Lyrics
The Ashen Covenant
01 Crown of the Hollow King
The towers stand hollow in the rain
A thousand prayers were cast into the sky
But none of them returned again
Once there were banners in the wind
And golden fires upon the hills
Now every road is lined with stone
And every dream lies cold and still
The bells no longer call the dawn
The faithful speak in whispered names
The stars above have turned away
As if ashamed of what became
And somewhere beyond the dying sun
A shadow spreads its wings
Bow before the Crown of the Hollow King
Hear the silence where the angels used to sing
Every kingdom falls beneath his hand
Every river turns to dust across the land
Yet beneath the ashes and the suffering
A spark survives beyond the endless sting
Though darkness reigns and hope grows thin
The light will rise again
The ancient forests burn in grey
Their roots exposed beneath the snow
The children learn forgotten songs
Of worlds they never got to know
The mountains watch with weary eyes
The oceans mourn the fading shore
The earth itself remembers peace
And waits to feel its touch once more
And deep beneath the ruined stone
A secret still remains
Bow before the Crown of the Hollow King
Hear the silence where the angels used to sing
Every kingdom falls beneath his hand
Every river turns to dust across the land
Yet beneath the ashes and the suffering
A spark survives beyond the endless sting
Though darkness reigns and hope grows thin
The light will rise again
If no one remembers
The promise of the dawn
Who will carry the fire
When every flame is gone?
Bow before the Crown of the Hollow King
Hear the silence where the angels used to sing
Every kingdom falls beneath his hand
Every river turns to dust across the land
But beneath the ashes and the suffering
The first light stirs beneath forgotten wings
And though the night has sealed us in
The Saints will rise again
The wind still carries ancient names
Across the darkened plain
And somewhere beyond the endless night
The light remains...
02 The Lanterns of Veer
Where silent rivers used to flow
A city sleeps beneath the dust
Guarding secrets no one knows
The banners faded long ago
The towers bow before the sky
Yet in the dark forgotten halls
The ancient embers never died
We walked among the shattered dreams
The echoes of a vanished age
Searching through the endless night
For words erased from history's page
And in the silence
Beyond the fear
A distant glow appeared
The Lanterns of Veer
Still burn against the night
Holding the fragments we see
Keeping ancient hopes alive
The Lanterns of Veer
Calling through all the years
Lighting paths the weak
Guiding hearts beyond their fears
Beneath the arches carved by time
We found the first forgotten flame
Its golden fire softly rose
As though it recognized our names
One by one the lights awoke
Like stars returning to the sky
And for the first time in an age
The darkness seemed to step aside
Could this be the promise
The prophets left behind?
A road beyond the shadows
A sign for those who seek to find
The Lanterns of Veer
Still burn against the night
Holding fragments of the free
Keeping ancient hopes alive
The Lanterns of Veer
Calling through the years
Lighting the paths of the weak
Guiding hearts beyond their fears
Seven flames
Seven voices
Seven stars beneath the rain
Seven lights
For the fallen
To remember once again
Though the world has lost its way
Though the heavens seem so far
Every lantern bears a spark
From where the saints now are
The Lanterns of Veer
Shine brighter than before
Like a beacon through the tears
Like a key to hidden doors
The Lanterns of Veer
Now carried in our hands
And the first light of tomorrow
Walks beside us through the lands
The city fades behind us
The road unfolds ahead
Seven lights beneath the stars
Leading where the saints once tread
03 Where the Saints Still Sleep
Beyond the rain
A forgotten light
Still calls our name
We crossed the halls of silent years
Where dust had buried hopes and fears
Seven lanterns lit the way
Through the shadows cold and grey
Every stone beneath our feet
Held a promise time could keep
Every whisper seemed to lead
Where the Saints still sleep
Every flame
Burning bright
Leading through
The longest night
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Hope is never gone
Waiting for the hearts
Who choose to carry on
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Light begins to grow
From the deepest silence
Life begins to flow
No crown was forged of silver gold
No legend carved for all to know
Only souls who chose to stand
When darkness claimed the land
Every lantern burned anew
Every prayer became the truth
In the silence we could hear
Why they brought us here
Every soul
Leaves a flame
Every fire
Speaks our name
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Hope is never gone
Waiting for the hearts
Who choose to carry on
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Light begins to grow
From the deepest silence
Life begins to flow
The road is long
The sky is wide
But now we know
The light survives
Where the Saints Still Sleep
We are not alone
Every light before us
Guides us safely home
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Morning waits ahead
Every flame remembered
Every fear now dead
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Where the Saints Still Sleep...
04 Ashes Upon the Silver Road
Across a land forgotten still
The wind remembers every name
The silence echoes through the hills
We walked beyond the cathedral gates
Where ancient shadows fade away
The lanterns glowing in our hands
Like fragments of a better day
The roads were worn by countless feet
Whose stories vanished with the rain
Yet somehow in the quiet light
Their hopes remained
And though the world has changed
Beyond what we once knew
The sky still holds a place
For dreams to wander through
Ashes upon the Silver Road
Carried by the morning wind
Yesterday may lie behind us
But tomorrow waits ahead
Ashes upon the Silver Road
Beneath the slowly brightening sky
And though the night was long and cold
We still believe the light survives
The rivers whispered through the stone
The mountains watched us from afar
And every village left behind
Still carried traces of the stars
The earth was wounded but alive
Its heartbeat hidden deep below
And every mile became a prayer
Upon the road
The darkness may remain
For longer than we know
But every step we take
Becomes a seed we sow
Ashes upon the Silver Road
Carried by the morning wind
Yesterday may lie behind us
But tomorrow waits ahead
Ashes upon the Silver Road
Beneath the slowly brightening sky
And though the night was long and cold
We still believe the light survives
No banners fly above us
No glory calls our names
Only distant horizons
And the lanterns' gentle flame
Perhaps that's how redemption starts
Not with thunder
Ashes upon the Silver Road
Now dancing in the evening light
Every step a little closer
To the ending of the night
Ashes upon the Silver Road
The future shining faint but clear
And though we cannot see the dawn
We know it's drawing near
The road continues onward
Beyond what we can see
And somewhere in the distance
Awaits our destiny
05 Keepers of the Flame (feat. Nixa)
The night grows long
But still we carry on
The wind erased our weary trail
The stars were hidden by the rain
Every mile became a test
Of every promise we had made
The lanterns trembled in our hands
Their light was fading with the storm
Yet something deep within remained
A fire still burning warm
When hope is hard to find
When faith begins to fade
Hold on to what we know
We are the Keepers of the Flame
When every sky is filled with rain
Through the darkness
Through the pain
Still we carry on
We are the Keepers of the Flame
Though nothing may remain the same
Side by side
We stand again
Till the morning comes
The road ahead is hard to see
But every dawn begins unseen
The strongest light I've ever known
Was born where night had always been
So lift your eyes beyond the clouds
The stars are waiting patiently
No storm can hide them forever
They're where they're meant to be
Every step we take
Every dream we save
Brings us closer home
We are the Keepers of the Flame
When every sky is filled with rain
Through the darkness
Through the pain
Still we carry on
We are the Keepers of the Flame
Though nothing may remain the same
Side by side
We stand again
Till the morning comes
If this is all we're given
Then let it shine tonight
If this becomes our ending
We'll face it with the light
No fear can take away
The fire we became
We are the Keepers of the Flame
The fire never fades away
Through the silence
Through the rain
Still we carry on
We are the Keepers of the Flame
The dawn is calling out our names
Hand in hand
We face the day
Till the journey's done
Carry the flame
Carry the flame
Carry the flame..
06 The Last Fire Tonight
A memory in the rain
A photograph of forever
Calling out my name
The city sleeps beneath a silver sky
Broken dreams and midnight alibis
I see your shadow dancing in the flame
Some things are lost, but never fade away
The roads we took are written in the stars
Every scar a map of who we are
The years may steal the moments from our eyes
But they can never say goodbye
When the world falls silent
And the darkness takes control
There's a voice inside me
Still fighting through the cold
We're the last fire tonight
Burning through the endless dark
Holding on when heaven falls
With the ashes in our hearts
We're the last fire tonight
A flame they can't erase
Even when the stars have died
We'll leave behind our blaze
The morning comes like thunder after rain
A new beginning born from all the pain
Every tear became a battle cry
Every ending taught us how to fly
Your name remains like writing on the stone
A distant light that leads me safely home
Through every storm that tried to break our souls
We found the strength to let it go
Let the oceans rise
Let the mountains fall
If the night comes for us
We will outshine it all
We're the last fire tonight
Rising from the broken ground
When the world forgets our names
We'll be the everlasting sound
We're the last fire tonight
No shadow can remain
From the ruins of yesterday
We'll set the sky aflame
And when the silence finds me
And all the stars are gone
I'll hear your heart beside me
Like a never-ending song
07 The Weeping Sky
The stars appear
The final hour
Is drawing near
The mountain keeps its silent watch
The rivers lose their song
The lanterns burn with steady flame
They've known this all along
The shadows gather at our feet
The night begins to rise
Yet hope still lives within the light
Reflected in our eyes
No fear remains
No turning back
The flame endures
Against the black
Under the Weeping Sky
We stand as one tonight
With every lantern shining
Against the endless night
Under the Weeping Sky
No soul walks alone
The light we choose to carry
Becomes our journey home
The ancient stones remember all
The vows that still remain
Each heartbeat echoes through the halls
Like thunder after rain
The Hollow King may call our names
His voice rides on the wind
But every step we take in faith
Brings morning closer in
One last climb
One last flame
Every soul
Calls our name
Under the Weeping Sky
We stand as one tonight
With every lantern shining
Against the endless night
Under the Weeping Sky
No soul walks alone
The light we choose to carry
Becomes our journey home
If darkness claims the highest stars
We'll still ignite the dawn
No crown defines the heart we bear
The flame is what lives on
Under the Weeping Sky
The dawn begins to rise
The stars become our witnesses
As fear is left behind
Under the Weeping Sky
Our voices still remain
The light will lead us onward
Again and again
The lanterns day
The morning calls
08 The Seventh Star Ascending
For signs forgotten long ago
Now every lantern shines as one
And calls us where we need to go
The night was silent on the plains
The heavens clear above our heads
Then suddenly a silver light
Appeared where ancient prophets said
The stars aligned across the dark
Like rivers flowing through the sky
And one by one their distant fires
Reflected in our eyes
The world stood still
The wind grew calm
As destiny arrived
The Seventh Star Ascending
Across the endless night
A beacon for the broken
A promise made of light
The Seventh Star Ascending
Its fire shining far
And every heart remembered
Who we truly are
The lanterns burned with golden flame
More brightly than they'd ever known
The shadows trembled at their glow
As if afraid to stand alone
The mountains echoed with a song
No living soul had heard before
A melody from ages past
Returning once more
And in that moment
All our fears
Began to fade away
The Seventh Star Ascending
Across the endless night
A beacon for the broken
A promise made of light
The Seventh Star Ascending
Its fire shining far
And every heart remembered
Who we truly are
No throne awaits the faithful
No crown awaits the brave
Only the chance to carry hope
Beyond the fear we face
And as the heavens opened
The truth became so clear
The light we sought throughout the world
Had always lived right here
The Seventh Star Ascending
Now brighter than before
Its light reaching every kingdom
Every mountain, every shore
The Seventh Star Ascending
The dawn within our hearts
And from the ashes of the old world
A new age finally starts
The star remains above us
Shining through the dark
And every lantern carries
A piece of its eternal spark
09 The Gates of Evernight
Guarding the throne of endless fear
Tonight they fall
The storm has carved our weary souls
Through frozen nights and broken roads
Every promise, every scar
Has brought us where we are
No fear remains
No doubt survives
Only the fire inside
The Gates of Evernight
Are breaking in the flame
The Hollow King is falling
Nothing stays the same
The Gates of Evernight
No shadow rules again
Tonight the light remembers
The world we fought to save
The sky begins to breathe again
The stars reclaim the night
The chains that bound the earth for years
Are shattered by the light
Every lantern burns as one
Their purpose now complete
The darkness bows before the dawn
Defeat has tasted defeat
No throne can stand forever
No tyrant owns the sky
Every empire built on fear
Will one day surely die
The Gates of Evernight
Lie silent in the rain
The world begins to awaken
To live again
The Gates of Evernight
Now only memories remain
And every soul can finally
Speak the light again
The dawn is calling
The road is free
No king remains
Only eternity
10 Dawn Over Emberfall
The east ignites
The world awakens
To the light
The rivers find their ancient course
The forests breathe again
The morning paints the broken earth
With colors born from flame
The towers wear the golden dawn
Where darkness used to reign
The wind now carries songs of hope
Across the open plains
The long night ends
The silence breaks
A new world waits
For us to make
Dawn over Emberfall
The morning finally comes
The shadows lose their kingdom
To the rising sun
Dawn over Emberfall
A new age now begins
The light we chose to carry
Lives in every wind
No crown remains to claim the day
No throne survives the storm
The hands that once defended hope
Now help the world transform
The lanterns rest beside the road
Their purpose now fulfilled
Yet every heart they once inspired
Still burns with quiet will
No fear remains
No chains survive
The flame endures
Inside our lives
Dawn over Emberfall
The morning finally comes
The shadows lose their kingdom
To the rising sun
Dawn over Emberfall
A new age now begins
The light we chose to carry
Lives in every wind
No tale is ever truly done
While hope still walks the land
The greatest gift we leave behind
Is placed in other hands
Dawn over Emberfall
The sky is clear at last
The echoes of the Hollow King
Are fading with the past
Dawn over Emberfall
The lanterns still will shine
For every soul who dares to keep
The everlasting light
The road goes on
Beyond our sight
We leave the dawn
We leave the light
11 Bonus Track (Where the Saints still Sleep Duet) (feat. Nixa)
Beneath the years
A whisper still remains
Broken arches touch the sky
Silent echoes never die
Every step we dared to keep
Led us where the saints still sleep
Seven lanterns
One by one
Filled the darkness
With the sun
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Hope is buried deep
Waiting for the faithful
Promises to keep
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Heaven softly weeps
Lighting every soul
Where the Saints Still Sleep
No golden throne
No victor's name
Only hearts
Consumed by flame
Every stone began to shine
As if their light became our guide
Every whisper
Every prayer
Still alive
Still waiting there
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Hope is buried deep
Waiting for the faithful
Promises to keep
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Heaven softly weeps
Lighting every soul
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Not by crowns
Not by fame
Not by glory
Not by name
Only those
Who choose the light
Can overcome
The endless night
Where the Saints Still Sleep
No dream is ever lost
Every flame remembered
No matter what the cost
Where the Saints Still Sleep
The dawn begins to rise
We left as weary travelers
We returned with opened eyes
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Where the Saints Still Sleep
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
12 Bonus Track (Keepers of the Flame Concept duet recording) (feat. Nixa)
The lanterns dim against the storm
And for the first time since we left
The Iron Cathedral
We questioned everything
The mountains seemed impossible
The sky refused to break
Each mile became a heavier chain
Each promise harder to embrace
The silence filled the spaces
Where certainty had lived before
And every shadow whispered
Turn back
How far can hope survive
When every answer disappears?
How long can faith endure
Against a thousand years?
We are the Keepers of the Flame
Though the night may call our names
Though the wind may tear our banners
Though the rain may hide the stars
We are the Keepers of the Flame
And we will carry it on
The roads grew darker every day
The lanterns weaker in our hands
The world we swore to save Seemed further than we'd ever planned
Some spoke of turning home again
Some bowed beneath the weight
And in their eyes
I saw the edge of fate
Beyond the storm
Beyond the fear
The dawn remains
The dawn is near
Though weary hearts
May lose their way
The light still lives
Beyond the grey
If no one remembers
Why we began
Who will carry the morning
Back into the land?
If every road before us
Leads into the night
Then let us become
The light
Ahhh
Ohhh
We are the Keepers of the Flame
Though the night may call our names
Though the wind may tear our banners
Though the rain may hide the stars
We are the Keepers of the Flame
The guardians of the dawn
And if the heavens should fall silent
We will carry on
The flame remains
The flame remains
The flame remains
Ahhhhhhhhh
Ohhhhhhhhh
13 Bonus Track (When Stone Angels Wept duet) (feat. Nixa)
Before the stars forgot their names
We stood beneath a brighter sky
And watched the world in grace
We came through valleys filled with ghosts
Across the ashes of the years
Following lights we barely understood
Carrying hope through fear
I watched your journey from afar
Through every sorrow, every flame
The lanterns carried in your hands
Have called the angels once again
If all we've known is fading
Then listen to the light
How do we heal a broken world?
By keeping dreams alive
When stone angels wept
The heavens opened wide
And every tear became a river
Flowing through the night
When stone angels wept
The stars began to sing
And all the hopes we thought were lost
Returned on silver wings
The statues stood for countless years
Unmoving in the rain and cold
Yet now their eyes reflected life
And stories long untold
For every soul who chose the light
Though darkness claimed the world above
Their names were written in the sky
In letters made of love
Can we become the answer?
The answer lives in you
Can we survive the shadows?
The dawn is breaking through
When stone angels wept
The heavens opened wide
And every tear became a river
Flowing through the night
When stone angels wept
The stars began to sing
And all the hopes we thought were lost
Returned on silver wings
No crown can make a saint
No prophecy alone
The greatest light is carried
By hearts that still come home
Then let these lanterns guide us
Though every road may bend
For every night must one day break
And every wound can mend
When stone angels wept
The darkness lost its hold
And every tear became a diamond
Brighter than gold
When stone angels wept
The future came in sight
And from the ruins of the old world
We carried forth the light
Remember what was lost
Remember what remains
For even stone can learn to cry
And heal the world again
14 Bonus Track (The Gates of Evernight Angelical recording) (feat. Nixa)
Beyond the stars
We found the place
Where all shadows are born
The Gates of Evernight
The sky was neither black nor blue
The air itself refused to move
No river flowed
No bird would sing
Only silence
And the Hollow King's domain
Before us stood the ancient gates
Forged before the dawn of time
Waiting
Watching
Remembering
And all the roads that led us here
All the wounds we carried through the years
Suddenly felt small
Against the endless dark
Ahhhh
Ahhhh
Ahhhhhhhhh
The stars remember
The stars remember
Though night may claim the weary heart
Though fear may blind the wandering soul
No darkness born beneath the sky
Can overcome eternal light
Aahhhh
Ohhhhh
We did not come for glory
We did not come for crowns
We came to carry morning
Into a world of endless night
Ahhhhh..The light remains
The light remains
Ohhhhh.. Light
Ohhhhh.. Light
Ohhhhh..