[Verse 1] Come gather ‘round, ye mountain kin, I'll sing a tale of fire and sin, Of a titan bold with iron will, Who climbed the gods’ forbidden hill. [Verse 2] Prometheus, that rebel name, He pitied man in ash and flame, With nothin’ more than stone and bone, He swore he’d not leave us alone. [Chorus] So light that spark and pass it wide, Through darkest woods and mountainside, He paid in chains, he paid in pain, But gave us fire through the rain. Oh, the gods may rule with wrath and wire, But man was born to carry fire. [Verse 3] He crept into the stormy halls, Where thunder rolled and lightning crawled, He stole a flame in hollow reed, A gift for every mortal's need. [Verse 4] He brought us warmth, he brought us light, A blaze to hold against the night, He brought us warmth, he brought us light, A blaze to hold against the night, But high on cliffs where eagles cry, The gods would hang him out to die. [Chorus] So light that spark and pass it wide, Through darkest woods and mountainside, He paid in chains, he paid in pain, But gave us fire through the rain. Oh, the gods may strike with holy ire, But man was born to carry fire. But gave us fire through the rain. Oh, the gods may strike with holy ire, But man was born to carry fire. [Bridge] For every dawn we strike a flame, We speak aloud his hallowed name, The cursed one, the flame-born kin, Who took the wrath and bore our sin. [Verse 5] But chains don't last and storms must break, The mountain groans, the eagles shake, One day we'll rise and break the sky, Like Prometheus, we’ll never die. [Final Chorus] So light that spark and let it glow, In hearth and heart, through frost and snow, He paid in chains, he paid in pain, But gave us fire through the rain. And though the heavens rage and tire, We'll walk the world with stolen fire.
