6. Temple Beneath the Woods

6. Temple Beneath the Woods Verse 1 Through the whispering woods we came Under branches black as blame Every root a twisted vein Every leaf alive with pain The path was hidden, old and blind Like the buried guilt of time Till the vines were torn aside And the stone mouth opened wide Chorus Temple beneath the woods Heart beneath the grave Stone that drank the blood of vows And kept what none could save Temple beneath the woods Call me to descend To the place where all this darkness First was named a friend Verse 2 Down the stair of damp and bone To the deep where light had flown Symbols glowed along the wall Like they waited for my call Maeve beside me, staff in hand Led me through that buried land Every breath was cold with dread Every shadow raised its head Chorus Temple beneath the woods Heart beneath the grave Stone that drank the blood of vows And kept what none could save Temple beneath the woods Call me to descend To the place where all this darkness First was named a friend Bridge What was done below the earth Still has power, still has birth Nothing sealed by fear remains Every oath becomes its chains Verse 3 At the altar black as night Something pulsed without a light And I knew before I spoke This was where my bloodline broke Final Chorus Temple beneath the woods Keep no lie from me Show me every wound they made And all I have to be Temple beneath the woods I have come at last Not to kneel before the dark But to unmake its past