### **Verse I**
Cold was the dawn when the black stars fell,
Ash filled the sky where the fire once swelled,
Kings bowed low to the iron flame,
None returned from the Crown unnamed.
Far through the frost where the old winds cry,
The dead still dream beneath the ice,
And the mountains keep what the ages hide —
Whispers where forgotten gods reside.
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### **Chorus**
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Hear the hollow mountains call,
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Winter remembers us all.
Fire may fade,
Stone may break,
Still the deep earth sings below.
And the silent snow
Will carry our names
Where the endless cold winds blow.
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### **Verse II**
Ships cross dark through the Veil-torn sea,
Following ghosts no eyes should see,
Old blood stirs in the roots of night,
Dragons wake where the stars burn white.
Raise no crown and trust no throne,
Every empire dies alone,
Yet still they march through ash and storm,
Seeking the fire before the world was born.
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### **Chorus**
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Hear the hollow mountains call,
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Winter remembers us all.
Fire may fade,
Stone may break,
Still the deep earth sings below.
And the silent snow
Will carry our names
Where the endless cold winds blow.
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### **Bridge** *(slower, almost whispered)*
Under ice… under stone…
Ancient hearts still beat below…
Do not wake what grief has bound…
Do not speak the nameless sound…
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### **Final Chorus** *(full orchestra and choir)*
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Now the distant echoes rise,
**Vael… Vaelora…**
Ash and frost beneath the skies.
When the last light fades,
And the old world breaks,
Still the buried fire will call.
For the ice remembers,
The sea remembers —
And Aurelia remembers all.
