In the time before The Breaking
The men would channel flows
Of water, wind, earth, fire, and spirit
And wore Aes Sedai robes
Then the Dark One rose
Linked in Power, they sealed his prison
But felt the Source decay
The women, spared, saw death and madness
The earth began to break
Millions were slain
The oceans drained
The mountains drowned
Cities disappeared
Pray for us, the living damned
For we have no more tears
Saidin, Saidar…
On Dragonmount, a child shivers
A warrior and king
Who once again will wield the Power
And purify its spring
The prophecy decrees
The Wheel weaves
As the Wheel wills
The Pattern holds
Our fragile souls
The Wheel weaves
As the Wheel wills
Til shade is gone
The Aiel song
The symbol of a circle
A waving line dividing
Two halves a whole
Abiding
Broken into icons
The blackened fang of dragons
And the white flame of Tar Valon
The Wheel weaves
As the Wheel wills
Darkness pours
From the Bore
The Wheel weaves
As the Wheel wills
Lews Therin’s eyes
Are opened wide
And of his dead companions
Ilyena Sunhair
Lay among
The corpses there
Flows of earth erupting
Lews Therin was screaming
“Light!
Forgive me!”
White flame, dragon fang
credits
from The Old Blood of Manetheren,
released November 12, 2021
Featuring Emma Hoeflinger (Please listen to her band. They're called Oginalii)
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