far away
    Far beyond the dragons lay
    There lived a lady and her knight
    He was her day, she was his light
    But nothing gold can every last
    The lady's health was fading fast
    The knight would never let this stay
    He loved her more than words could say
    He sought the witch of highest power
    Lonely in a lonely tower
    She heal'd the lady's deadly vice
    But required sacrifice
    And to the happy knight she said:
    "For raising your lady from the dead
    You will not see her ne'er again
    You'll travel over field and fen
    You'll flee out from your native place
    and suck the blood of all thy race
    Your only friends in eternity
    Will be your Joy and Misery
    With that she gave him twinned swords
    Covered in forgotten words
    And thus the lady gained her health
    Murdered later for greed of wealth
    But our dear knight ne'er heard of her plight
    For the curse had ever forced his flight
    He long abandoned chivalry
    Killing with Joy and Misery
    At last he settled in a village
    Which nightly he was forced to pillage
    The Vampire grew so very old
    And his heart grew very cold
    Hi did not remember his lady
    Only his Joy and Misery
    A century did come and go
    A thousand rains a thousand snows
    Before a hero came to town
    To seek the knight and strike him down
    But for him to kill the Vampire, first,
    He would have to break the curse
    "How will you end my eternity?
    Will you use my Joy or Misery"
    "With Misery I'll strike you down
    For 'tis what you brought upon this town"
    And soon with Misery he found
    The hero lay dead upon the ground.
    Another century did come and pass,
    It wouldn't be the Vampire's last
    A scholar then came down his way
    Convinced that wit would pave his way
    "How will you end my eternity?
    With my Joy or Misery"
    Quoth he: "With misery comes death!
    With misery I'll steal your breath!"
    Again with Misery he found
    The scholar lay dead upon the ground
    And so another century did pass
    This time he knew it'd be his last.
    For this day a boy from the town
    Did come to strike the Vampire down
    "How will you end my eternity?
    With my Joy or Misery?"
    "With Joy, for even you with all your crimes
    Has surely earned a death sublime"
    And thus the little boy from town
    Did strike the fabled Vampire down.
    And thus the brave and noble knight
    Remembered love, remembered light
    Forgot the blood sucked from his race
    Died with a smile upon his face.