[Intro]
Ink in the margin
Ash in the line
A secret was waiting
Inside of the rhyme

[Verse]
I found an elder’s parchment
Wrapped in wax and twine
The words were half remembered
The rest were not like mine
Between the common verses
Where tavern voices stray
There slept a second language
That would not fade away

[Pre-Chorus]
The first note marked the northern star
The fifth note named a gate
The final chord was not a chord
It whispered of a fate

[Chorus]
Runes beneath the verse
Fire under stone
Every song I carried
Was never mine alone
Runes beneath the verse
Truth inside the flame
The melody remembers
What history would not name

[Verse]
A shepherd’s drinking chorus
Became a road through snow
A lullaby my mother sang
Told me where to go
The tyrant burned the libraries
And buried every scroll
But he forgot the human heart
Can memorize a soul

[Pre-Chorus]
No chain can bind a melody
No blade can cut a sound
The lost king’s oath was waiting there
In every village round

[Chorus]
Runes beneath the verse
Fire under stone
Every song I carried
Was never mine alone
Runes beneath the verse
Truth inside the flame
The melody remembers
What history would not name

[Instrumental]
Ah-ah-ah, hidden in the harmony
Ah-ah-ah, written in the key
Ah-ah-ah, follow where the old songs lead
Ah-ah-ah, awaken me

[Bridge]
If my whole life was a message
If my road was drawn in song
Then who placed all these keys in me
And kept them safe so long

[Breakdown]
Sing low
Read deep
Trust none
Wake sleep
The verse will open wide

[Build-up]
One word for blood
One note for crown
One chord to bring the false king down
One voice alone may bend and break
But many voices make kingdoms shake

[Chorus]
Runes beneath the verse
Fire under stone
Every song I carried
Was never mine alone
Runes beneath the verse
Truth inside the flame
The melody remembers
What history would not name

[Chorus]
Runes beneath the verse
Thunder in my bones
Every road is turning
Toward the buried throne
Runes beneath the verse
Guide me through the shame
The melody remembers
And now I know its name

[Outro]
Ink in the margin
Ash in the line
The song had been waiting
For blood to read the sign