"The Serpent King Wakes" (Theatrical Version)

[Intro – Whispered Chant] (Male chant, low) Apep sleeps… beneath the sand… Stone remembers… what gods command… [Verse 1] I followed the map through a canyon of bone Past broken gods and a silent throne An oasis hid what the dunes denied A cave like a mouth pulled me inside Torchlight shook on serpent walls Gold-eyed kings watched shadows crawl [Pre-Chorus] Every step felt judged by time Every breath crossed sacred lines [Chorus – Chant-Backed] (Female Lead:) Apep lies where the sun won’t stay Bound in night, wrapped in clay (Male Chant:) Apep… Apep… Coiled in sleep (Female Lead:) Serpent King beneath the stone Dreaming of a love once known (Male Chant:) Ella… Ella… Gold and deep [Verse 2] I broke the seal, the air went cold Moonless silence, stale and old Bandaged coils in royal black Fangs of time held tight in wrack Not dead—no—only sealed By gods afraid of what he’d feel [Pre-Chorus] I marked the door, I turned away To gather steel for break of day [Verse 3 – Nightfall] Moon climbed high like Sekhmet’s eye Silver fire from the sky Light poured in through broken stone Woke the curse beneath the throne Linen stirred, the chamber cried Ancient hate unsealed inside (Cinematic Instrumental) [Chorus – Rising] (Female Lead:) Apep wakes from endless night Moon-born breath returns his might (Male Chant:) Apep… Apep… Rise and crawl (Female Lead:) Love still burns beneath his skin Death will bend to let him in (Male Chant:( Ella… Ella… Hear the call [Bridge – Ritual Rampage] (Male chant, rhythmic) Stone will break Gods will bleed Love remembers What gods decree (Female, spoken-sung) Sekhmet cursed what she could not kill Turned his heart to lifeless gilt But gold still hears, and stone still dreams And mummies walk for greater things [Verse 4] Through ruined towns and desert flame Apep roars her stolen name Statue cold beneath the sun Waiting since the war was won He tears the night, he bends the dead For love that gods themselves misread [Final Chorus – Full Ensemble] Female Lead: Sekhmet burned the sky with wrath Chained the serpent to his path Male Chant: Sekhmet! Sekhmet! Sun and scar! Female Lead: But time decays all sacred law And love outlives what gods ignore Male Chant: Apep! Apep! From afar! All (Chant): Gold will crack Stone will bend Night will rise Love descends [Outro – Fading Chant] (Male & Female, whispered) When the statue breathes again… The underworld will know their names…