[Verse 1] Before the flood had names A fin split the dark blue skin Matsya kept the breath alive And the first dawn leaned back in Then Kurma bore the mountain Shell like stone beneath the sea Slow and patient, holding worlds So the churn could set them free [Pre-Chorus] One soul, ten doors Ten fires in one name Through every age He came again [Chorus] Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms He walks the earth, and the earth keeps warm Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms One mercy rising through every storm [Verse 2] Varaha rose with tusks of gold Mud on his shoulders, mud on his brow He lifted Earth from the flood-black deep And set her where the wheat could grow Then Narasimha broke the pride Half-man, half-lion, blazing bright In a palace red with fear and smoke He tore through night to guard the light [Pre-Chorus] One soul, ten doors Ten fires in one name Through every age He came again [Chorus] Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms He walks the earth, and the earth keeps warm Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms One mercy rising through every storm [Verse 3] Vaman came with a child’s small step And measured all the sky with grace Parshuram swung the axe of wrath Then laid it down to make more space Ram kept faith through exile roads With a bow drawn straight against the flame Krishna laughed in fields of dust And taught the world to dance through pain [Bridge] Siddhartha sat beneath the tree Still as rain in a waiting hand Then Kalki rides the white storm in To wake the sleeping land [Final Chorus] Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms He walks the earth, and the earth keeps warm Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms One mercy rising through every storm Ten sacred forms Ten sacred forms The age changes, but the vow stays born
