[Female – soft gothic] Beneath the stone where the roots run deep A kingdom sleeps that the surface never keeps Tunnels of light through the hollow ground Where the inner crown was long ago found They walk in silence under the weight Of mountains that never learned to wait No sun can reach them, no storm can claim The quiet fire that knows every name [Male – hard modern rock/metal] I dug through the dark with a restless mind Chasing the throne that no one can find Every step lower, the air grows thick The earth keeps its secret and never gives in [Both] The Inner Crown Where the lost ones still remain We came with hunger in our bones Looking for a throne beneath the stones [Female – switches to cheery pop] Lanterns glow in the endless halls I almost believe the legend calls Voices like echoes, faces of gold Calling me softly into the cold [Male – hard modern rock/metal] But the deep takes more than it ever returns It feeds on the longing that endlessly burns No gates of power, no shining seat Only the dark beneath my feet [Both] The Inner Crown Where the lost ones still remain We came with hunger in our bones Looking for a throne beneath the stones [Male – hard modern rock/metal bridge] Feel the pressure of a thousand years Feel the weight of a thousand fears Every seeker left the same With nothing but a whispered name [Female – soft gothic] If the crown still rests in the hidden core Does it wait for those who want more The greatest treasure was never the gold But the silence the earth still holds [Both – full power] The Inner Crown Still burns where the shadows hide We left our names in the crushing dark And the deep claimed what we tried to mark The Inner Crown Keeps the secret in the stone We came looking for a kingdom below And left with only the unknown [Outro – Female into Both] Somewhere the crown still waits… Somewhere the earth still prays…
