[Intro: low choir, distant bell, clean guitar, almost no drums] Mortals fold their hands When the dark gets too close They whisper names into the night And wait for something to answer But what happens When the names themselves are afraid? [Verse 1: low clean vocal] I have heard kings beg for Solvar Sailors call Vaelune home Soldiers scream for Kaelor When they know they’ll die alone I have watched the dying reach for Morvane Watched the lost look for Aestra’s light Watched whole cities speak our names When something moves beyond the night And for ages I thought that was the order You fear You pray We answer Until one night I saw a god kneel [Pre-Chorus: tension rising] No altar No sacred flame No scripture in his hands Just terror in his eyes And a word I couldn’t understand [Chorus: huge, haunting melodic metalcore] WHO DO GODS PRAY TO WHEN HEAVEN STARTS TO SHAKE? WHO HEARS IMMORTAL VOICES WHEN IMMORTAL COURAGE BREAKS? When the stars refuse to answer When the old laws come undone Who do gods pray to WHEN THERE’S NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN? [Verse 2: restrained but heavier] Serathiel once stopped speaking In the middle of a decree Orun lost count for thirteen seconds Then refused to look at me Velkara lowered every weapon Kaelor didn’t reach for his blade Even Nythra stopped smiling That was when I became afraid Vaelune whispered something ancient Too soft for mortal tongues Morvane closed every doorway Like death itself could be outrun [Pre-Chorus 2] Nobody gave an order Nobody asked who led We simply stood together And listened to something Outside heaven Breathe [Chorus] WHO DO GODS PRAY TO WHEN HEAVEN STARTS TO SHAKE? WHO HEARS IMMORTAL VOICES WHEN IMMORTAL COURAGE BREAKS? When the stars refuse to answer When the old laws come undone Who do gods pray to WHEN THERE’S NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN? [Bridge: everything falls to piano, low drone] I asked Vaelune once She looked at me for a long time Then said: “We pray to memory.” I asked Morvane He said: “We pray that death is enough.” I asked Serathiel He said nothing I asked Nythra [Pause] She laughed Then cried [Instrumental swell] And I never asked again [Breakdown: slow, crushing, ritualistic] [Harsh vocal] WE ARE THE ANSWERS THAT MORTALS WERE GIVEN SO WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO WHEN SOMETHING STANDS ABOVE HEAVEN? [Gang vocals] WHO HEARS US? [Harsh vocal] WHO KNOWS OUR NAMES? WHO BUILT THE DARK BEFORE CREATION HAD A FLAME? [Gang vocals] WHO HEARS US? [Harsh vocal] WHEN GODS START TO PRAY WHO THE HELL ARE WE BEGGING TO KEEP IT AWAY? [Verse 3: low clean vocal, exhausted] Maybe there is nothing higher Maybe prayer is only fear Given language Maybe gods and mortals Are more alike than we admit Maybe everyone Looks upward Eventually [Final Chorus: massive but sorrowful] WHO DO GODS PRAY TO WHEN HEAVEN STARTS TO SHAKE? Who holds the hand of something That the world believes cannot break? When the stars refuse to answer When eternity comes undone Who do gods pray to When there’s nowhere left to run? [Choir swells] Maybe no one Maybe nothing Maybe that’s what frightens us [Music drops] Or maybe Something answers And that is worse [Outro: distant choir fading into silence] [Whisper] I heard it once. I still don’t know What it said.
