[Verse 1] He comes to night, or was it tonight? With coin in his palm and teeth too white. The Wanderer tricks, he trades, he lies, And sells you the same star twice in the skies. They say he once crowned a pauper king, And swapped the crown for a wedding ring. But the bride was smoke, the vows were flame, The guests all burned when the trick became… [Chorus] Oh Wanderer, oh Destroyer, one and the same, A laughing god with a tyrant’s name. The Chelari cheer, both sly and true, For both of his faces will dance with you. Two truths, two lies, two hearts, one flame The double-faced god whom none can tame. [Verse 2] He stole the sun and sold the dawn, He swore it was his all along. The sailors swore by the morning star But found their ships where no shores are. He comes to play, or was it to prey? The words all slip, but the debts all stay. A king once laughed at the Wanderer’s jest The Destroyer came and made war his guest. [Chorus] Oh Wanderer, oh Destroyer, one and the same, A laughing god with a tyrant’s name. The Chelari cheer, both sly and true, For both of his faces will dance with you. Two truths, two lies, two hearts, one flame The double-faced god whom none can tame. [Verse 3] They tell the tale of the city tall, Where laughter echoed in every hall. The Wanderer promised wine for free The wells ran red, but no grape, no tree. The folk all drank, their joy was grand, Till the Destroyer came with fire in hand. The stone now sings when the moon is high, And the drunks all dance though their throats are dry. [Chorus] Oh Wanderer, oh Destroyer, one and the same, A laughing god with a tyrant’s name. The Chelari cheer, both sly and true, For both of his faces will dance with you. Two truths, two lies, two hearts, one flame The double-faced god whom none can tame. [Bridge] He makes all the free falls sound like flight, He makes wrong feel right, or was it write? He breaks your chains and forges more, He opens every lockless door. Ask the Chelari, they’ll raise their glass: “The Wanderer first, the Destroyer last. But every smile hides a knife so sweet, And every welcome comes with heat.” [Final Chorus] Oh Wanderer, oh Destroyer, one and the same, A laughing god with a tyrant’s name. The Chelari cheer, both sly and true, For both of his faces will dance with you. Two truths, two lies, two hearts, one flame The double-faced god whom none can tame. [Outro] He comes to night… or perhaps to stay. You’ll never know, till he takes away. So praise the trick, and fear the fire For the Chelari god is both liar and pyre.
