[Intro] Dust in the stillness Gold on my hand Whispers of kingdoms Sleeping under sand [Verse 1] I trace our borders With this gleaming staff Lines in the gravel Hold the future fast Stone keeps its secrets Till I call them high Pillars from pebbles Clawing at the sky [Chorus] I am the Mage of Stony Sands I turn a grain into a wall that stands I hold the tremor in my hands By oath By sun By sacred brands The desert listens when I speak Rock remembers when we're weak I am the Mage of Stony Sands And Aridinia will stand [Verse 2] I hear them marching Steel on foreign feet Shadows at sunrise Thirsting for our streets But bedrock beneath me Knows the Sultan’s name Old river pathways Curl like coiled snakes [Pre-Chorus] Atem I breathe you Like a morning prayer "Guard not the stone Guard the souls who share its air" His voice in silence Carved into my mind "Let the land rise When your courage starts to slide" [Chorus] I am the Mage of Stony Sands I turn a grain into a wall that stands I hold the tremor in my hands By oath By sun By sacred brands The desert listens when I speak Rock remembers when we're weak I am the Mage of Stony Sands And Aridinia will stand [Bridge] Millennium symbols Burn along my spine Eyes that see ages Fold into a line They show me cities Buried Bright And drowned Empires like footprints Smudged into the ground "All things are borrowed Stone and throne and name What you defend now Is the promise Not the claim" [Verse 3] So rise My ridges Curl My canyon teeth Let every dune Be a shield beneath If fear should find me In the choking heat I’ll feel the heartbeat Pounding in the deep [Chorus] I am the Mage of Stony Sands I turn a grain into a wall that stands I hold the tremor in my hands By oath By sun By sacred brands The desert listens when I speak Rock remembers when we're weak I am the Mage of Stony Sands And Aridinia will stand [Outro] When dust has settled On their broken spears I’ll plant my staff Where the road runs clear And softly Softly To the watching land "I was the Mage of Stony Sands And Aridinia still stands"
