[Intro — the castle, nearly empty, stars above] There are no bells left to ring There is no army left to arm There is Polaris burning north And Octa burning from the other end of the world And five people and a gate
[Verse 1 — the companions, the empty castle] Bar the doors we have remaining Let the youngest go to ground There are no more left to shelter There is no more army found Every castle before this one Thought their walls would be enough Now the five of us are standing Asking if our bones are tough
[Pre-Chorus] Then the signal fires blacken And the silence fills the plain Ten thousand torches in the distance She is walking through the rain
[Chorus] The last bastion The last warmth left alive The last bastion Where the impossible survive We watched the south go under We watched the Seven fall in line But if she wants what’s left in here She’ll have to take what’s mine
The last bastion Two stars on opposite ends The last bastion Violet against red begins
[Verse 2 — face at the gate] There is a woman at the threshold With a raven at her side She has walked through every ruin Yet she has not learned to hide And she tells the five behind her: “You do not kneel tonight.” Not to 10,000 torches Not to any seven lights
[Pre-Chorus 2] They have seen the south burning Watched the riders take the plains But this is not about survival This is where the choice remains
[Chorus] The last bastion The last warmth left alive The last bastion Where the five of us survive We watched the south go under We watched the Seven fall in line But if she wants what’s left in here She’ll have to take what’s mine
The last bastion Two stars on opposite ends The last bastion Violet against red begins
[Bridge — the gate opens, face to face] And then she stands before me
No army at my side Just five Just five And the space between us Is the color of a world that cannot decide
Violet Red The same proportions The same light Just split apart by something old by something no one thought to name
And I look at her And she looks at me
And I wonder if she knows we are made of the same thing
[Final Chorus — both of them, standing in magenta] The last bastion The final fire alive The last bastion Where the impossible survive We’ve buried half a world in ash We’ve watched the sky go dark But we won’t hand her what remains Not five hearts, not one spark
The last bastion Polaris burning north The last bastion Octa burning from the source And if tonight she claims us If this becomes our grave Then let the last light in this world Die difficult and brave
[Outro — they face each other, no one moves] She does not speak. I do not speak. The raven does not speak. Ten thousand wait. Two stars burn. Violet. Red. Magenta. The space between us. No one moves first.