[Intro] Apsû-rabû, salt below, Tiamat opens, currents flow. [Verse 1] Abzu-šamû, dark waters turn, Qadû-qadû, the old fires burn. Ki-ma-ti, hear the deep drum call, I am the mother beneath it all. [Refrain] Tiamat, Tiamat, rise from the brine, Ša-maš, ša-maš, your eyes now shine. Ten thousand things in a spiral design, Kingu at the threshold, the abyss is mine. [Verse 2] Salt on the tongue and iron in air, Dragon of chaos, ancient and bare. Anu above, but I answer below, Namtar whispers where the black tides go. [Extended Bridge] Ra-ka-ka, ra-ka-ka, rattle the chain, Zu-um-zu-um, thunder through rain. Ul-la, ul-la, the first word returns, Gidim-gidim, the boundary burns. I see through the masks you carry, I count every vow you bury. No throne, no blade, no borrowed name, Can cage the sea that birthed the flame. A-na-ku, a-na-ku, voice of the deep, La-ma, la-ma, wake from sleep. Tiamat, Tiamat, coil around time, Your fear is a door; your breath is a sign. [Final Refrain] Tiamat, Tiamat, rise from the brine, Ša-maš, ša-maš, your eyes now shine. Ten thousand things in a spiral design, Dark Mother laughing at the edge of the line. [Outro] Abzu-rabû, currents slow, Back to the salt where all things go.
