Stampede of the Ancient (Part ΙΙ) Long ago, humanity rose by conquering nature — slaying the giants of the earth and burying their memory beneath cities and steel. Among those giants were the mammoths, once rulers of the frozen world, driven to extinction by human greed and fire. But time does not forget. Deep beneath permafrost and silence, something awakens. The mammoths return, no longer just beasts — now ancient forces of retribution. Cloaked in mist and thunder, they rise from the ice with fury in their eyes, crushing the remains of a civilization that once hunted them. Stampede of the Ancient (Part II) tells the beginning of this reckoning — the first tremors of a primal uprising. Not as monsters, but as forgotten gods reclaiming a world stolen from them. [intrο] Low wind howls Cracks in the earth, whispers of bone The tundra shakes — they’re not alone [Verse 2] From glaciers torn and time forgot The mammoths wake, their blood runs hot They watched us build with stolen stone Now thunder walks where we called home [Chorus 1] They’re coming back with fire eyes Shaking the ground, tearing the skies Steel and bone will turn to dust The herd returns — obey or bust [Verse 3] We wore their skin, we crushed their pride We lit our fires where giants died But in the void, their rage took root Now vengeance walks on thunder hooves [Chorus 2] Step by step, they break the code Burning down the king’s old road No chains, no fire, no human wall Will stop the rise — they crush us all [Bridge] They spoke in ice, they dreamed in flame Forgotten gods with no more name And as the stars begin to fall The mammoths answer nature’s call [Verse 4] No prayers remain, no towers stand The cold reclaim this stolen land Beneath the moon, their shadows grow Stampede of gods we’ll never know [Chorus 3] From the void where silence grows They come with wrath the cold wind knows This world was theirs — and still shall be The mammoths ride eternally [Outro]
