"Bend Thy Knee" lyrics
JT Music Lyrics
(Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Song)
Timeless sleep where I lie dreaming
Shadows steepped in nightmares stir
Tarnished weep with hearts ungleaming
Bend thy knee, or my wrath incur
Blighted sheep, the light deceives thee
Darkness become thy shepherd
I keep my brother thrall beneath me
Call upon an age to break my curse
O' kindred
Of mine, thy wings are wilted
Like falling leaves from rotting trees
How long we've been afflicted?
'Twas my blood I drew to water the roots
Of a sapling that has yet to grow
Misshapen and putrid, forsaken this crucible
I will remake as my own
Of kindness I myself divest
That I may shrive this heart of flesh
Once gilded with Grace, but no will that was great did I find
Now my gold has a holier shine
I'm all out of touch
Cut off from the Fingers - I won't need 'em much
No forcing my hand 'cause I will not budge
So I'm forging a plan, the iron is struck
In the fires of my mother's vengeance, the void
May tangle with light, but my might's unalloyed
What's in your mind is mine to create
For I can design a will that is great
My needle entwining tethers of fate
Yet severs the Gods outside of my Grace
If you have not felt it
Then I shall compel you to see
Rise from your lifeless sleep with eyes agleaming
I shall reap a gentler world
Tarnished leap with faith unyielding
Bend thy knee, embrace my curse
O' sister
I've sworn to save our kind
I'm splintered (now twinless), I miss her (so distant)
No more a saint am I?
What's broken I'll fix with
The hope you've been gifted
So you'll hold true to my vision
Even if this halo's your prison
To revile what has horns, you deny something more
'Cause a blight can be brandished like any sword
When this omen fell - I seized it
So that no one else could read it
I seethe with love, my weapon - fearsome
Keep it sharp and wield it well
Equal are we all to become
One for all, thy souls shall meld
I severed the line that led to the grave
Now look in the light, how blinding your faith
We're leaving behind regression - a state
That I will deny, ascension awaits
I pour from my blood
Coursing torrents of love unto thee
Rise from your lifeless sleep with eyes agleaming
I shall reap a gentler world
Tarnished leap with faith unyielding
Bend thy knee, embrace my curse
Shadows steepped in nightmares stir
Tarnished weep with hearts ungleaming
Bend thy knee, or my wrath incur
Blighted sheep, the light deceives thee
Darkness become thy shepherd
I keep my brother thrall beneath me
Call upon an age to break my curse
O' kindred
Of mine, thy wings are wilted
Like falling leaves from rotting trees
How long we've been afflicted?
'Twas my blood I drew to water the roots
Of a sapling that has yet to grow
Misshapen and putrid, forsaken this crucible
I will remake as my own
Of kindness I myself divest
That I may shrive this heart of flesh
Once gilded with Grace, but no will that was great did I find
Now my gold has a holier shine
I'm all out of touch
Cut off from the Fingers - I won't need 'em much
No forcing my hand 'cause I will not budge
So I'm forging a plan, the iron is struck
In the fires of my mother's vengeance, the void
May tangle with light, but my might's unalloyed
What's in your mind is mine to create
For I can design a will that is great
My needle entwining tethers of fate
Yet severs the Gods outside of my Grace
If you have not felt it
Then I shall compel you to see
Rise from your lifeless sleep with eyes agleaming
I shall reap a gentler world
Tarnished leap with faith unyielding
Bend thy knee, embrace my curse
O' sister
I've sworn to save our kind
I'm splintered (now twinless), I miss her (so distant)
No more a saint am I?
What's broken I'll fix with
The hope you've been gifted
So you'll hold true to my vision
Even if this halo's your prison
To revile what has horns, you deny something more
'Cause a blight can be brandished like any sword
When this omen fell - I seized it
So that no one else could read it
I seethe with love, my weapon - fearsome
Keep it sharp and wield it well
Equal are we all to become
One for all, thy souls shall meld
I severed the line that led to the grave
Now look in the light, how blinding your faith
We're leaving behind regression - a state
That I will deny, ascension awaits
I pour from my blood
Coursing torrents of love unto thee
Rise from your lifeless sleep with eyes agleaming
I shall reap a gentler world
Tarnished leap with faith unyielding
Bend thy knee, embrace my curse
