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The Ritual - Green Edition (feat. Merle Dandridge, Laura Bailey, Abubaker Salim & Troy Baker)

from Stray Gods by Austin Wintory, Tripod & Montaigne

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We let them rise, we let it happen
We waited far too long
We thought we shouldn’t intervene
We were wrong
We were wrong

Since the beginning we were hidden
We held court from up above
T’was the Golden age of reason
And I, the Queen of Love

But a plague of hate was spreading
There were vultures standing by
Before we fell to our knees begging
We fell from the sky

We let them rise
We let it happen
We waited far too long
We thought we shouldn’t intervene
We were wrong
We were wrong

We had revelry and rebirth
Our family all together
Till thirteen million marching men
Cut us down forever

But Brother Ares made it happen
Joined their war without dispute
Now the once-mighty immortals
Are just mud under a boot

We let them take our loved ones
It’s what they wanted all along
We thought they were beneath us
We were wrong
We were wrong

Oh, the power of the Idols
Pounds within your chest
But for now, I am in mourning
For a love gone unexpressed
He was harder than a chisel

I was a horrid block of ice
A winter’s chill that stayed until he made his sacrifice

The man that I ignored
Saved me when I fell
Yes, the husband I abhorred
Rescued me from Hell
I thought it was a joke when it was said to me,
He struck a deal with our enemy’s enemy
Made a secret weapon, so my captors let me go
He gave up his freedom, leaving just a memory
And this love I’ll never know is what he gave to me

I can’t believe what I’m hearing today
If your story stops there, I’ve nothing to say

I can’t imagine

I feel like a child who grew up too fast
The Goddess of Love can’t get past the past
What good is a flame when everything’s ash?

I can’t imagine

There’s no excuse
But immortals can tell (You know, you know)
There’s no sweet release
It’s ongoing hell (You know, you know)
Everyone’s here
To bid me farewell

Can you imagine?

I can’t imagine

This really happened

I can't forgive (River’s too deep)
The river’s too deep (River’s too deep)
Its reflection won’t lie
So just let me sleep (Just let me sleep)
I can’t let go of what could have been

Lost in a moment
Lost in a song
Lost in a moment
Lost in a song

Mother, I’ve stood by your side
Now I no longer see
The purpose of love
When it tears at the center of me
My arrows are rusty
Forget the bow
And I won’t be
Begging you not to go
But when you’re away
You leave us a broken home
And you leave me alone

Lost in a moment
Lost in a song
Lost in a moment
Lost in a song
Lost in a moment

So much suffering here
Our queen deserves mercy
That much is clear
And in the blink of an eye

Lost in a moment
Lost in a song (You know you know)
Lost in a moment
Lost in a song (You know you know)
Lost in a moment
Lost in a moment
Lost in a moment

credits

from Stray Gods, released August 10, 2023
Cowritten by Austin Wintory & Tripod
Produced by Austin Wintory & Joris Hoogsteder

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