Stone Sleep Ark

Lyrics

Verse 1
I was the guardian of the Dragon Orb
Captain of the Ark of Dragons
We crossed the seas and burning sand
With scaled backs shining in my shadow

I knew their names by breath and roar
They knew my step on the iron deck
We traced the world in ash and gold
Till my bones grew tired of the miles

Pre-Chorus
Then age came slow like winter
And my hands went still on the rail
The wind kept calling my old name
But my eyes were losing the trail

Chorus
Stone sleep, stone sleep
My dragons fell to stone sleep
Stone sleep, stone sleep
The hatchling still can wake it

Verse 2
I passed away beneath the moon
With all my dragons abroad with me
One by one they turned to stone
Silent as statues in the dark

Except for one small hatchling
That slipped the Ark and broke the chain
It fled with a spark in its throat
And vanished past the blackened rain

Pre-Chorus
Then the Ark of Dragons broke
And crashed into the mountain side
My remains and the Dragon Orb
Were buried where the echoes hide

Chorus
Stone sleep, stone sleep
My dragons fell to stone sleep
Stone sleep, stone sleep
The hatchling still can wake it

Bridge
Let the cold stone keep my vow
Let the mountain hold my name
I am waiting in the silence
By the Orb that guards the flame

When the little one returns
When its wingbeat cuts the dawn
Every heart from the old Ark
Will remember what went wrong

Final Chorus
Stone sleep, stone sleep
My dragons fell to stone sleep
Stone sleep, stone sleep
The hatchling still can wake it

Stone sleep, stone sleep
The mountain keeps the promise
Stone sleep, stone sleep
Till the hatchling comes home