[Verse 1] Before the ground was hard, the waters held their breath Apsu slept in silence, then met his younger death The first bright voices rose up, and split the ancient dark I reached for hush and mercy, but Ea struck first and hard [Pre-Chorus] Under foam and thunder, the old blood started to shake One sleep became a weapon, one sacred bond did break [Chorus] Run, Tiamat, run The war drums wake Run, Tiamat, run Before your deep ones break Run, Tiamat, run I’ve turned the sky to steel Run, Tiamat, run Your fate is under heel [Verse 2] Marduk climbed from ruin, with a storm around his brow His eyes were lit like lanterns, his hand a sharpened vow Tiamat called her monsters, from the black and roaring seam Serpents, claws, and lion jaws to tear apart my dream [Pre-Chorus] She crowned Kingu in the wreckage, raised the tablets to her chest Then sent her wrath in circles, to meet the god who would not rest [Chorus] Run, Tiamat, run The war drums wake Run, Tiamat, run Before your deep ones break Run, Tiamat, run I’ve turned the sky to steel Run, Tiamat, run Your fate is under heel [Bridge] No crown can hold the floodline No vow can seal the sea Every broken oracle Still points to me The heavens keep their distance The waves remember names And all your old creation Burns harder in my flames [Chorus] Run, Tiamat, run The war drums wake Run, Tiamat, run Before your deep ones break Run, Tiamat, run I’ve turned the sky to steel Run, Tiamat, run Your fate is under heel [Outro] Run, Tiamat, run Run, Tiamat, run
