About this song
An Elder Demon bound beneath a basement floor. They thought the chains would hold. But Valgavoth learned patience, learned the shape of every fear -- and turned his prison into a kingdom that swallowed an entire world.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] They bound me to the basement floor They thought the chains would hold But I am patient, I am old And walls do what they're told I learned the shape of every fear That lived beneath their skin They locked me in a house of stone And I became its kin [Pre-Chorus] Every door you open leads to me Every room you enter, I can see [Chorus] I am the hallway with no end The floor that swallows sound The door that wasn't there before The walls that close around You built a cage to keep me in I swallowed it whole Every corridor you walk Is the harrowing of souls [Verse 2] A girl came down to find me once I taught her what I know She fed me three, I fed on fear And then I start to grow First the house, then the street Then the city, then the sun You never saw the sky go dark 'Cause the sky was done [Chorus] Every moth you see is watching too Every shadow watches you I am the hallway with no end The floor that swallows sound The door that wasn't there before The walls that close around You built a cage to keep me in I swallowed it whole Every corridor you walk Is the harrowing of souls [Bridge] There's no outside anymore No sky, no field, no shore Just halls and endless walls And me behind each door [Outro] Welcome home
