Verse 1 The sky bled grey before the rain began A quiet whisper to a quiet man They built the hull on the dusty plain And mocked the hammer through the sun and rain They thought the rooms were for wolf and deer For the dove to rest and the sheep to steer But Noah drew the schematics alone And carved a cage from cedar and stone Verse 2 In the dead of night when the workers slept To the lower decks a shadow crept Not a beast of earth, nor a bird of air But a giant born of a fallen prayer With eyes like coals and a breath of iron The last remnant of an ancient lion Noah lowered the hatch and turned the key "The world must forget what you used to be." Act II: The Deluge Chorus Let the rain fall down, let the fountains burst For the holy, the wild, the blessed and cursed A secret kept where the timbers groan A titan trapped beneath a wooden throne The waters rise and the world turns dark With a monstrous burden inside the ark Verse 3 For forty days the heavens spilled While the quiet decks above were filled With the song of birds and the bleat of sheep Unaware of the prisoner down in the deep Every midnight hour, when his family slept Down the iron ladder the prophet stepped Passing the cage with a piece of bread Watching the shadows where the giant fed Verse 4 The giant spoke with a voice like stone "You build a world where I walk alone. Is it mercy, old man, that you keep me chained? Or fear of the power that still remains?" Noah stood still as the vessel swayed And touched the wood where the crossbar laid "I save the beasts so the earth can grow, But you are the mystery no one can know." Act III: The Pact Bridge (Tempo slows, heavy cinematic percussion) Outside, the mountain peaks dissolved in foam Inside, the dark was the giant’s home A beast to the world, but a story saved From the endless depths of a watery grave A quiet bargain made in the dark: Stay in the shadows, or break the ark. Chorus Let the rain fall down, let the fountains burst For the holy, the wild, the blessed and cursed A secret kept where the timbers groan A titan trapped beneath a wooden throne The waters rise and the world turns dark With a monstrous burden inside the ark --- Act IV: The New World Verse 5 The winds blew dry and the waters sank The hull ground hard on the mountain bank The family cheered as the doors flew wide And light rushed in from the other side They led the animals two by two Out to the green under skies of blue Noah stayed back in the quiet gloom And walked once more to the lower room Outro The lock was broken, the cage was bare Only a chain swinging in the air No heavy footsteps, no sound of breath Just a secret spared from the flood of death The family looked at the brand new earth... Never knowing what shared their birth. (Fades out with the sound of wind and creaking wood)
