They Could Not Chain Her Name

Prologue — distant choir / soft piano

In ancient Ethiopia, beneath a golden sun

A daughter of the kingdom lived beneath the stars

Andromeda, gentle-hearted, loved by everyone

A soul too bright for the darkness soon to come

Verse 1

Her mother, Cassiopeia, praised her beauty every day

"My daughter shines more brightly than the Nereids in the waves"

The words crossed distant kingdoms, carried on the wind

From Ethiopia to the sea, where Poseidon heard of it

"What? How dare they speak this way?

To shame the daughters of the sea?

They praise a mortal over mine?

Then let the ocean answer them tonight."

Pre-Chorus

The waters rose

The heavens cried

Cetus came from the deep

And terror filled the countryside

Chorus

Run from the monster

Hide from the tide

Cetus is coming

With the ocean on his side

A kingdom trembling

A people afraid

They sought an oracle

And paid the price she never made

Andromeda...

Andromeda Rocks

Verse 2

She was not cruel, she was not proud

She never asked to wear the crown

She loved her people, loved her home

Yet fate would leave her all alone

The oracle spoke of sacrifice

To calm the anger of the sea

And so they took their innocent daughter

To the ancient shore of Jaffa's sea

They chained her to the rock

Beneath the fading light

A daughter of Ethiopia

Abandoned to the night

Pre-Chorus

She heard the waves

She felt the stone

She faced the dark alone

But even in her deepest fear

Her heart refused to disappear

Chorus

Run from the monster

Hide from the tide

Cetus is coming

With the ocean on his side

A kingdom trembling

A daughter betrayed

She bore the punishment

For words she never said

Andromeda...

Andromeda Rocks

Instrumental — soaring guitar / orchestral build

Bridge — quiet female vocal

I never claimed their crown of beauty

I never asked the gods for war

If loving me became their weakness

Why must I pay for what they swore?

From Ethiopia to the shoreline

My name became a warning cry

But I will not become their victim

I will not let my spirit die

Build — drums rising

Let the waves come

Let the heavens burn

Let the ancient story turn

I am more

Than what they see

I am not their sacrifice

I am me

Final Chorus — full metal band

Cetus is rising

The black sea roars

Andromeda waits

Upon the ancient shores

But through the darkness

A new light breaks

Across the heavens

A destiny awakes

From Ethiopia

To the stars above

Her story will survive

Beyond the sea, beyond the gods

Andromeda...

Andromeda Rocks

Outro — choir / fading guitar

They chained her to a stone

But they could not chain her name

Andromeda Rocks...

Andromeda remains.