[Intro] (Twelve-string acoustic guitar resonance, distant desert wind, low cello drone) [Verse 1] Red glass buried in the bone above my eyes Ash on the cathedral floor where the Ravens rise Sister at the mountain gate, poison on the stair Every mile I walk away, the fire's already there [Verse 2] Seven tombs beneath the sand, chains inside the stone Amber in a mage's chest, wrestling alone Looking for the brother now, insect in the dark Two walk out into the sun and leave the desert marked [Chorus] East, always east Through the monastery rain and the desert heat Three stones singing in the blood Until the iron meets the flood [Verse 3] Rotting roots of Travincal, sapphires in the mire Priests who prayed for centuries and fed the hatred's fire Hammer on the Hellforge anvil, sparks against the gate Five seals broken in the dark, and still we came too late [Bridge] Up the snow of Arreat, where the ancients stand in gold The heart of all the mortal world is cracking in the cold Throw the blade into the stone, let the mountain fall Better that the sky should burn than Hell should own it all [Outro] East, always east Stay a while and listen to the embers in the street (Lonely twelve-string guitar harmonic fades into wind)
