[Intro] MacDaddy's is closed. The fryer's cold. There's a demon circle in the back room again. And somehow... this is the best year of my life. [Verse 1] The shutters are rotting, the grease trap's gone cold, Ossir keeps weeping, Mephala's consoled. I swept out the ashes, I locked up the till, There's undead on Fifth Street... and I'm standing here still. There's a summoning circle where table six was, I didn't draw it, but I cleaned it... because old habits die hard when you ran a clean shop, and the apocalypse doesn't mean standards just drop. [Pre-Chorus] I should be grieving, I should be a wreck, I've got bacon burns, broken dreams, and a crick in my neck... But she was standing right there in the burial light, and Suné reached down on a random Conthsen night. [Chorus] The restaurant's gone but the goddess showed up, She spoke through the fire from a half-orc's cupped hands. Rissa stood frozen, I just tried not to cry, And Eriana's somewhere screaming up at the sky. Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose, I don't know what I did, But whatever it was... I'd do it again. [Verse 2] I found the body hanging out in a tree, Brought him down like you do, it just seemed right to me. Rissa said the rites and I knelt in the dirt, I just followed her lead, I was trying not to flirt. Then the warmth hit my chest like a deep-fryer hum, Like the fire still knows me even now that it's done. Rissa looked over... I shrugged... she went pale, Eriana's been in the Order for years without fail. [Internal Monologue] I've been a paladin for... maybe three days?? She's been devout since she was barely a teen! I don't know what Suné sees in a half-orc grill cook, but Rissa smiled at me... so I'm not gonna ask?~ [Chorus] The restaurant's gone but the goddess showed up, She spoke through the fire from a half-orc's cupped hands. Rissa stood frozen, I just tried not to cry, And Eriana's somewhere screaming up at the sky. Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose, I don't know what I did, But whatever it was... I'd do it again. [Bridge] MacDaddy's fed people when people were here. Now I'm blessing the dead and pretending I'm clear. Ossir still cries when the wind hits the sign, Mephala just holds him... and honestly? Same. But the Order gave me a suit and a purpose and her, Standing beside me in smoke and in blur. I didn't ask for a goddess, I just wanted a life, A restaurant, a family... maybe someday a wife. ...Still working on that last one. [Final Chorus] The restaurant's gone but I'm not done yet, There's undead to bless and a goddess's debt. Rissa's still watching, I'm still trying to be whatever a half-orc paladin is... apparently me? Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose, the fryer's gone cold, But something else burned and it didn't get old. [Outro] Suné showed up at a roadside funeral for a stranger. On a Conthsen. Before I even knew her prayer. Eriana's going to be fine. Probably. ...MacDaddy's was a great restaurant though.
