Horns and Halos of Hyrule

Intro

Mm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

He was small in the tall grass of Hyrule

Bokoblins howling past the fence line

Every shadow looked like a horned thing

He bit his knuckles till the morning came

Pre-Chorus

Mother said the dark was only dark

But the dark had teeth and watched him breathe

He ran and he ran and he ran

Chorus

Link, stay brave little soldier

Link, stay brave tonight

He learned the woods were cruel and cold

And he learned to hold on tight

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Hold on tight

Oh-oh

Verse 2

At fifteen he found a castle and a princess

Zelda with a lantern in the rain

She said I know your name already

And he never left her side again

Pre-Chorus

They shared a bed of worry and of maps

She braided back his hair before the storms

He stayed, he stayed, he stayed

Chorus

Link, stay brave little soldier

Link, stay brave tonight

The castle learned to keep him warm

And he learned to hold on tight

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Hold on tight

Oh-oh

Bridge

Then a whisper in a forest made of stone

A sword asleep inside a pedestal

He pulled

The blade knew his hand

He pulled

The sky turned gray and grim

Breakdown

Ganon rose

Ganon burned

Ganon fell

Ganon fell

Chorus

Link, stay brave little soldier

Link, stay brave tonight

He fought the beast for her and home

And he held on through the fight

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Hold on tight

Oh-oh

Outro

Zelda took his hand at last

Zelda said the war was through

Link who feared the horns as a boy

Wore a crown beside the queen

Instrumental

Verse 3

We thought the horns were buried with the beast

We thought the queen could sleep a peaceful sleep

But a shadow in the mirror learned to grow

And a spark fell down where no one dared to go

Pre-Chorus

An evil star climbed up above the fields

Majora wore a mask and wore a grin

It growled at him

(It growled at him)

It barked at every guard along the wall

(Along the wall)

And the Master Sword began to bend and call

Chorus

Link, stand and fight, our soldier

Link, stand and fight tonight

The blade grew tired in his hands

But he would not let go the light

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Hold the line

Oh-oh

Hold the line

Verse 4

The sword that slept for ages split in two

And the hero fell from out the broken blue

Down, down, down through the cold and whistling air

Down where nothing living ever says a prayer

Pre-Chorus

But the ground was not the ground he knew before

It was gloom, it was a mouth without a door

He fought, he fought, he fought

Chorus

Link, crawl back from the hollow

Link, breathe against the grave

The dark, it swallowed everything

But the boy refused to cave

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Breathe, boy, breathe

Oh-oh

Breathe, boy, breathe

Bridge

And the light inside his ribs began to hum

Folk songs of a village he came from

It grew and grew until he could not hold it in

The gloom went white and he went up with a boom

Guitar Solo

Breakdown

Fierce Deity

(Fierce Deity)

Eyes like winter moons

Teeth like iron plows

Paint across his face like war

And still the same heart beating underneath somehow

Chorus

Link, rise up, shining soldier

Link, rise up, terrible and true

The mask could make a monster out of men

But it never made a monster out of you

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Still the same

Oh-oh

Still the same

Verse 5

He walked back down the road toward the queen

Scary as a storm but soft as spring

Zelda touched the markings on his brow

And he turned back to the boy she married anyhow

Outro

So the tale goes on and on

A hero falls and a hero climbs

Bokoblins, masks, and broken swords

And a heart that held the line

The heart that held the line

Mm

Oh-oh