Although Trivium’s first album had no official singles, Pillars of Serpents was a staple song for Trivium in their pre-fame days.
Since the release of 2011’s In Waves, this is the only song from Ember that continues to appear in the band’s live sets.
The song would be rerecorded in 2017 as a bonus...
[Verse 1]
"I'm alive!"
"I'm alive!"
Final words of a god left drowning
Burned alive
Burned alive
Scorch the angels out from the skies
[Chorus]
Building up the walls to surround us in
From a world built on sin
Building up the strength for the release
From a world corrupted
[Verse 2]
To be unseen
With the eyes
For it's the ground that we lie on
Open wide
Open mind
Nail your mouths shut, it's this world
[Chorus]
Building up the walls to surround us in
From a world built on sin
Building up the strength for the release
From a world corrupted, corrupted
[Bridge]
Wasting lives away
Consume to filling
Only waking
For the feeding
[Breakdown]
Give me spark to light the world
Up in flames, reignite
A changing to better times
End this now
Pillars
Serpents
Make it over
Give me spark to light the world
Up in flames, reignite
A changing to better times
End this now
[Bridge]
So no more are these dreams of angels
Washed away with the tears
So no more are these dreams of angels
Washed away with the tears
[Outro]
Pillars
Serpents
Make it over
Pillars of Serpents was written by Matthew K. Heafy.
Pillars of Serpents was produced by Trivium & Jason Suecof.
Trivium released Pillars of Serpents on Tue Oct 14 2003.