[Verse 1 - urgency, faster tempo, she’s already moving] I hear it on the eastern wind — the west is burning The Order and the Riders closing in And someone I’ve been keeping at a distance Is leading people who have never fought before
They’re not an army — they’re a gathering Of ordinary, broken, meager, forgot The very ones I swore to on that road — They’re walking into something they cannot stop
[Pre-Chorus - no hesitation] I don’t think twice I don’t count the cost I just turn west and run
[Chorus - she arrives, the sight hits her] And there they are A sea of white and grey and iron The Order and the Riders, wall to wall And there she is In crimson at the center The woman who once drove the blade that changed it all
[Verse 2 - she sees Elara, the heart-clutch] She doesn’t see me at the edge She’s everywhere at once, she’s fighting hard Her people press but they are few And the wall they’re pushing hasn’t cracked
I feel it in my chest — the pull The last of what I am and what remains I don’t know if it’s enough But I have no choice
[Pre-Chorus 2 - she reaches down] So I reach Into everything that’s left Into every piece of what I was before they broke it And I call it home
[Bridge - FULL EPIC, the summoning, lightning and thunder] Come down Come down Every storm I ever swallowed Every lightning bolt they planted To keep me in the dark
Come down I know what you are now You were never mine to wield for evil You were never meant for dark
(thunder crack) (lightning strike)
FOR THEM FOR THE ONES WHO CANNOT FIGHT IT FOR THE ROAD AND FOR THE PROMISE AND FOR THE GIRL IN CRIMSON — FIGHTING —
(the summoning breaks)
[Post-Bridge - she’s falling, sounds softening] And then the ground comes up to meet me And the sounds are getting soft I see the lightning find its targets I see the wall — pulling off
And I see her Still standing Still crimson in the smoke
And I feel —
Nothing
[Outro - barely a whisper, fading to black] I hope — I hope I was able to help I hope — I hope it was enough
…
[darkness]