Verse 1 They say the saint stood on the hill With fire within his hand And drove the serpents from the grass And from the ancient land The bells were rung, the crosses raised The old fires turned to ember The fields grew quiet under prayer But the snakes remember Chorus Under root and under stone Where green and shadow slumber The earth keeps secrets older still And the snakes remember Verse 2 The druids’ words were blown away Like ash upon the wind The sacred groves were cut to light And saints were carried in The rivers learned new holy names The forests learned surrender But in the dark beneath the moss The snakes remember Chorus Under root and under stone Where green and shadow slumber The earth keeps secrets older still And the snakes remember Verse 3 For once the serpents guarded wells And whispered in the loam Of stars that turn and seeds that wake And how the roots go home They carried tales in coiling rings Of earth and sky together Of hidden paths through time and soil The snakes remember Chorus Under root and under stone Where green and shadow slumber The earth keeps secrets older still And the snakes remember Verse 4 The priests spoke loud of heaven’s gates Of faith that leaps unseen Of crowns of light for those who trust The promise in between “Believe,” they cried, “and doubt no more, Let ancient shadows sever.” But deep below the chapel stones The snakes remember Bridge For wisdom coils in silent rings In stories buried deep In seeds beneath forgotten soil In roots that never sleep Burn every grove and bless the land And swear the past won’t stir But spring will find the hidden things And wake what once was here Final Chorus Under root and under stone Where green and shadow slumber The earth keeps secrets older still And the snakes remember Outro So sing your hymns and ring your bells Let every altar thunder The grass still moves where none can see And the snakes remember
