[Intro]
No drum was struck
No horn was blown
We stood like graves
Around the stone

[Verse]
The Silent Keep rose black and high
Above the wounded plain
Its towers wore the winter clouds
Its gates were cold with rain
The tyrant locked himself within
With gold and hired steel
But all the fields around his walls
Were filled with those who feel

[Pre-Chorus]
We did not shout, we did not charge
We let the silence grow
A kingdom holding in its breath
Before the final blow

[Chorus]
Siege of the Silent Keep
Where the stolen shadows sleep
No fear, no chains, no turning back
We are the storm before the crack
Siege of the Silent Keep
For the hungry and the weak
When the last forbidden chord is played
The tyrant’s night will break

[Verse]
The archers waited on the walls
The oil was boiling red
The ravens circled overhead
Like thoughts inside the dead
Caelwyn stood before the gate
No helm upon his brow
The royal lute against his heart
The only weapon now

[Pre-Chorus]
A thousand hands were trembling
A thousand eyes were bright
The song that started as a spark
Had brought us to the fight

[Chorus]
Siege of the Silent Keep
Where the stolen shadows sleep
No fear, no chains, no turning back
We are the storm before the crack
Siege of the Silent Keep
For the hungry and the weak
When the last forbidden chord is played
The tyrant’s night will break

[Instrumental]
Ooh, hold the line
Ooh, wait for the sign
Ooh, deep and steep
Siege of the Silent Keep

[Bridge]
The false king called from battlements
Your prince is just a song
A boy with strings and peasant dreams
Will not command for long
Caelwyn smiled through falling rain
And answered, You are right
I am no sword, I am no war
I am the voice you could not fight

[Breakdown]
Silence
Breathing
Thunder
Seething
Wait
Wait
Sing

[Build-up]
Then low at first, the mothers sang
Then deep beneath, the miners rang
Then high above, the children cried
For every truth the crown denied
The silence broke, the stone replied
The gates began to shake inside

[Chorus]
Siege of the Silent Keep
Where the stolen shadows sleep
No fear, no chains, no turning back
We are the storm before the crack
Siege of the Silent Keep
For the hungry and the weak
When the last forbidden chord is played
The tyrant’s night will break

[Chorus]
Siege of the Silent Keep
Wake the walls from iron sleep
No lord can cage the morning sun
No lie can stand when songs are one
Siege of the Silent Keep
For the hungry and the weak
When the last forbidden chord is played
The tyrant’s night will break

[Outro]
No drum was struck
No horn was blown
The people sang
And moved the stone