[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Through caverns scored by endless war The heroes marched through blood once more Past shattered stone and crimson rain Where drow and hobgoblin traded pain A guarded mouth of rock and bone Where good men came and never home Beneath the overhang of night A captain watched the coming light [Verse 2] Kliyuse Skull Cleaver stood his ground Hard as the stone that held him bound Eleven blades at his command Guarding the warlord's mountain land He studied every face they bore Then spoke the words they waited for [Chorus] Between the spiders and the steel Between the wounds that never heal The road to Azrok's Hold was won By those who faced what lay beyond Through darkness deep and caverns cold Past ancient wars and legends old The heroes walked the dangerous way Toward Stromkuhldur that day [Verse 3] "Past these halls lies goblin ground Warlord Azrok holds the crown If you would walk this mountain road You first will answer to his load" Two proud escorts fell in line And led them north through shadow mine [Verse 4] Six bugbears watched from crack and crevice Breath held still, and axes heavy They waited in the perfect dark For fools who wandered off the mark But when they saw the warlord's crest They melted back and let them pass Silent as the mountain's rest Ghosts that watch but never ask [Chorus] Between the spiders and the steel Between the wounds that never heal The road to Azrok's Hold was won By those who faced what lay beyond Through darkness deep and caverns cold Past ancient wars and legends old The heroes walked the dangerous way Toward Stromkuhldur that day [Verse 5] Further on they heard them shout Two goblins bickering out loud Dribblespit and little Zob Over loot they'd stolen wrong Each clutched half a purple worm Carved from stone and smooth and warm Neither would surrender half So both stood there with empty hands [Verse 6] None saw the horror drift above Dead thing that once had been a god Nerozar the Defeated hung Blind eye stalks slowly come undone Three gas spores swollen at his side Breathing rot into the tide And then the dead eye opened wide [Verse 7] Spores flew thick like poisoned rain Grog stood fast and took the pain Zelprime loosed each arrow true Wiskim faded from the view Arius struck with holy fire Broke the curse that would not tire Until the shadow fell apart And silence settled on the dark [Bridge] Round the next bend waited hunger Otyugh wallowed in the plunder Feasting on the battle dead Fed by those that passed ahead It lifted one foul milky eye Watched the company walk by Found no cause to break its meal And let them pass beneath its heel [Final Chorus] Between the spiders and the steel Between the wounds that never heal The road to Azrok's Hold was won By those who faced what lay beyond From Nerozar's unhallowed eye To bugbear watch and goblin cry They passed through every danger's gate Toward the war that shaped their fate And deeper still their path would wind Through Undermountain's endless night Where every cavern holds a tale Of those who triumphed — or who failed [Outro] (Instrumental Solo)