[Verse 1]
Once the world knew its place beneath our wings of flame
Cities trembled at our shadows, kingdoms bowed before our name
Fear was natural, fear was wisdom, fear kept mortals alive
Now I watch the world below me and I barely recognize
They don't scatter when we're coming
They don't pray for us to pass
They build engines, forge new weapons
Turn our future into ash
[Pre-Chorus]
Something's changing in the darkness
Something's broken in the chain
The hunters wear a human face
And dragons whisper names
[Chorus]
Children of Strongcastle
Turning heaven upside down
Kings of air and iron thunder
Hunting dragons from the clouds
Children of Strongcastle
Every victory feeds the fire
Now the monsters tell their stories
And the dragons speak in fear
Oh-oh-oh
How did prey become the hunter?
Oh-oh-oh
How did humans reach this high?
[Verse 2]
Richard and Mark command the heavens
Make the endless sky a grave
Every cloud becomes an ambush
Every storm a hidden blade
David builds impossible weapons
Dreams become reality
Invisible ships drift through the darkness
Stealing every certainty
Donna stands before our kind
With no trembling in her voice
Speaking not as lesser creature
But as one who has a choice
[Pre-Chorus]
And I hear the old ones murmuring
Ancient names we thought were dead
Every tale becomes a warning
Every nightmare fills with dread
[Chorus]
Children of Strongcastle
Turning heaven upside down
Kings of air and iron thunder
Hunting dragons from the clouds
Children of Strongcastle
Every victory feeds the fire
Now the monsters tell their stories
And the dragons speak in fear
[Bridge (Rap Section)]
Andrew walks with ancient shadows
Sword and man no longer two
Something old and something newborn
Something none of us can name
Young Richard builds tomorrow's weapons
Zack comes flying through the night
Drake's Bane shining in the darkness
Leaping farther than our sight
Amanda sees the hidden pathways
Rose-lit eyes that never fail
Every secret, every weakness
Every lie becomes a trail
Tell me where this ends
Tell me who can stop them now
Tell me why the mighty dragons
Fear the children of a house
[Final Chorus]
Children of Strongcastle
Burning through the age of scales
Every battle shifts the balance
Every legend tips the scales
Children of Strongcastle
Breaking what the world once knew
And for all my strength and fury
I can see the dreadful truth
Something must be done
Before the world belongs to them
Something must be done
Before they teach all men to fight
Something must be done
Before the dragons lose the sky
But when I dream of war
I see their faces in the fire
And for the first time in my life
I understand fear
[Outro (Whispered)]
The Children of Light returned...
Not from heaven...
From Strongcastle.---