Dark Forest - The Undying Flame lyrics

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I wanted to add the lyrics to Dark Forest's The Undying Flame, but I found two conflicting lyrics for it on the interwebs:

#1 https://www.musixmatch.com/es/letras/Dark-Forest/The-Undying-Flame

Here in the firelight′s ruddy glow
As night surrounds
I wait for morning's light to show

I will stay strong (I will stay strong)
I will be pure
Though longing tears
My heart asunder, plain and fair

Snowing river, wash my tears away
Mighty mountain, be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Told me far away, I will return

I hearken to my inner voice
Now crystal clear
I fight against myself, oh no

I′ll see her face
I'll hear her voice
Calling my name
As clear as a summit, full of rain

Snowing river, wash my tears away
Mighty mountain, be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Told me far away, I will return

No matter how
Our story ends
I'll guard the flame
To burn forever, in our name

Snowing river, wash my tears away
Mighty mountain, be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Told me far away, I will return

#2 https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Dark_Forest/Beyond_the_Veil/590034

Here in the firelight's ruddy glow
As night surrounds
I wait for morning's light to show

I will stay strong, I will be pure
Though laughing tears my heart asunder, lady fair

Flowing river wash my fears away
Mighty mountain be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Took me far away, I will return

I hearken to my inner voice
Now crystal clear
I fight against myself but know

I'll see her face, I'll hear her voice
Calling my name, as clear as the sunlit fall of rain

Flowing river wash my fears away
Mighty mountain be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Took me far away, I will return

No matter how our story ends
I'll guard the flame, to burn forever in our name

Flowing river wash my fears away
Mighty mountain be my strength this day
Though the vision of the life I yearned
Took me far away, I will return

Listening to the song, I found for myself, that 

Though longing tears
My heart asunder, plain and fair

from the first variant makes more sense than 

Though laughing tears my heart asunder, lady fair

But then again, I rather hear "lady fair" in the end, than "plain and fair".

On the other hand, 

Flowing river

in the second version makes more sense to me than

Snowing river

in the first version to me.

I also find 

Calling my name, as clear as the sunlit fall of rain

more plausible than

Calling my name
As clear as a summit, full of rain

Maybe a native speaker can listen to the song and give me some input so that I can submit the correct lyrics.

I, personally, tend towards version #2 to be the most correct one.

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I hear "Though longing tears my heart asunder, lady fair", "Flowing river", "Took me far away", "I fight against myself, I know", "as clear as the sunlit fall of rain".