The Azure Peaks where Qi flows free Ten thousand years, a willow's dream We trace the Dao in starlight's gleam And mend the fractures of the realm Our sects are built on mountain bone Our spirit swords from meteor stone A fragile peace, we've always known Beneath the Celestial Overwhelm (Pre-Chorus) But from the Nether Wastes, a shadow creeps A promise that the darkness keeps While ancient, sleeping justice sleeps A baleful banner is unfurled (Chorus) So draw the blade and strike the chime! A war across the bounds of time For every virtue, there's a crime Let mountains fall and heavens roar! The Lotus blooms on fields of gore This is the tribulation, this is the war To cleanse the world of demonic blight And hold the last long line of light! (Verse 2) The Demon Sovereign, wreathed in spite With twisted arts and borrowed might He drinks the essence of the night And scoffs at fate, and mocks the sun His legions march in grey despair With hungry ghosts that foul the air They tear the threads of karma's prayer Until the righteous come undone (Pre-Chorus) They break the seals on hellish gates And laugh at our predestined fates Their poisoned scripture resonates And shakes the pillars of the world (Chorus) So draw the blade and strike the chime! A war across the bounds of time For every virtue, there's a crime Let mountains fall and heavens roar! The Lotus blooms on fields of gore This is the tribulation, this is the war To cleanse the world of demonic blight And hold the last long line of light! (Bridge) My spirit sword hums a somber tune Beneath a fractured, blood-red moon My brother fell this afternoon His soul now scattered on the breeze I see the hate within their eyes Reflecting my own sacrifice Is this the Dao's required price? To become a monster, for a moment's peace? (Chorus) So draw the blade and strike the chime! A war across the bounds of time For every virtue, there's a crime Let mountains fall and heavens roar! The Lotus blooms on fields of gore This is the tribulation, this is the war To cleanse the world of demonic blight And hold the last long line of light! (Outro) The dust settles on the shattered jade A silent promise has been made One cycle ends, a debt is paid In mortal dust and celestial tears But even when the dark recedes It plants its bitter, waiting seeds For countless and forgotten deeds... The Dao flows on... through light and shade. ...Through light and shade.
