8. Allies in the Dark

8. Allies in the Dark Verse 1 On the moors the scholar waits In a tower bent by age Theron reads the ash of years And names the shape of hidden fears In the port where lanterns bleed Lysandra moves with quiet greed Knife and rumor, gold and grin Half a savior, half a sin Pre-Chorus Every road gives not a friend But a blade that may defend In this war no hand is clean Still we gather in between Chorus Allies in the dark Fire in the frost None of us unscarred by what The shadow hunger cost Allies in the dark Strangers bound by need Trust is just a fragile thread In a world that learns to bleed Verse 2 In the ruins witches sing Of the roots beneath all things Veiled in smoke and prophecy They bargain not with piety Kael walks where the old trees lean Guarding what the land has seen Few words, steady as a stone More at peace with death than home Pre-Chorus Not by faith and not by name Did we come into this flame But by wounds that answered wounds In the shape of coming doom Chorus Allies in the dark Fire in the frost None of us unscarred by what The shadow hunger cost Allies in the dark Strangers bound by need Trust is just a fragile thread In a world that learns to bleed Bridge Who among us will remain When the truth unmasks the chain Who will turn and who will stand When the night demands a hand Still for one brief borrowed spark We are lanterns in the dark Final Chorus Allies in the dark Whatever comes to pass Even shattered souls can throw A little light on glass Allies in the dark I will name you true Till the hour the shadows ask Which heart belongs to who