
Chamber of the Star Serpent
[Instrumental Intro] (Dumpfe, tiefe Drums wie aus einem Hohlraum, leises Rasseln (Rasseln/Klapperschlange), enge, dunkle Pads, tropfendes Wasser, entfernte Flöte mit „zischender“ Melodie.) [Female Spoken Word] (Leise, eindringlich, nah) Above, they watched the stars. Below… they fed the serpent that carried them. [Melodic Verse: Male Singing] (Ohhh, down below...) The air grows cold, the torches shrink Damp stone drips, too dark to think The walls are carved with coiled design A thousand scales in crooked line Each eye a star, each tooth a throne For gods that swallowed flesh and bone [Verse 2 – Female Lead Vocal] (Singing, schlangengleich, weich, aber gefährlich) We are the shadow of their fear The whispered hiss inside the ear When crops would fail and skies turn red They came below in quiet dread To lay their offerings at our feet In hopes the stars would not delete [Pre-Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Drums dichter, Bass grollt, Flöten zischeln leicht) (Male) I feel it moving in the stone! (Female) A living pattern all unknown! (Male) The serpent’s body, made of time! (Female) Devouring every age and crime! [Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Stark treibender Drop, hypnotisch und bedrohlich) In the Chamber of the Star Serpent I stand! Where fear once ruled this ancient land! The scales reflect the cosmic dome Yet hunger coils in every bone! They fed their terror to the deep In hopes that heaven stayed asleep! [Instrumental Break] (Driving Bass, sporadische tiefe Drums, zischende Flötenmotive, kurze, scharfe Synth-Stabs wie Bisse. Sehr hypnotisch.) [Melodic Verse: Male Singing] (Ahhh, it knows me...) I see my outline on the wall Twisting in its endless sprawl A human shape in serpent lines Bound by all my own designs The more I fear what lies beneath The sharper grows the creature’s teeth [Pre-Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Male) I feel it moving in the stone! (Female) A living pattern all unknown! (Male) The serpent’s body, made of time! (Female) Devouring every age and crime! [Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Maximal intensiv, klaustrophobisch und treibend) In the Chamber of the Star Serpent I stand! Where fear once ruled this ancient land! The scales reflect the cosmic dome Yet hunger coils in every bone! They fed their terror to the deep In hopes that heaven stayed asleep! [Breakdown] (Beat weg. Nur tiefer Drone, Rasseln, leise Flöte mit „schlängelnder“ Melodie. Ein fernes, grollendes Geräusch, als würde etwas sehr Großes atmen.) [Female Spoken Word] (Sehr ruhig, aber durchdringend) It feeds on what you hide. Starve it… and it becomes a guide. [Build-up] (Langsame Drumrolls, Bass schwillt, die zischenden Motive werden dichter, Spannung steigt.) [Final Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Offener, hymnischer in der Emotion, aber immer noch dunkel) In the Chamber of the Star Serpent I see! The fears it ate were parts of me! I face its eyes, I break the chain No longer feeding it with pain! The stars above, the coil below Are one great current’s endless flow! [Outro – Instrumental] (Drums sterben aus, Rasseln verklingt, Flöte wird leiser, der tiefe Drone löst sich langsam auf, bis nur noch Tropfen und ein schwacher Hauch zu hören sind.) [End]

