[Intro – solo piano and distant strings, labored breathing, very intimate] Verse 1 [Intimate male vocal, classical melancholy over piano and strings] The stone is cold against my cheek, the world is getting small I feel the ash still in my fist, I hear my sister call You smiled until the very end… I almost thought you cared Now all that’s left is blood and stone and the vow I have to swear Chorus [Melodic male vocal, emotional and fading over swelling strings] I came here hoping we could find a way to share the light I leave here knowing I will never see another night But even as the darkness pulls me down into the stone I make this oath with every drop of blood I still call my own [Voice begins to distort and deepen — breathing heavier, heavy reverb entering] Bridge [Switch to Ominous undead male voice, deep, echoing, distorted with reverb and low growls over dark atmospheric pads and distant choir] I will return… Not as the man you killed… But as the shadow you created… I will rise from this stone… And every soul you tried to break… Will stand with me… Final Oath [Ominous undead male voice, powerful, echoing, layered with choir and low growls] This blood I spill upon the stone becomes the seal I make I swear by ash and by the dead that I will not forsake My people, my kingdom, the ones who still believe I will return from death itself to make the tyrants grieve Blood oath on stone… I will not stay dead long Blood oath on stone… I am already gone [Outro – low choral drone and echoing undead whispers fading into silence]
