[Verse 1] A letter burned in green fire bright And left me ash by candlelight The Lich had signed the summons there So I took bow and blade and prayer Three weeks through fen and fir I rode Till cracked earth split the pilgrim road Then black rock rose above the mist And all my blood grew pale and stiff [Pre-Chorus] I saw her robes, the night made cloth Her cold reach out and take the warmth The stones were singing in my bones Old as the first of iron thrones [Chorus] Black stone map, show me the gate (show me the gate) Black stone map, before too late (before too late) The copy blinks, the original calls Hold the tear when the shadow falls Black stone map, I bear your name (bear your name) Black stone map, the worlds both claim If something walks where both meet thin Let my arrow find its skin [Verse 2] She never turned to face my fear Still every word rang sharp and clear Her robes were dusk with teal-lit runes A wound of cloth beneath two moons A book she held with steady hand Though no torch burned on that dead land The glyphs cast green from seam to seam Like drowned stars waking in a dream [Pre-Chorus] Then she said, like winter on the air "You found the map. It lays us bare." "Inverted," I said, "twisted wrong." She answered, "No. It has been strong." [Chorus] Black stone map, show me the gate (show me the gate) Black stone map, before too late (before too late) The copy blinks, the original calls Hold the tear when the shadow falls Black stone map, I bear your name (bear your name) Black stone map, the worlds both claim If something walks where both meet thin Let my arrow find its skin [Bridge] Above us, a galaxy was shorn A black wound ate the newborn dawn Pink fire bent and violet broke As if the heavens held their throat And two dark moons, like thoughts let loose Went circling slow through starless sluice She turned one page, and wind stood still The stones grew teeth against the hill [Final Chorus] Black stone map, show me the gate (show me the gate) Black stone map, before too late (before too late) The copy blinks, the original calls Hold the tear when the shadow falls Black stone map, I bear your name (bear your name) Black stone map, the worlds both claim If something walks where both meet thin Let my arrow find its skin [Outro] She said, "Between them, something crawls" I nocked my shaft against the walls And in that cold where breath grew thin I saw the place the dark gets in
