[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Richardson/Elliot Sansom/Shaun Sykes/George Kosmas/Steve Merry[00:01.452][00:57.492]The mountain kept a trove inside[01:02.004]That was known only to the three[01:06.516]Closest friends now that their greed[01:10.668]Had burdened them with things to hide[01:15.300]The entrance was a hidden window[01:20.028]Punctured through a narrow vein[01:23.940]To crawl inside as light would wane[01:28.380]And come to pitch in caves below[01:36.756][01:45.612]In secrecy, they would converge[01:48.948]To split the rocks and mill to dust[01:53.628]Revealing spoils within the crust[01:57.732]From when those peaks had first emerged[02:04.188][02:11.220]Blurred intent through eyes that stung[02:17.340]Their fingers cut upon the slate[02:22.908]While stale air would suffocate[02:28.284]And sap the vigour from their lungs[02:37.788][02:51.852]The taper's flame was just enough[02:54.420]To see each pick from fall to rise[03:00.300]So desperate that they find their prize[03:03.324]Before the wick would finally snuff[03:10.308]But when one paused to heave a breath[03:14.604]Their friend's hand would conceal, it seemed[03:18.948]Which caused a thought had something gleamed?[03:23.076]And trust began to sense its death[03:29.292][04:46.308]What if he knows that I saw?[04:50.748]And what if he decides to strike?[04:56.196]But what if it was nothing more[04:59.268]Than light's deceit and failing sight?[05:03.516][05:19.596]From just a flicker in the mind[05:23.460]The thought would twist, consume, then grow[05:28.428]And with each wave, doubt would erode[05:32.556]Til all he knew confirmed his bind[05:39.420][06:04.140]Those ancient paths bore only fear[06:06.876]That, left unchecked, had overflowed[06:10.092]To shatter balance he had known[06:16.596]As shrinking walls began to near[06:23.340]In pebble's bounce the avalanche[06:27.828]In falling drop the bursting dam[06:33.252]He gripped the pick, and looming, then[06:38.076]Swung an arc that killed his friend[06:48.276]He barely saw their third had fled[06:56.772]As febrile haze evaporated[07:04.668]And with it, certainty faded[07:12.396]Abandoned now for churning dread[07:22.140]Endless whispers from the void[07:25.980]Each offering narration[07:30.084]He searched the body frantically[07:34.980]And begged for vindication[08:07.764]END