A tribute to dungeon crawlers everywhere :)

The trouble with these is that my "Is this really stupid?" sense only seems to activate when the song is nearly finished and it's time to post it. When writing songs about existing stories, there seems to be an unwritten rule of not specifically naming anything you're referencing, a rule that I break here - but despite that, my hope is that those who get it will get it, and everyone else can just enjoy the song (though I wouldn't want people to think that I used the phrase "Hie thee" entirely of my own volition).

Lyrics

Hie thee to the ocean city

To conquer the shadows of night

To fight against the endless dark

Restore this world's light

Time's end will await you there

And death's demise, it's told

Though you don't yet know what this means

Sail on to Armoroad

Far to the south a pathway leads beneath the silent sea

Leads down through spiral strata formed from chaos and debris

Promise of fame, a truth to seek and fortune for the brave

From near and far they gather here to enter the maze

From the corners of the world

To the centre of the ocean labyrinth

Every single life has a purpose

Drawing them to here

From the weakest sons of earth

To the daughters born of royalty

When the legend reaches distant shores

Throughout the world they hear these words

Hie thee to the ocean city

To conquer the shadows of night

To fight against the endless dark

Restore this world's light

Time's end will await you there

And death's demise, it's told

So journey for the distant shore

Sail on to Armoroad

Far down below, a secret lies beneath the ocean waves

The key to great disaster at the centre of the maze

Open the path, a world lost a century ago

Protected through the ages so the city might live

From the corners of the world

To the centre of the ocean labyrinth

Every single life has a purpose

Drawing them to here

From the weakest sons of earth

To the daughters born of royalty

They will journey through the dark

And find the story to be told

Travel down the nested worlds

Through the forest of eternity

Could you be the ones to find the way

Endure the silence of the sea

A hero's odyssey

Into the void of the dark

From the sky to the sea

There's no true path

As you take your chance

Fighting venom and rage

To find a way through the nested worlds

Through wood, water, fire, stone and light

Down to the black, and deeper still

To a place defying time

[Koshiro Yuzo medley]

Take up the sword and the scroll in hand

This is where your own tale began

A place in your mind

Left so far behind

Can come back to being once more

Crossing the borders of land and sea

Open the path to sanctuary

And then may you find

The song lost to time

And bring back the light to us all

Travel down the nested worlds

Through the forest of eternity

Could you be the ones to find the way

Endure the silence of the sea

Travel down the nested worlds

Through the forest of eternity

Could you be the ones to find the way

Endure the silence of the sea

A hero's odyssey