[Verse 1]
Level thirteen
We were about to go
The Swan had already taken three steps
(he does that now)
(he’s crew)
Aldric’s map said clear
The Hunter had his bow
The Hero had a plan
(he never has a plan)
(I have a plan)
We were moving
[Pre-Chorus]
Then something
From the wall
No
From inside the wall
A voice
(…)
Very quiet
Very tired
Very
Old
[Chorus]
He was thin
(he was very thin)
He was small
In the way things get small
When no one has needed them for a very long time
And he said
I used to be something
I would like to be something again
If you have things to carry
I will carry them
One at a time
Until I remember how
[Verse 2]
The Hunter looked at the Hunter
(that is not a threat)
Castor looked at Aldric
Aldric looked at him for a long time
(I could beat him)
(ALDRIC)
(I could though)
(that is not the point)
The Hero began a speech about standards
The Queen looked at the ceiling
The Swan said nothing
Which meant he understood something
The rest of us didn’t yet
[Pre-Chorus 2]
He said
I know I look like nothing now
Give me a labor
One at a time
As many as you need
And I will show you
What I was built for
I just need someone
To give me something to do
[Chorus 2]
He was thin
And the crew had opinions
(many opinions)
(MANY opinions)
But something in the room
Went very still
When he said
I was built for this
I just forgot
Because no one asked me to
[Bridge]
I looked at him
I could not name what I felt
Something that recognized him
Before I did
Something that had crossed
Every impossible threshold
And stood up after
Something that had lost everything
And kept carrying anyway
I could not name it
I did not need to
[Final Chorus]
Come then
(…)
I said
Come then
One labor at a time
You carry what you can
We’ll figure the rest out as we go
That is how this crew works anyway
(she said that like it’s a good thing)
(it is a good thing)
(Aldric was ready to fight him)
(I was PREPARED to fight him)
(you were not)
(I was emotionally prepared)
[Outro]
Eight of us now
A captain who carries every soul that came before her
A knight who was a star
A queen who never explains herself
A hunter with his bow finally back
A hero who goes left
A dead man with a quill
A swan who always comes back
And something old
Slowly remembering
What it was made for
Level thirteen
Let’s go
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