Verse 1 Two hundred years had passed, yet they still spoke his name, Asterian born from ash and dawn, from hunger and from shame. The village boys all mocked the blade that hung in empty hands, but Grandmother would light the ancient stories like a fire across the sands. She whispered, "Blood remembers what the faithless leave behind. Asterian still walks beside you if your heart can hold the line." So he carried every bruise in silence, every wound beneath his skin, with a vow that never faded and a storm that burned within. Pre-Chorus The blood remembers. The stone still knows. When the last light calls, the legend rose. Chorus Asterian! Rise again! Blood remembers! Call his name! Raise the flame! Break the chain! Asterian! Rise again! Heaven opens! Stone will break! Darkness trembles! Kingdoms shake! Asterian! Rise again! Verse 2 The years rolled on like winter rivers, hard as stone and cold as steel. Upon the training ground the second prince looked on with jealous eyes, for the princess watched the farmer's son with hope she could not hide. Envy drew a crimson wound no healer's hand could mend, and when the doctors turned away they left him for the end. Beyond the gates where forgotten souls were laid beneath the sky, fate still guarded every promise that refused to die. Pre-Chorus Five long years through dust and fire, every scar became desire. Old roads led him home once more, where forgotten vows still roared. Chorus Asterian! Rise again! Blood remembers! Call his name! Raise the flame! Break the chain! Asterian! Rise again! Heaven opens! Stone will break! Darkness trembles! Kingdoms shake! Asterian! Rise again! Bridge The prince stood laughing in his way. "Leave this land... or lose your head." But one cut across his hand turned the ancient seal to red. Thunder split the wounded heavens. Lightning shattered stone. From the fire, from the storm, the ancient guardian came home. Every shadow bent away. Every liar lost his name. The old hero walked again through living fire and rain. Final Chorus Asterian! Rise again! Blood remembers! Call his name! Raise the flame! Break the chain! Asterian! Rise again! Stand together! Hold the line! Light eternal! Blood divine! Asterian! Rise again! Outro He placed Astariel beside him and restored the wounded land. Then he left the ancient scroll behind, sealed forever by his hand. Somewhere in a daughter's eyes the old fire still remained, waiting for another age, another voice to speak his name.
