[Verse 1] The field has gone quiet The smoke settles low I left her behind me And I could not stay - I know Every name in the ground here I gave them my word Now the word is rewritten In the language of war
[Pre-Chorus] I could mourn them I could kneel here Pray to whatever’s left to find But the only thing standing Is the thing I became When I left my old mercy behind
[Chorus] Call me The Crimson One This is where I was made On the bones of the faithful On the graves of the brave Call me The Crimson One I did not choose this crown I just refused to become Another name in the ground
[Verse 2] I remember their faces I still see them here In the ash where they fell In the weight of each year They would say I’ve gone wrong They would say I have changed But the changing already happened I am just finally named
[Pre-Chorus 2] I could grieve them I could break here I could ask what this all was for But the answer was given When the first one fell And we kept calling it peace - not war
[Chorus] Call me The Crimson One This is where I was made On the bones of the faithful On the graves of the brave Call me The Crimson One I did not choose this crown I just refused to become Another name in the ground
[Bridge - spoken/half-sung over low strings, cold and certain] They will say I am the villain. Let them. They will say I burned the world. I did. But the world was already burning. I just gave it a name. And a thing with a name is a thing you can control.
War is not the wound. War is the cure. Everything I loved already died for peace. Peace does not work. I do.
[Final Chorus - key lift, full choir] Call me The Crimson One THIS is where I was made On the bones of the faithful On the graves of the brave Call me The Crimson One I will wear this crown now For every name I could not save From the ground
[Outro - solo, no music, just Elara] The Crimson One. That is all.