[Verse 1 - Elara alone, almost quiet] I did not call for them I raised no flag, sent no word I did not promise them a thing And still they came and still they heard Something in the way I stood On the rubble of what fell Called to every broken thing That had nowhere left to dwell
[Pre-Chorus - first whisper of choir behind her] I look behind me And they are there The ones the world forgot The ones beyond repair I did not ask for this I did not choose this weight But here we are And it is too late
[Chorus - choir swells, angelic and dark] I swear it on these grounds I swear it on these names I swear it on the ash of everything They tore apart and claimed I will not stop I will not kneel I will carry every one of them Until there is nothing left to steal This is my oath And they are mine now Every broken soul Who found me somehow I swear
[Verse 2 - Elara watching them] They are not soldiers Most have never held a blade They are the ones who lost before the battle The price that peace could not be paid The farmer and the widow The exile and the last The ones who watched their everything Become a thing of the past
[Pre-Chorus 2] I look before me And I understand I was just like them Before I learned to stand I did not ask for this But they did not ask either We are the same wound Different weather
[Chorus] I swear it on these grounds I swear it on these names I swear it on the ash of everything They tore apart and claimed I will not stop I will not kneel I will carry every one of them Until there is nothing left to steal This is my oath And they are mine now Every broken soul Who found me somehow I swear
[Bridge - just Elara, no choir, intimate] I never promised them salvation I never swore that we would win I only swore that I would not stop moving Until the last one found their kin
They did not need a promise They needed someone standing On the ground that broke beneath them Still somehow remaining
[Final Chorus - key lift, full choir, massive] I swear it on these grounds I swear it on these names I swear it on the ash of everything They tore apart and claimed I will not stop I will not kneel I carry every one of them Until there is nothing left to steal This is my oath And they are mine now Every broken soul Who found me somehow I swear
[Outro - the choir alone, without Elara’s voice] We swear. We swear. We swear.