Devourer of the Sun (Steel Tempest Mix)

Lyrics by Valgrind and Ai. 🤘😉 INTRO spoken with grim reaper voice “At sunset…” “The sun enters the world below.” “And in the darkness…” “Something waits.” ⸻ [VERSE 1] The western sky begins to bleed, The solar barque descends in need. Through gates of shadow, gates of flame, The gods prepare to speak his name. Below the world, beyond the light, A serpent coils within the night. No crown, no throne, no mortal breath… Only hunger… Only death. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] The river darkens… The heavens close… Through endless night… The serpent grows. ⸻ [CHORUS] Devourer of the Sun! Serpent of the endless night! Break the heavens! Drown the light! Coil around the burning one! Swallow day before it’s done! Still the gods will stand as one… Against the Devourer of the Sun! ⸻ [VERSE 2] Ra stands burning at the bow, His fire the only daylight now. Set raises spear against the black, The gods of heaven answer back. Apep rises, vast and wide, Night itself along his side. Stars go dark beneath his form… Chaos breathing… Through the storm. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] The barque is shaking… The darkness feeds… The serpent strikes… And heaven bleeds. ⸻ [CHORUS] Devourer of the Sun! Serpent of the endless night! Break the heavens! Drown the light! Coil around the burning one! Swallow day before it’s done! Still the gods will stand as one… Against the Devourer of the Sun! ⸻ ⸻ [VERSE 3] The serpent wraps around the flame, For one brief breath the world has changed. No dawn appears beyond the sand, Cold darkness grips the mortal land. In every temple fires burn low, Priests wait for light they cannot know. No mortal eye can see the war… Yet every heart… Still waits for dawn. ⸻ [BRIDGE] If light should fail… If night should win… If chaos tears… The heavens thin… Then every kingdom… Every name… Every god… Returns to flame. So strike again! Hold the line! Guard the sun! Defend the sign! For if the serpent wins tonight… There will be… No morning light. (Solo) [VERSE 4] Then through the black a spear is thrown, A flash of fire through endless stone. The serpent twists, the heavens roar, The solar flame begins once more. Apep falls beneath the blade, His endless coils begin to fade. But no god cheers. No victory cry. They know the serpent… Does not die. ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS] Devourer of the Sun! Serpent of the endless night! You may wound the morning light! Still the eastern heavens burn! Still the golden sun returns! Every night the war is won… Against the Devourer of the Sun! Devourer of the Sun! You will rise when day is done! Every dusk the war begun! Still the gods will face the night! Still the dawn will bring the light! Till the final age is done… We fight the Devourer of the Sun! ⸻ [OUTRO] “And mankind woke…” “To another dawn…” “Never knowing…” ”…how close the darkness came.” (Pause.) “Tonight…” ”…the serpent will return.” Every night the war is won… Against the Devourer of the Sun! Devourer of the Sun! You will rise when day is done! Every dusk the war begun! Still the gods will face the night! Still the dawn will bring the light! Till the final age is done… We fight the Devourer of the Sun! ⸻ [OUTRO] “And mankind woke…” “To another dawn…” “Never knowing…” ”…how close the darkness came.” (Pause.) “Tonight…” ”…the serpent will return.”