[Intro] Beneath the city streets Deeper than the sewers run Deeper than the forgotten dead Something still watches on [Verse 1] Down where damp stone breathes the cold Through tunnels carved by fear and woe Six shadows crept where no light fell Where even echoes died and dwelled Torches trembled on the walls Coated in violet pulsing slime Every breath grew thick and tall Weighted down by stolen time [Verse 2] Scratched runes bleed into the rock Of experiments no name can lock Flesh laid bare beneath the knife To feed an ancient rabid life Beneath a rug rot ate away A trapdoor groaned on rusted hinge Like some great buried jaw astray Slowly opening beneath them [Verse 3] They descended one by one Into the dark that time outran Weapons drawn, each nerve pulled tight Each step woke something blind and quiet Viper moved without a sound Black scales swallowed every shadow Breath as steady as the ground Predator before the arrow [Pre-Chorus] Not a whisper Not a sound Only the dungeon Breathing now [Chorus] Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths Eyes awaken through the pain Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths Flesh becomes the watcher again And somewhere in the endless dark below Xanathar still sees it all [Verse 4] Practiced fingers found the lock Stone lid cracked without a knock Green mist poured out cold as grave Slid through scales like poison wave Ranger screamed but far too late Sickness coiled around his spine Something old and full of hate Woke inside the dragonborn [Verse 5] Hours bled into the dark Viper trembled, hard and stark Veins burned white beneath his hide Something fought to get outside Joints swelled red, skin split and tore Cleric prayed with broken breath Every hero stood still and raw As golden eyes opened in his flesh [Chorus] Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths Eyes awaken through the pain Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths Madness crawls toward the heart again And every blink within the crushing dark Is Xanathar’s endless hunger [Verse 6] He saw a thousand sunken halls Oceans made of floating eyes Dead cities drowned in spore and gall Gods that never learned to die The eyes whispered through his bones In a tongue no tongue can name Eating sanity like flame While the dungeon beat its heart [Bridge] “If those eyes reach his heart” Beroth breathed, white as death “There will be nothing left of Viper Just a tyrant made of eyes” No one spoke. No one breathed. They all understood at last They had not come here to kill a monster. They had come here to save their friend. [Verse 7] Circle closed around their own Cleric prayed, rogue held his blade Fighter dared the dark alone Ranger watched the shadows fade Beroth traced the glowing runes Across the dust and broken stone While Viper screamed and tore the room And the walls beat like a bone [Final Chorus] Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths The eyes weep black and bitter tears Oh… within the Gaze of the Depths Light burns away the ancient fear One by one within the crushing silence The watching eyes decay to dust [Verse 8] They withered like frostbitten fruit Pupils dimmed and turned to ash Fell like dead leaves on the stone And at last the screaming passed Viper collapsed, breath ragged thin No trace remained of that strange gaze Only six friends, alive again And the dark that still watches always [Outro] (Instrumental Solo)