What are the words of the queen on her throne? Spite and splendour, cold under stone This is her promise What is the name of the gift she brings? Sleepless slumber under her wings This is her promise Cold, cold stone Cold stone that buys and baits you Cold stone that hides and hates you Older than pride and pyre Older than flood and fire Here the swiftest beat will stop Here the strongest man will fall In her tower, in her halls In her silent maze of cold stone Cold stone to groom and grind you Cold stone to mae and mind you Cold stone to bleed and blind you Cold stone to break and bind you And her arms won't let you go And her weight will pull you down And her breath is in your lungs And her laugh is that of cold stone What are the words that will always remain? Hunger, sorrow, winter and rain These are her promises