[Verse 1] The ring reached her I felt it land The thread between us Pulled tight like a hand And suddenly the frozen dark Opened like a wound And I could see More than I was ready to
[Pre-Chorus] Not the future Not the north Not the star I saw myself
[Chorus] Through my purple eyes I watched what I became Through my purple eyes I watched the bastion fall like rain No archer at the lantern No children standing brave Through my purple eyes I watched myself Walk through the grave
[Verse 2] I have felt Elara’s sword I have felt the moment Everything I built came down I thought that was the worst of it I was wrong Watching through my purple eyes Is the worst of it Seeing what I looked like From outside
[Pre-Chorus 2] She stood before me once Blade in hand And even then I understood what I was doing
This I did not understand Until now
[Chorus] Through my purple eyes I watched what I became Through my purple eyes I watched the bastion fall like rain No archer at the lantern No children standing brave Through my purple eyes I watched myself Walk through the grave
[Bridge — still, determined, pulling] I am still pulling From nothing Again But I see it now I see all of it The horror of the empty gates The victory that meant nothing The woman who would have been At the lantern If I had not Been what I was
Pull Pull Pull
Wait for me I am coming I understand now Everything
Wait for me
[Outro] The star gives slowly But it gives And I can see her now Through the ring Through the thread Through my purple eyes Turning gold
Wait for me