About this song
Heliod is the sun-god of Theros, prayed into being by mortals who feared the dark. But a god made of devotion grows jealous of anyone who outshines him - and when his own champion, Elspeth, blazed too bright, he murdered her with the very spear he forged. This is the anthem of a tyrant of light, the sun that cast the longest shadow.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] You prayed me out of nothing, out of fear and out of night, a thousand frightened voices made a crown of burning light. I am only what you kneel to, I am only while you call — so light the lamps and keep them lit, or watch your god grow small. I gave the spear to Elspeth, set the metal of her hand, and named her my own champion to carry my command. [Pre-Chorus] But a champion who shines too bright is a sun I cannot bear, and the light that you remember is the light I choose to spare. [Chorus] Kneel, and I will heal you — let my warmth into your wounds. Stray, and I will blind you with the noon I am. I am the jealous morning, I am the throne above the dunes, and the shadow that I cast is just as long as I am grand. [Verse 2] When the faithful raise their voices I reach down and bless the strong, a touch of sun on shoulders makes a soldier twice as long. I bathe my chosen golden so their every blow restores them — drink the light, my faithful ones, while the cup is mine to pour. But Elspeth, oh, my Elspeth, grew too loved, too tall, too true, so I turned her own bright weapon round and ran it through and through. [Pre-Chorus] For there is room for one sun only in the heaven of my eye, and a god who fears replacing will let a hero die. [Chorus] Kneel, and I will heal you — let my warmth into your wounds. Stray, and I will blind you with the noon I am. I am the jealous morning, I am the throne above the dunes, and the shadow that I cast is just as long as I am grand. [Bridge] She climbed back out of darkness with a spear that wasn't there, and made the lie a true thing on the strength of her despair. She broke my burning Khrusor like a pane of painted glass — and the prayers that built me thinned, and the warmth began to pass. [Bridge build] Erebos was waiting where the faithless go to drown, and the lord of every morning felt a stone come pressing down. [Final Chorus] Kneel — but no one's kneeling now, and the lamps have all gone cold. Stray — and there is no one left to blind. I was the jealous morning, I was the throne of beaten gold, and the longest shadow falls on the one who would not share the light. [Outro] You prayed me out of nothing — and you can pray me back to none.
