The Elder Wyrm (1 ver.)

Verse 1

Before the crowns were hammered down

Before the first flag met the sky

I coiled beneath the mountain stone

Where rivers learned to cry

My scales remember every age

The kingdoms rose and fell like sand

I held the earth inside my jaw

I shaped the sea with one demand

Pre-Chorus

You call me ancient terror

You call me cold and blind

But I was here before your name

Was whispered by mankind

Chorus

The Elder Wyrm awakens

I am thunder in the deep

I am the bone of every mountain

The hunger that you keep

The Elder Wyrm remembers

Every oath you swore to me

Come kneel before the primal

And set your spirit free

Verse 2

The walls you built will learn to bend

The towers bend and break like reeds

My patience is a river wide

That outlives all your deeds

You carved your laws in fragile stone

You named your gods with trembling tongue

But I have watched ten thousand moons

And I am never young

Pre-Chorus

You pray for easy endings

You beg the dark for grace

But I don't answer fervent prayers

I only hold the space

Chorus

The Elder Wyrm awakens

I am thunder in the deep

I am the bone of every mountain

The hunger that you keep

The Elder Wyrm remembers

Every oath you swore to me

Come kneel before the primal

And set your spirit free

Bridge

Not evil and not angel

Just older than the fire

The turning of the seasons

The weight of all desire

I am the first beginning

I am the last goodnight

I am the wound that keeps the world

From sleeping in the light

Chorus

The Elder Wyrm awakens

I am thunder in the deep

I am the bone of every mountain

The hunger that you keep

The Elder Wyrm remembers

Every oath you swore to me

Come kneel before the primal

And set your spirit free