[[Intro] | rain | low cello | distant hoofbeats [female] The sky was bruised by morning By noon it split in two Cold rain on black leather Mud on every shoe [male] The north road turned to water The horses cursed the clay We searched the storm for shelter Before it washed us away [Verse 1] | playful duet [female] Can your ranger nose find cover Before we drown out here? [male] It’s getting everywhere And freezing my frontier [female] Left side of the bluff There’s a dark mouth in the stone [male] Could be shelter [female] Could be bones [male] Stay behind me [female] I’ll watch your flank [both] Into the rain Where the old stones sank [Pre-Chorus] | tension rising Not a cave, not a keep Just a watchtower scar Roof half gone But the walls held hard Mud on the floor Stone in the cold Then wood rang hollow Under secrets old [Chorus] | both | driving There’s a hidden road below Where the dead fires glow Down where the old stones know What the daylight never shows Rain above Dark below Hand in hand where the black veins flow We found more than shelter On the hidden road [Verse 2] | male lead Floor’s lying, Kit There’s a way down Iron ring buried In mud and brown I pulled till the old wood Groaned like a ghost Then the dark opened wide Where the tower sank most [female] Witchy light, then Violet and small I’ll keep it bright If you don’t fall [male] After me, then [female] Lead on, muscle [both] Down stone steps Through damp earth’s knuckles [Pre-Chorus] Too deep for a cellar Too old for the tower The rain became a whisper The dark grew power Broken crates Old barrels split A cave beneath the ruin With its own cold wit [Chorus] | both | bigger There’s a hidden road below Where the dead fires glow Down where the old stones know What the daylight never shows Rain above Dark below Hand in hand where the black veins flow We found more than shelter On the hidden road [Verse 3] | female lead | discovery By rotten wood Something caught light A bracelet sleeping In the wet black night No curse on the silver No cruel little spark Just warding magic Warm in the dark [male] Hold out your hand [female] What are you doing? [male] Making trouble prettier While the storm keeps brewing [female] The stones turned violet And breathed with me [male] Then the cave looked deeper Than shelter should be [Bridge] | intimate but ominous [female] Eyes on the dark, muscle [male] I was [female] The cave is watching [male] That too, because [both] Eight fires woke Around rust and bone And the wall at the end Was not wall, but stone [Verse 4] | tense | traps [male] The passage bent hidden By shadow and shape No spell on the doorway Just rock with a cape [female] Dwarvish work Too smooth, too old [male] Then I saw the holes Where the death darts slept cold [female] Pressure plates [male] Grooves in the floor [female] Step wrong once [male] You step no more [Pre-Chorus] | urgent One sword touched stone The wall gave a click A dart crossed the air With poison on its kiss [female] Friendly little hallway [male] Hospitality’s declined [both] We crossed one breath at a time With the dark close behind [Chorus] | both | pounding There’s a hidden road below Where the dead fires glow Down where the old stones know What the daylight never shows Rain above Death below One wrong step and the red winds blow We found more than shelter On the hidden road [Verse 5] | fast rhythm [male] Three steps, jump left Duck under the arch [female] Your plans are terrible [male] But they have heart [female] Darts flew behind us Blades kissed the air [male] I pulled you close [female] Rude, but fair [both] Then the corridor thundered And sealed with a roar And we fell into silence On the other side’s floor [Bridge 2] | vast reveal | low drums [female] Black iron walls Pillars in rows [male] A river beneath us Where old water flows [female] A bridge without railing A round sealed door [male] Runes at the edges And a hunger for more [both] My amulet answered Your bracelet burned The river started whispering Names it never learned [Final Chorus] | full power There’s a hidden road below Where the dead fires glow Down where the old stones know What the daylight never shows Rain above Fate below Violet light where the black waters flow We found more than shelter On the hidden road There’s a hidden road below And it opened its eye A door split bright Like a wound in the sky [Outro] | huge then fading | horn in distance [female] The world folded inward [male] The tower was gone [female] A city under stone [male] Empty, vast, withdrawn [both] Blue fire bridges Cold forges wide Wheels turning slowly With no hands inside [female] What happened here? [male] Then the horn replied [both] Low and ancient Awake in the mine [female] How do we get back To the horses, Thorn? [male] That’s your concern? [female] Someone has to [both] In the city under storm
