[Intro]
(hey)
(what)
(look at the wall)
(…)
(LOOK AT THE WALL)
[Verse 1]
There is a board in the bar
On level twenty-three
With eight faces on it
Eight
(count them)
(I counted)
(how many)
(eight)
(that is all of us)
(that is exactly all of us)
[Pre-Chorus]
SOLARA — one hundred thousand star coins
(one hundred)(thousand)(yes)
The Queen — ninety thousand
(she did not look up from her drink)(at all)(not even a little)
Castor — seventy thousand
(he nodded)(like he was expecting this)
Aldric — thirty thousand
(he wrote it down)(of course he did)
[Chorus]
Bountiful bounty
We are worth something in this universe
Bountiful bounty
Someone out there wants us back where we came from
Bountiful bounty
The numbers are the numbers
(read them all)(we read them)(all of them)(yes we need to read ALL of them)
[Verse 2]
The Laborer — ten thousand
(he looked at this for a long time)
(he got out a piece of paper)
(what is he doing)(math)
(each labor is worth ten thousand)
(he is assigning value to the labors)
(that is actually very practical)
The Swan — five thousand
(he put down his glass)(slowly)(very slowly)
(he said: I need to improve my dancing)
(he is not joking)(I know)
(he left the bar)(he is practicing outside)(right now)(yes)
[Bridge]
The Hero: I AM THE HERO
I WENT LEFT I WENT CORRECTLY LEFT AT LEAST ONCE
And I am worth NOTHING?
The Hunter: (quietly)(dangerously quietly)
I would like to speak to whoever made this list
In person
With my bow
About the criteria
(The Queen has still not looked up)(not once)
(she is worth ninety thousand and she does not care)
(which is exactly why she is worth ninety thousand)
[SOLARA — one line]
Who put this up
(the bar goes quiet)
Not the amount — not the list
Who decided we needed to be found
And brought back
Before we reach level seventy-nine
[Final Chorus]
Bountiful bounty
We have a number on our heads
And some of us are going to work on our dancing
And some of us are going to complete more labors
And some of us (The Hero and The Hunter)
Are going to have a very long conversation
About our life choices
[Outro]
(is he back)(he is back)(how was the practice)
He said: better
He said: I think five thousand was generous actually
He said: I have a lot of work to do
(The Hero made a sound)(it was not a word)(it was a feeling)