Well i managed to upload this track for you, its a bit of an epic in itself and i have put the explanation from one of the reviews, if you would like to know more about who Grendel was here is a link to wikipedia
Grendel
Grendel by Marillion mp3
anyway here is a review I found as I am shite at explaining and also the lyrics
A bit of explanation -- "Grendel" is a 18 minute epic that was released as the "B" side of Marillion's first single, "Market Square Heroes". It is not representative of the band's work as a whole. Unlike the perception that most progressive rock is "Dungeons, Dragons, Faeries and Spaceships", Marillion pretty much stayed away from that stuff, with the exception of "Grendel". It is based on John Gardner's excellent book of the same name which covers the "Beowolf" tragedy, from the point of view of the monster. Highly recommended.
As for the song, it is best experienced live, difficult to do, since the band has not performed it since 1983 and has publicly stated that it will never be played again. Arena (formed by ex-Marillion drummer Mick Pointer) played "Grendel" during their first tour in 1996, but have declined to do so since. There is a video EP called "Marillion -- Grendel/the Web" that features the last public performance of the track. The video is hard to track down, but is still available.
For whatever reason (odd since it is an aberation), "Grendel" remains a favourite track of many Marillion fans, even those of the Hogarth era. Calls for the song are heard at most Marillion and Fish shows (greeted with derision at the latter).
G R E N D E L
Midnight sun bids moors farewell, retreats from charging dusk
Mountains echo curfew's bell, signal ending tasks
They place their faith in oaken doors, cower in candlelight
The panic seeps through bloodstained floors as Grendel
stalks the night
Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes,
Their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyes
Wooden figures, pagan gods stare blindly cross the sea
Appeal for help from ocean fogs, for saviors born of dreams
They know their lives are forfeit now,
priestly heads they bow in shame
They cannot face the trembling crowd that flinch in Grendel's name
Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes,
Their eyes, their eyes, their eyes, their eyes
As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's hall so fair
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky
As Grendel leaves his mossy home beneath the stagnant air
Along the forest path he roams to Hrothgar's house so fair
He knows that victory is secured, his charm will testify
His claws will drip with mortal blood as moonbeams haunt the sky
Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare the funeral pyres
The shaper's songs no longer heal the fear within their eyes,
Within their eyes, within their eyes, within their eyes
Silken membranes, span his path, fingerprints in dew
Denizens of twilight lands, humbly beg him through
Mother Nature's bastard child, shunned by leaf and stream
An alien in an alien land seeks solace within dreams
The shaper's lies, his poison tongue maligned with mocking harp
Beguiling queen, her innocence offends his icy heart
Hounds freeze in silence, bewitched by the reptile's spell
Sulphurous essence pervades round the grassy dell
Hero awaits him like lamb to the butcher's knife
Stellular heavens ignore even children's cries
Screams are his music, lightning his guide
Raping the darkness, d- d- d- d- death by his side
Chants rise in terror, pray round the oaken beam
Flickering firelight portraying the grisly scene
Warriors advance, prepare for the nightmare foe
Futile the sacrifices even the hearts must know
Heroes' delusions with feet in the grave
Lurker at the threshold, he cares not for the brave,
he cares not for the brave
So you thought that your bolts and your locks would keep me out
You should have known better after all this time
You're gonna pay in blood for all your viscious slander
With your ugly pale skins and your putrid blue eyes
Why should I feel pity when you kill your own and feel no shame?
God's on my side, sure as hell I'm gonna take no blame,
I'm gonna take no blame, I'm going to take no blame
So you say you believe in all of Mother Nature's laws
You lust for gold with your sharpened knives
Ooh, when your hordes are gathered and your enemies left to rot
You pray with your bloodstained hands at the feet of your pagan gods
And you try to place the killer's blade in my hands
You call for justice, distort the truth
Well I've had enough of all your pretty, pretty speeches
Recieve your punishment expose your throats to my righteous
claws and let the blood flow,
let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow,
flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, let the blood flow,
let the blood flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow,
let the blood flow, flow, let the blood flow, let the blood flow,
let the blood flow, let the blood flow, flow, flow, let the blood
flow, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood,
let the blood, let the blood, let the blood, let the blood,
blood flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow
-- Words by Fish, Music by Marillion
