[Intro]
Beneath the roots where the old world sleeps
Stone holds the vows that the darkness keeps
A thousand years in the hollow earth
Waiting for one forbidden birth
[Verse 1]
Immortal wings covered the buried sky
Black iron scales and a deathless eye
Their breath turned mountains into glass
Their names were laws no age could pass
Then under the stone, in a chamber sealed
A pulse like thunder began to reveal
A coal with a heart and a crown of red
A sun in the hands of the nearly dead
[Pre-Chorus]
We came with our fear, we came with our scars
We reached for the spark beneath the stars
[Chorus]
Raise the first flame, let the old gods fall
Carry its fire through the dragon hall
From the deepest dark to the highest throne
We take the fire and make it our own
The age of fire begins tonight
With mortal hands and a god-born light
[Verse 2]
The chosen stood where the red heat breathed
With ash on their faces and steel in their teeth
One blade rose high, one oath was sworn
The end of the endless night was born
The dragons woke and the caverns shook
Their ancient rage was an open book
But flame found scales that time could not scar
And death learned the shape of a falling star
[Pre-Chorus]
We came with our fear, we came with our scars
Now every wound is a map to the stars
[Chorus]
Raise the first flame, let the old gods fall
Carry its fire through the dragon hall
From the deepest dark to the highest throne
We take the fire and make it our own
The age of fire begins tonight
With mortal hands and a god-born light
[Bridge]
Not born as kings, not crowned by fate
We broke the lock on the oldest gate
The flame does not ask who deserves to reign
It burns through the weak and baptizes the brave
[Breakdown]
Wake the stone
Break the chain
Name the blood
Call the flame
[Instrumental]
[Final Chorus]
Raise the first flame, let the old gods fall
Hear the last thunder in the dragon hall
From the deepest dark to the highest throne
We take the fire and make it our own
The age of fire begins tonight
Mortal hands become divine
[Outro]
Far below, where the first spark shone
A new age rises from the buried stone