the hollow face

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When you can't talk to a dragon, what do you do?

Lyrics

[Intro - Instrumental, sparse acoustic guitar, slow and ominous]

[Verse 1 - Male Baritone, clean, deliberate]
Zack had a mask they called the Hollow Face
It wore the likeness of the human race
Every soul he'd ever met or known
The mask remembered all of them alone
He kept it close through dungeon fire and blade
A rogue's last argument when plans had frayed

[Pre-Chorus - Building, tense]
The portal opened into darkness deep
Two shadows stirred above from ancient sleep
And Zack reached slowly for the Hollow Face
And put on Nera's features in that place

[Chorus - Clean vocals, dramatic]
He stood in a stolen face
He stood in a borrowed grace
He stood before the ancient and the vast
And opened up his mouth at last

[Verse 2 - Male Baritone, quieter, almost reverent]
The dragons dropped from shadows overhead
Their eyes like burning coals among the dead
One opened wide its mouth and spoke the tongue
Of Draconic — ancient, black, and young
It echoed through the cavern cold and deep
A question asked of Nera from the deep

[Pre-Chorus - Tension almost unbearable]
And Zack stood very still in her disguise
The dragons fixed him with their ancient eyes
He searched the vaults of everything he knew
And found that Draconic was not in there too

[Chorus - Clean vocals, dread building]
He stood in a stolen face
He stood in a borrowed grace
He stood before the ancient and the vast
And opened up his mouth at last

[Bridge - METALCORE, full detonation, screamed vocals, blast beats]
YOU MOUNTAINOUS CATASTROPHES OF SCALE AND ANCIENT MALICE
YOU FOSSILIZED ABOMINATIONS DRUNK ON YOUR OWN EXISTENCE
YOU CAVERNOUS MONUMENTS TO EVOLUTIONARY ARROGANCE
YOU PESTILENTIAL ARCHITECTS OF UNDESERVED DOMINANCE

WHAT MANNER OF PRIMORDIAL IGNORANCE ASSEMBLED YOU
WHAT COSMIC MISCALCULATION BREATHED SUCH RUIN INTO BEING
WHAT GEOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE OF JUDGMENT AND OF REASON
LOOKED UPON YOUR ARCHITECTS AND CALLED THIS THING A SEASON

YOU BLUNDERING COLOSSAL MONUMENTS TO ACCIDENT AND MALICE
YOU THUNDERING EMBARRASSMENTS TO EVERY LIVING CREATURE
YOU DEVASTATING WAREHOUSES OF UNEARNED REPUTATION
I HAVE WORDS FOR YOU IN COMMON AND THEY ALL MEAN YOUR DAMNATION

[Breakdown - music drops suddenly, single guitar note, almost silence]
The dragons blinked.
Zack blinked back.
The Hollow Face said nothing useful.
It never spoke Draconic.
It only wore the face.

[Verse 3 - Clean baritone, quiet, almost gentle]
Aldrick fell with his guts upon the stone
The Wizard burned and turned to ash and bone
Ambry and Astra met the ancient claw
And Zack discovered something in his jaw
A crack above him narrow cold and thin
Just wide enough for one rogue to get in

[Chorus - Clean vocals, devastated]
He left the Hollow Face behind
He left it with the rest
He climbed up through the darkness
Like a man who knew what's best
He stood in a stolen face
He stood where heroes fall
He opened up his mouth at last
And said nothing useful at all

[Outro - Sparse acoustic guitar, fading to nothing]
The Hollow Face lies in the pit
Beside a rug of doom
Two artifacts of considerable worth
Alone in that dark room
The rug was never opened
The face was never right
They did exactly what they should
They sit in endless night

And somewhere in the darkness
Patient, cold, and still
The symbols softly glowing
As they always will
Two dragons circle overhead
Unaware of what lies there
A fortune in potential
Going absolutely nowhere
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Ha-ha

[End]

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