THE LAST PANDORA RAVEN SONG
[Intro — the tower, her time, everything restored] Not the one they made Not the one they feared Not the one who collected Not the one who rode Just the tower Just the light Just the name she was born with
[Verse 1 — identity restored] She stands in the light and she knows it Not corrupted Not borrowed Not wrong
She stands in the light and it holds her The way it always was going to Before anyone told her what she should be afraid of
She is not the sinister She is not the wicked She is not malevolence She is not the fifth
She is Pandora Raven Daughter of Time Daughter of Fate And she is home
[Pre-Chorus] Back in the tower Back in her own time Back in the body that was always hers to carry
She breathes The way you breathe when something that has been wrong for a very long time goes right
[Chorus] Pandora Raven This is her name Pandora Raven This is what she came from This is what she returns to After everything After all of it After every version of herself that was not this one
Pandora Raven Daughter of Time and Fate Standing in the tower Finally At the right weight
[Verse 2 — she sees Elara] And then Across the landing Light Not hers Different Familiar in a way that has no name yet in any language she has learned
She turns And she is there Full Correct Glowing with something that has been traveling toward this moment for longer than either of them has been a name
[Pre-Chorus 2] And neither of them speaks There is nothing that words are for in this moment
There is only the distance between them and what it costs to cross it
[Chorus] Pandora Raven She takes one step Pandora Raven And Elara takes one step And the landing between them gets smaller the way distances get smaller when two things were always meant to arrive at each other
[Bridge — walking toward each other] Slow Both of them slow Not from fear From the weight of everything they are bringing with them
Every scar Every battle Every version of themselves that did not survive to be here
Every companion Every keeper Every sacrifice Every dawn
They are carrying all of it into this crossing And they do not look away And they do not stop
[Final Chorus — the reach] Pandora Raven She raises her hand Pandora Raven And Elara raises hers
And the space between their fingertips is everything that has ever been between them
The war The wrong The centuries The light that went corrupted The light that held anyway
And they reach
[Outro — cut to black] Both hands Almost Almost —