The Mountain Will Sing

Lyrics

[Intro] From the ridge where the old stones stand, I rise with the mountain in my hands. [Verse 1] Black clouds gather over the pass, Red masks grin through the splintered ash. You shake your clubs, you bare your teeth— I hear the roots grind underneath. [Pre-Chorus] One step, the shale gives way, One breath, the peaks obey. [Chorus] Mountain rock, break the oni line! Crack their iron masks beneath the pines! Stone-born heart, let the valley ring— I bring the mountain down, and the mountain will sing! [Verse 2] You came for the shrine with your banners aflame, Now every boulder remembers your name. I shoulder the cliff; the high crags roll, A landslide answers the drums of the soul. [Pre-Chorus] One step, the shale gives way, One breath, the peaks obey. [Chorus] Mountain rock, break the oni line! Crack their iron masks beneath the pines! Stone-born heart, let the valley ring— I bring the mountain down, and the mountain will sing! [Bridge] Fiddle cries across the stone, I stand where the roots have grown. Oni, run—but the ridge has turned; The mountain wakes, and the old world burns! [Final Chorus] Mountain rock, break the oni line! Crack their iron masks beneath the pines! Stone-born heart, let the valley ring— I bring the mountain down, and the mountain will sing! [Outro] From the ridge where the old stones stand, The mountain rests in my open hand.