[Intro – Forest Wind | Rattles | Low Female Chant] (distant, breathy) Cer-nun-nos… Cer-nun-nos… From the root… From the bone… [Verse I – Low Tribal Drums | Harsh Male Vocal] Beneath the weight of ancient branches Where the dying daylight bleeds Something stirs below the black earth In the kingdom of the seeds Antlers rise from buried silence Breaking through the skin of night Every beast that walks the shadows Bows before the horned sight [Ritual Build – Drums Intensify | Violin Enters] (Female Chant) Cer-nun-nos… Cer-nun-nos… (Whispers) He wakes… The forest wakes… [Chorus – Massive Reverb | Layered Vocals] Antlers carved from moon and bone Crown of thorns the wild has grown From the grave of root and stone Horned Lord claim what is your own Blood and breath and living skin All that dies returns within Every life the dark will bring Hail Cernunnos, buried king [Verse II – Darker Atmosphere | Whisper Layers] Serpent breathing in the branches Gold of torcs and rusted crowns Kings may carve their names in granite Still the forest drags them down Hunter walking with the hunted Fang and hoof beneath your law In the quiet of the old woods Every soul becomes your claw [Breakdown – Tribal Trance | Chant Circle] (Drums and rattles only) [Group Chant] Bone to root Blood to seed Bone to root Blood to seed (Whispers circling) The horned one waits… The horned one feeds… [Final Chorus – Choir | Violin Rising] Antlers burning through the dark Branches splitting sky apart Every beast and beating heart Marked forever with your mark From the grave of soil and spring From the shadowed forest ring Life through death the old gods bring Rise Cernunnos, Horned King [Outro – Ritual Fade] (Female chant fading into wind) Cer-nun-nos… Cer-nun-nos… The forest remembers.
