[Verse 1]
Cave Creek slept in the mountain’s shade
Where ironwood bends and red dust swayed
Watchfires burned on the canyon rim
Men swore no beast would be walking in
In the yard by the smith where the hammers rang
Sat the Baywhar Babe with a broken fang
Stormcastle’s ship with her wings laid bare
While the townfolk worked on her wounded air.
[Chorus]
Hold the line for Cave Creek tonight
Blades in the firelight, hearts in the fight
But something dark was waiting to wake
Deep in the blood the Gnar wizard takes
When the bells all rang and the gates swung wide
That’s when the truth cut deep inside
The beasts weren’t breaking the walls that day…
The enemy rose from the souls we saved.
[Verse 2]
Stormcastle’s children took the wall
Where the canyon wind begins to call
Steel in hand and powder bright
Driving the Gnar from the stones that night
Wyverns screamed and arrows flew
Every beast that came they slew
Cave Creek roared like a lion’s den
With Strongcastle steel among its men.
[Chorus]
Hold the line for Cave Creek tonight
Blades in the firelight, hearts in the fight
But something dark was waiting to wake
Deep in the blood the Gnar wizard takes
When the bells all rang and the gates swung wide
That’s when the truth cut deep inside
The beasts weren’t breaking the walls that day…
The enemy rose from the souls we saved.
[Verse 3]
Then through the smoke on the shattered plain
Came a wizard walking among the slain
One empty sleeve where his hand had been
And a cold slow smile on his crooked grin
He raised that arm to the burning sky
Whispered words no man should cry
And captains turned with hollow eyes
Friends stood still like puppets tied.
[Bridge]
The Gnar he planted long ago
Woke like worms in the skull below
Councilmen and captains brave
Felt their thoughts begin to cave
Chains were dropped and the gate swung wide
And the mountain roared with a crawling tide.
[Final Chorus]
Hold the line for Cave Creek tonight
But the walls were drowning in claw and bite
Too many beasts and the towers fell
Under the Gnar wizard’s broken spell
Down in the yard through sparks and flame
They ran for the wounded Baywhar Babe
With half-made wings and a coughing roar
She clawed for the sky from the canyon floor.
[Chorus]
Rise up now, you broken dame
Fly, old girl, Baywhar Babe
Gnar claws climbing the canyon side
Smoke and fire in the midnight sky
Stormcastle blood at the wheel that day
Dragging the wounded souls away
Barely clearing the mountain’s keep…
While Cave Creek burned in the valley deep.
[Outro]
Now canyon winds through the ruins moan
Past shattered gate and blackened stone
And riders swear when the dusk runs deep
You can hear lost bells of Cave Creek weep
For a town that fought till its final breath…
Till the Gnar turned honor itself to death.
ElCeviche
