[Verse 1]
The Hunter had his elbow on the bar
Swearing on the stars he caught a beast twelve mountains wide
The Hero had his goblet in the air
Claiming he had hunted something even stars refused to name
The bartender had heard this story seven times
And polished the same glass three rounds in a row
And I walked in from the edge of the mapped world
Looking for exactly the kind of trouble only idiots know
[Pre-Chorus]
The Hunter stopped mid-sentence
The Hero put his goblet down
(who is she)
(I don’t know)
(why is she looking at us like that)
(because we were being very loud)
(were we being loud)
(we were being very loud)
[Chorus]
Nova
Something burning at the edge of what we know
Nova
I arrived and suddenly they had somewhere to go
Nova
They were drinking to the hunts of yesterday
Nova
But somewhere past the border of the mapped and the explained
Is exactly where we need to be
[Verse 2]
I said: there is a fold beyond the level you have named
And someone has to walk it before the walking can be done
The Hunter looked at the Hero
The Hero looked at his goblet
(is she serious)
(she looks serious)
(I was going to go eventually)
(you have been here since the second bell)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
She waited for the answer and they looked at each other
Two legends neither one about to blink
Until a voice from the back booth
Said what they were both too stubborn to admit
[Chorus 2]
Nova
Something burning at the edge of what we know
Nova
She arrived and suddenly we had somewhere to go
Nova
We were drinking to the hunts of yesterday
Nova
But somewhere past the border of the mapped and the explained
Is exactly where we need to be
[Bridge — The Queen, from the corner]
“I’ll go.”
“Someone has to.”
“These two have been ‘about to leave’ since the third bell.”
Two heroes shot up straight —
“We were going to say yes!”
“I was finishing my thought!”
“I am COMPLETELY sober”
[Final Chorus]
Nova
We are burning at the edge of what we know
Nova
Three of us and somewhere left to go
Nova
We were legends of the hunts of yesterday
Nova
But legends go where maps have not been drawn
Level seventy-nine
Here we come
[Outro — footsteps, three of them, leaving]
(do we have everything)
(I have my bow)
(do you have your bow)
(I SAID I have my bow)
(just checking)
Level seventy-nine
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