The Ballad of the Awakening

Gather close and heed the sound
Of seals that crack beneath the ground
The sky once still the stars once wide
Now tremble as the Seven rise

First came Lust with velvet flame
Whispered want in every name
Hearts ignited breath undone
Desire crowned what had begun

Then rose Greed with golden hand
Marked the earth and claimed the land
What was yours became his own
Every throne a borrowed throne

Hear the echo hear the cry
Something ancient splits the sky

Sing of fire sing of flame
Call their ancient hidden names
Seven shadows seven tides
The world awakens
Seven rise

Clap the drum and sound the horn
Night is shattered fate reborn
From the dark where seals once lied
The world now bends
As Seven rise

Envy watched with emerald stare
Wore your face and stole your air
Mirrors cracked in silent fear
Nothing pure when she is near

Gluttony with endless feast
Turned indulgence into beast
Pleasure swelling past control
Hunger swallowing the soul

Feel the tremor in your bones
Kings and beggars lose their thrones

Sing of fire sing of flame
Call their ancient hidden names
Seven shadows seven tides
The world awakens
Seven rise

Clap the drum and sound the horn
Night is shattered fate reborn
From the dark where seals once lied
The world now bends
As Seven rise

Wrath then struck with iron sound
Hammered justice to the ground
Flames of balance fierce and wide
None escape when wrath decides

Sloth emerged in silent air
Time grew heavy thick with stare
Motion slowed and hope grew thin
Stillness wrapping everything

But hush now
For the First remains

Before them all
Before their flames

A crown unseen
A voice inside

The origin

Pride arose the sky divided
Stars aligned and worlds collided
Bow he spoke and space complied
All were born
When Pride decided

Sing of fire sing of flame
Call their ancient hidden names
Seven shadows seven tides
The world awakens
Seven rise

Raise your voice and do not hide
Kneel before the turning tide
From the void where fate was tied
The age has come
The Seven rise

The Seven rise
The Seven rise