[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Salt crusts Haida Gwaii’s shore, they cut the mountain’s spine Six warriors fled the red surf’s roar to trace a peaceful line Through Rockies’ dust and plains’ sharp breath where iron winds do blow To Shenandoah’s emerald breast, the hush of Stein-Hollow They traded harpoon scars for wheat’s thick, honeyed scent And laid their war-worn armor down at Great Bear’s ancient tent [Verse 2] Young Lukas tilled the clover rows, bees hummed his quiet song A farmer’s hands, a farmer’s soul, where honest toil belongs But a frequency screamed raw and bright, a siren in his skull As the sky bled crimson, swallowed sun, and wrapped the world in wool The "sleep" inside him splintered, the call began to swell The Weaver chose her fated mate to break the silence’ spell [Verse 3] Cider poured like molten amber, fiddles sawed the sky Harvest King was crowned beneath the bruise of purple night Bjarne raised the iron cup, spoke words of olden time Earth and stone thrummmed low and deep, drowned out the crowd’s loud chime Lukas stepped into the Grotto, power sang in his veins The farmer shed his gentle skin, cast off the plow’s dull reins [Verse 4] At the festival’s fever pitch, the mating bond took hold She wrapped him in her spirit-light, turned his iron heart to gold No longer just a woman, she claimed the ancient form A Great Bear rising in the dark to ride the coming storm Crowned in woven starlight, gaze of frozen, burning fire She tuned the Song of Ages like a master with a lyre [Chorus] Oh, the Song is in the marrow, the hook is in the soul From Deep Creek’s waters where the heavy thunders roll Through the unnatural twilight, the Weaver makes her stand With a Wolf, a Bear, a Puma’s heart to guard this hollowed land [Verse 5] Shadows tore the treeline open, shrieked in oily black Valthrax sent his obsidian horde to lead the first attack Marshall’s cadets took wing on high, a storm of silvered lead Maighan wove a shield of light above the Grizzly’s head Lukas roared like splitting thunder, Stein-Hollow cracked in two Haida blades bit shadow-flesh, cut through the dark’s cold ruse [Verse 6] Down into the Dragon’s lair where frost clings to the bone We hunted for the Master in his sanctuary of stone Where serpent spawn crawl through the dark, ichor dripping from their jaws The Bear became a mountain, the Weaver became the walls Through the darkness and the rot, we broke the ancient seal Taught the Lord of Shadows how a mortal blade can feel [Bridge] Triple Anchor holding, Grotto’s magic deep Weaver and the Grizzly Bear have woken from their sleep Blood hums in the furrows, fire blazes in the sky We’ll hold the Shenandoah ‘til the shadows finally die [Interlude] (Instrumental Solo) [Chorus] Oh, the Song is in the marrow, the hook is in the soul From Deep Creek’s waters where the heavy thunders roll Through the unnatural twilight, the Weaver makes her stand With a Wolf, a Bear, a Puma’s heart to guard this hollowed land [Outro] The Wolf is at the door The Bear is on the ridge The Song of the Shenandoah Will sleep no more