[Intro]
Welcome, welcome, sit and sing
At the feast of the hollow king

[Verse]
The hall was dressed in velvet mold
With plates of dust and cups of gold
The candles burned with frozen flame
And every chair knew every name

[Pre-Chorus]
A crown without a face looked down
A smile was carved beneath the crown
He raised no hand, yet the music began

[Chorus]
Feast for the hollow king
Bring him the oath and the song you sing
He drinks the tale, he eats the name
He leaves you dancing without a flame
Feast for the hollow king
Empty bells in the darkness ring

[Verse]
The bard felt her verses leaving her tongue
The dwarf felt his battles becoming unsung
The mage felt her childhood pulled out by the thread
The thief saw his mother and followed her dead

[Pre-Chorus]
The paladin shouted, Remember your scars
Remember the rain and the map and the stars
For memory’s blade is the first blade we draw

[Chorus]
Feast for the hollow king
Bring him the oath and the song you sing
He drinks the tale, he eats the name
He leaves you dancing without a flame
Feast for the hollow king
Empty bells in the darkness ring

[Solo]
Fiddle screams over iron strings
Drums like bones and broken wings

[Bridge]
He said, I was sealed by your fathers below
But hunger is patient and kingdoms are slow
Give me one story, one secret, one friend
And I will unmake every world at the end

[Breakdown]
No
You get no name
No
You get no flame
No
You get no song
We remember who we are

[Chorus]
Feast for the hollow king
Bring him the oath and the song you sing
He drinks the tale, he eats the name
He leaves you dancing without a flame
Feast for the hollow king
Empty bells in the darkness ring

[Outro]
Welcome, welcome, sit and sing
But starve the feast of the hollow king