[Intro: soft wind, distant bell, clean guitar, low strings] There are graves for kings Graves for soldiers Graves for names nobody kept And farther down Past the oldest stone There are graves For gods [Verse 1: low clean vocal, sparse drums] Morvane showed me once A valley no mortal map could hold Black markers beneath dead stars Names carved deep in gold Some belonged to warriors Some to gods who died alone Some had temples once Now they have stone I walked between them quietly Reading centuries in dust And every name I recognized Made eternity feel small [Pre-Chorus: subtle rise] We call ourselves immortal Because most never live Long enough to watch us die [Chorus: huge, sorrowful melodic metalcore] EVERY GOD HAS A GRAVE Somewhere beneath the sky Some are carved in mountains Some are buried where stars died You can wear a crown forever You can make the heavens shake But one day even eternity HAS TO LEARN YOUR NAME Every god has a grave I just haven't found mine yet [Verse 2: restrained heavy guitars] I found Kaelor's brothers there Names he never speaks aloud A goddess who commanded storms Now sleeping under cloud One throne ended in a battlefield One faded with its faith One simply closed their eyes And never woke again No lightning split the heavens No choir screamed their name Just silence Funny I thought gods would leave differently [Pre-Chorus 2] Maybe death doesn't care What worship made us seem Maybe we're only difficult to kill Not impossible [Chorus] EVERY GOD HAS A GRAVE Somewhere beneath the sky Some are carved in mountains Some are buried where stars died You can wear a crown forever You can make the heavens shake But one day even eternity HAS TO LEARN YOUR NAME Every god has a grave I just haven't found mine yet [Bridge: clean guitar, piano, nearly whispered vocal] I used to fear dying Not because I wanted forever But because forever Was the only thing I understood Then I started wondering What if death isn't failure? What if a grave is only proof That something existed Long enough To be missed? [Pause] I don't know I'm still a god We hate not knowing things [Instrumental swell] [Verse 3: low clean vocal] I asked Morvane where mine was He looked at me and smiled Said: “Some graves wait patiently.” I asked if he had seen it He said: “Not yet.” [Pause] Not yet Those two words followed me home [Breakdown: slow, massive, mournful rather than furious] [Harsh vocal] NO GOD ESCAPES NO SUN BURNS CLEAN NO NAME OUTRUNS WHAT THE LAST DAY MEANS [Gang vocals] EVERY CROWN FALLS [Harsh vocal] EVERY FLAME DIES EVEN GODS END UP UNDER THE SKY [Gang vocals] EVERY GOD HAS A GRAVE [Harsh vocal] AND ONE DAY SO WILL I [Bridge 2: everything drops back] [Low clean vocal] Maybe someone will remember me Maybe they won't Maybe my name becomes scripture Maybe it becomes dust Maybe some stranger Walks past my stone And wonders Who I was [Soft choir] I think I'd be okay with that [Final Chorus: enormous, emotional] EVERY GOD HAS A GRAVE Somewhere beneath the sky Some beneath forgotten kingdoms Some where ancient oceans dried You can hold the sun inside you You can outlive every age But one day all that power Becomes a name Upon a grave EVERY GOD HAS A GRAVE And somewhere there is mine I don't know where I don't know when [Music swells] But for the first time I don't need to [Outro: wind through stone markers] [Low clean vocal] Not today [Pause] That's enough.
