The most surface level explanation is that the song depicts a Dungeon & Dragons party’s adventure. D&D is a tabletop role playing game that is typically played with pen, paper, and a set of die. The game is run by a ‘Dungeon Master’ who guides the players and their respective characters thro...
[Verse 1]
To climb the mountain is no easy task
But it's so much harder coming down
All the torches of the party have all gone dark
Hungry mouths surround
[Chorus]
There's no gold beneath the beast
Just a mountain of bone
The wind and the rain are the lone courtiers
A dynasty of one ascends to the throne
[Verse 2]
The names of many ancient travelers
Carved in the caverns we grind
Grow older and older with every step
Until no more are left to find
[Chorus 2]
There's no gold beneath the beast
Just a pile of bones
The wind and the rain are the lone courtiers
A dynasty of one ascends to the throne
[Refrain]
Yet here I am, still rolling
A twenty-sided die
Am I chaotic evil?
Or lawfully good aligned?
[Interlude]
[Refrain]
Yet here I am, still rolling
A twenty-sided die
Am I chaotic evil?
Or lawfully good aligned?
Yet here I am, still rolling
A twenty-sided die
Am I chaotic evil?
Or lawfully good aligned?