
Basmu, My Horned One
[Verse 1] I am Tiamat, salt-born deep, the first dark tide, the mother sleep. I cradle names in elder fire, and call each shape by what they are. I am the sea that knows no shore, the mouth of night, the ancient roar. My dominion is flood and bone, the hidden vault, the uncut stone. [Pre-Chorus] Now hear me speak his binding name, the serpent-bowed, the living flame. Basmu comes where the roots descend, where old worlds break and old laws bend. [Chorus] Basmu, Basmu, my horned one Basmu, Basmu, dawn undone He is my coil, my poison line My vault-guard son, my warning sign Basmu, Basmu, watch him rise Gold in his eyes, ash on his spines He tastes the rot beneath the land And bites the lie from every hand [Verse 2] Basmu, my son of shadowed craft, with scaled black glass and thunder graft. His body: long, with braided strength, a serpent cut to priestly length. His head wears horns like crescent knives, his jaw holds venom, heat, and lives. He moves in silence through the tomb, a living omen, thorned in gloom. [Pre-Chorus] He is the breach, the sacred scare, the guardian found in poisoned air. He keeps the threshold, keeps the wound, and drinks the moon like stolen rune. [Chorus] Basmu, Basmu, my horned one Basmu, Basmu, dawn undone He is my coil, my poison line My vault-guard son, my warning sign Basmu, Basmu, watch him rise Gold in his eyes, ash on his spines He tastes the rot beneath the land And bites the lie from every hand [Bridge] I named him for the broken gate, for every king who met his fate. For every oath that turned to dust, for every crown that learned to rust. So if you seek my buried throne, you meet Basmu first, and not alone. He is my wrath made flesh and hiss, my oldest guardian in the abyss. [Final Chorus] Basmu, Basmu, my horned one Basmu, Basmu, dawn undone He is my coil, my poison line My vault-guard son, my warning sign Basmu, Basmu, watch him rise Gold in his eyes, ash on his spines He tastes the rot beneath the land And bites the lie from every hand

