[Intro]
A tune in the tavern
A line in the rain
A word that was hidden
Returns once again

[Verse]
The old man sang with a cracked old voice
Of rivers running red
Of seven bells and a willow gate
Where royal children fled
I knew the song from market squares
From winter roads and wine
But never heard the secret turn
Inside the seventh line

[Pre-Chorus]
The rhyme was not a rhyme at all
The verse was not a dream
It pointed past the northern wall
Beyond the moonlit stream

[Chorus]
There is a map beneath the melody
A road inside the rhyme
A crown concealed in harmony
That waited out of time
Sing every word and follow me
Through shadow, stone, and flame
There is a map beneath the melody
And truth within the name

[Verse]
I wrote the words by candle smoke
On parchment old and torn
The blackbird meant the western pass
The rose meant bloodline born
The golden harp, the broken tower
The child beneath the stair
Each image was a lock of song
And I had found the prayer

[Pre-Chorus]
The tavern laughed, the thunder rolled
The fire turned to blue
And every ancient tale I told
Began to sound too true

[Chorus]
There is a map beneath the melody
A road inside the rhyme
A crown concealed in harmony
That waited out of time
Sing every word and follow me
Through shadow, stone, and flame
There is a map beneath the melody
And truth within the name

[Interlude]
North by sorrow
East by pain
West through fire
South through rain
Find the stone where ravens call
Read the shadow on the wall

[Solo]
Strings like arrows
Drums like hooves
Every note becomes a move
Guitars are racing through the night
Toward the hidden line of light

[Bridge]
What if every song I carried
Was a witness in disguise
What if every myth they buried
Was a mirror for my eyes
What if I was not a singer
But the lock and key combined
What if all the kingdom’s hunger
Had been written in my mind

[Breakdown]
Line by line
Name by name
Ash to ash
Flame to flame

[Build-up]
Turn the verse and find the way
Sing it loud before the day
Turn the verse and find the way
Let the hidden road obey

[Chorus]
There is a map beneath the melody
A road inside the rhyme
A crown concealed in harmony
That waited out of time
Sing every word and follow me
Through shadow, stone, and flame
There is a map beneath the melody
And truth within the name

[Chorus]
There is a map beneath the melody
A secret made of sound
A trail of royal memory
Where broken hearts are bound
Sing every word and follow me
No fear shall be the same
There is a map beneath the melody
And truth within the name

[Outro]
A tune in the tavern
A line in the rain
The song was a doorway
And I heard my name