[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Past the roads of blood and worn stone They stumbled on the cave unknown A lair where shadow drew its breath And danger slept beneath the death Thick musk clung to the stagnant air Darkness grinned while no one dared Beneath their boots the cold floor bore The rusted coin of empires gone before [Verse 2] Piled high the hoard rose like a hill And there the guardian waited still Bone and flame and fur entwined The beast all bards had once maligned Three hearts beat beneath one hide Three minds watched the strangers stride No king had ever tamed this name The chimera of the spider dame [Chorus] Three heads watched with hungry eyes Beneath Undermountain's blackened skies Lion, dragon, goat as one A nightmare forged beneath no sun Guardian of the treasure mound Its growl rolled like thunder's sound The Spider Queen's fierce beast of war Defended T'rissa's hidden store [Verse 3] Lion lips pulled back to snarl Dragon lungs uncurled the charcoal Goat eyes never moved nor blinked Counting every breath they drank Grog clenched iron in his fist Beroth traced the wizard's list Zelprime read the monster's weight Wiskim faded past the gate Arius raised his holy hammer high No god would turn their face this night Each man stood and held their ground And waited for the first death sound [Verse 4] But no attack came tearing through The wisest heart first sees what's true This beast was not bred just to kill It was hungry, and it was still It did not hate the men who came It only knew its single name Guardian. Watcher. Keeper. Bound To never leave this earthen mound They laid down meat upon the stone They laid down silver they had owned Slowly the great head lowered down And fury softened into doubt [Interlude] (Instrumental Solo) [Chorus] Three heads watched with hungry eyes Beneath Undermountain's blackened skies Lion, dragon, goat as one A nightmare forged beneath no sun Guardian of the treasure mound Its growl rolled like thunder's sound Yet not all monsters crave a fight Some merely guard what they call right [Verse 5] No one told it she had died Two days prior far inside No messenger had climbed this far To say the Spider Queen was gone It did not know her crown had broke It only knew the oath it spoke So it would stay, and it would wait Until the world dissolved to fate Ten thousand copper glinted cold Two thousand silver, worn and old Six hundred electrum bright All slept beneath its watchful night [Bridge] No blade was drawn, no blood was shed No hero earned their glory dead When they turned to leave the lair No roar of chase came through the air Only one low rumbling call Not anger, not a threat at all Just the quiet sound of one Who knows that they are now alone [Final Chorus] Three heads watched with hungry eyes Beneath Undermountain's blackened skies Lion, dragon, goat as one A nightmare forged beneath no sun Faithful still to a dead queen's name It will guard until the stones decay While heroes wander ever on Toward deeper darkness yet to come [Outro] (Instrumental Solo)