[Intro — Slow distorted bass] [Graves — Male spoken] Ironjaw. Repeating our location. Inner clearing, behind the roots. Assistance still needed. [Static] [Vex — Female spoken] Stay close. I've found clean cloth. [Verse 1 — Vex, female lead] No more staring at the wound Like looking harder makes it close. Brought the cloth from near the gear, Set aside the waiting notes. Held it to his bleeding side, Let him tell me when it hurt. Graves stayed near the sheltered Dryos, Eyes beyond the broken dirt. [Chorus — Vex, powerful female lead] HOLD THE CLOTH, NOT THE LEGEND! Keep the name beneath the noise! There's no strength in making someone Hide the shaking in their voice. We can hate what happened here Without asking him for more— Anvil doesn't owe the clearing One more body at the door! [Verse 2 — Anvil, low male singing] I keep thinking I should stand. I keep hearing something move. Then the right side pulls me back. I don't know what I can do. [Vex — Female] Tell me. That's a thing you can do. [Graves — Male bass] The entrance isn't yours alone. I'm watching it from here. [Instrumental — Sixteen bars, bass and heavy guitars] [Bridge — Vex, exposed female voice] The cloth took red. The night stayed long. No voice came through To tell us help was on its way. [Anvil — Male spoken] Don't say it's nothing. [Vex] I won't. [Final Chorus — Vex lead; Graves low harmony] HOLD THE CLOTH, NOT THE LEGEND! Let the record keep it plain! Here inside our Titans Maw clearing, Care has started. Hurt remains. No new charge across the timber, No pretending we're restored— Just the living staying near him, And a call that asks for more. [Outro — Radio hiss] [Graves — Male spoken] No reply yet. [Vex — Female spoken] I'm still here, Anvil. [Anvil — Male, quiet] I know. [End]
