Here I am a fortress
Heavy were my days
Sleep wore my nights
Toil was my bane
But stone was my will
O my allies in blood and in spirit
Together we roam the brimming glades
But on my own I face the wailing winds
Of languor, so here I am a fortress
Fashioned from the surrounding land
I stand against the winds
Here strength I summon and travel inward
I see into the earth
Its ore I gather, and smelt out in the depths
Of this fortress mine
So when we gather
Then I emerge
And I bear for you
Shimmering ore
Among the rocks did I lay
Among the roots did I slumber
In the earth did I sleep
I was devoured by the sun
I was washed into the sea
I became naught but purpose
But then I rose and strong I stood
Against the weight I chose to carry
A fortress I am and here I stand
Fashioned from this land
I was washed into the sea
I became naught but purpose
But then I rose and strong I stood
Against the weight I chose to carry
Against the weight I chose to carry
Against the weight I chose to carry
Life is not simply to breathe
Nor to break back for others' intents
Life is to grow, to struggle free
To assert one's own unique existence
A fortress of stone is what I am
Fashioned I am from this land
First crumbled down, down, down
Indiscernible from Earth
Indiscernible from Earth
Life is not simply to breathe
Nor to break back for others' intents
Life is to grow, to struggle free
To assert one's own unique existence
A fortress of stone is what I am
Fashioned I am from this land
First crumbled down, down, down
Indiscernible from Earth
Indiscernible from Earth