Sleep Sound
An official lullaby lilted to Lolthite drow children.
Sleep quiet, my child, my little drow
Your dreams invite tranquility now
Cast in this cavern stone walls so secure
The web holds you tight through Underdark night
And guardian spiders that tickle you feel
With gossamer thread weave our goddess's seal
The Spider Queen's children, and so too your kin
Are here to remind you that you shall not sin
They show you the scourge, the snake-headed whip
They bite and they tear until she hears your prayer
There is no such blessing to the damned up above,
Those who've forsaken the Spider Queen's love
In their way lies weakness and unceasing waste
And if you would join them, then so be debased
And when hellfire orb looks down on your shame
Your soul is burned bare, she knows you're to blame
You'll live ever running, you've no place to hide
And huddled in fear, for there is no disguise
The sun, it will burn you, the cold snow will freeze
The hopelessness tumbles you down to your knees
And when you are broken, to her you will pray
But she will not hear you, you've thrown her away
And you'll find no companions to stand in our way
When we hunt you and find you and torment for play
You've chosen the weaklings of the world up above
Who speak empty words and know not Lolth's love
No, love will not save you from human deceit
Nor from bearded dwarves, nor elvish deceit
The Spider Queen shows us the one single way
There is only the night, there is never the day
For strength does not stretch through branch or through leaf
It bleeds from the roots that secure us beneath
Deep in our hearts, wrapped tight in Lolth's web
With venom we sting
Her glory we sing
So whiper your love of your matron, your mother
Who teaches the way to your sisters and brother
Brother, I say, there can only be one
For if there were two, there couldn't be you
Then that silken swaddle, that tickling wreath
Would instead be your death by the Spider Queen's teeth
Sleep sound in the darkness
Or burn in the light alone