[Intro]
(Instrumental Solo)
[Verse 1]
Far below the sunlit sky
Past misted falls and mouldering rinds
They crossed the threshold of the dark
Where mushroom spires scratch the void apart
Ancient zurkhwood, thick and tall
Pillars raised before the first stone wall
Guano crust on every stone
This forest breathed when time was young
[Verse 2]
Beroth watched the silent boughs
Zelprime traced the damp moss ground
Wizkim scouted through the gloom
Grog tasted danger on the fumes
Arius bore his hammer bright
Viper coiled for coming fight
Six souls descended down below
Where the living underforest grows
[Chorus]
In the Grove! In the Grove!
Where the giant mushrooms rose!
Roots awoke, and branches stirred
Ancient guardians were heard!
Steel and courage, spell and flame
They met the challenge unashamed!
Through the dark and through the wood
The Six stood fast where none else stood!
[Verse 3]
At the edge of shadowed ground
A crawler fed on duergar crown
Bones half buried in the loam
Where trees had struck the trespassers down
Rusted axes, javelins three
Marked all those who came before
None had ever passed this far
None had ever left this war
[Verse 4]
Deep within the fungal tide
Four watchers waited, petrified
No cry, no shout, no warning call
Only creaking bark as they stood tall
Then trunks uncoiled, and roots uncurled
The forest rose to cleanse its world
[Chorus]
In the Grove! In the Grove!
Where the giant mushrooms rose!
Roots awoke, and branches stirred
Ancient guardians were heard!
Steel and courage, spell and flame
They met the challenge unashamed!
Through the dark and through the wood
The Six stood fast where none else stood!
[Verse 5]
Viper struck with scaled raw force
Dodged the lashing branches course
Zelprime's arrows found the vein
Beroth burned the bark away
Wizkim slipped between the cracks
Daggers drinking black sap back
Arius called his holy fire
Grog roared and split a trunk entire
The cavern shook, the walls did groan
Ancient giants crashed to stone
[Final Chorus]
In the Grove! In the Grove!
Where the giant mushrooms rose!
Roots awoke, and branches stirred
But the heroes would not yield!
Steel and courage, spell and flame
Victory became their name!
Through the dark and through the wood
The Six stood fast where none else stood!
[Bridge]
When silence fell upon the cave
The last great guardian lay
The forest breathed a mournful sigh
And stillness settled from on high
The crawler fled, the threat had passed
The battle ended here at last
Druid gold and hidden brew
Beneath the moss their prize grew
[Outro]
And still the songs are sung down deep
Where Undermountain's shadows creep
"At Zurkhwood Grove they held their ground
Viper, Grog, Arius, Beroth, Wizkim, Zelprime
Even the wood itself could not break them down"