bn_songbook | Girl Without a Name

Based on The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Dissapearing Man" by Dave Carter

/ Am Em G C / Am C G Dm / Am Em G Am / G Am G Dm /

All rise, behold the famous girl without a name,

Who has been chosen, from the hour of her birth.

See now, her silent grim devotion,

Even older than the Ocean, to the Powers of the Earth.

/: Am Am7 Am6# Am6 / Am Am7 Am6# E7 :/

In the dust by the Throne, where no mortal foot has fallen,

Life and death stand before you, but it seems it's all the same.

You are small and alone, in the shadow of your calling;

You are her, you are Theirs, you are six, and They've eaten up your name.

Long now, you've served the Nameless Powers of this Place,

And poured out blood to feed the fears of long ago.

Sometimes, grown weary of your duty,

You've walked in aimless brooding through the labyrinth below.

In the dark of the tomb, there's a spark that glimmers coldly,

And the walls shine with crystal, and the vision strikes you dumb;

There's a man in the room, and he violates it boldly

With the light from the staff in his hand, where no light should ever come!

Then, trapped, the labyrinth his prison, still he

Puts his trust in you, the very one who keeps him caged.

His life is forfeit by his blindness,

And yet you offer kindness to this infidel and mage.

At the heart of the maze, where your treasure moulders rotten,

And the Earth quakes in anger, from the chasm to the core.

If he calls you by name, and you haven't quite forgotten,

Will you stand, take his hand, will you know?: You don't need Them anymore.

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