[Spoken Intro] Blade Dancer... Zaun's laughing blade. Come closer. The void has made room for you. [Verse 1] You vault through smoke with a grin in your teeth Steel turns circles where the chem winds breathe A spark in your palm, a flame at your heel You make every wound look eager to heal They say you dance where the clean hearts break Leave little machines in the paths you take Your sister's thunder, your sister's scar Yet you cut your own name into every bar [Pre-Chorus] I heard the rumor beneath the factory floor A laugh that keeps burning, wanting more And every secret I pull from the dark Says your first true silence will wake a spark [Chorus] Welcome, Blade Dancer, step into my night Let me taste the legend before it takes flight Put that reckless hand where my crown can feel Be my pretty disaster, be my sharpened steel If you stop laughing, the heavens may bend Even Aurelion Sol will learn how legends end Come wear my mark, darling—don't make me ask I want all your fire beneath my mask [Spoken Interlude] You call it a sword. I call it a promise with an edge. Acrobatics, explosives, flame... and the little dishonest tricks you save for close quarters. How beautifully you waste your potential. How tempting it would be to keep it. [Verse 2] You feint with a smile, then strike with a stone Turn broken brass into teeth of your own Fire crawls bright from the cracks in your glove You fight like a dare no god can shove The alleys remember the jokes that you made While enemies counted the price of the blade But laughter is fragile when empires are near And I have collected the sound of fear [Pre-Chorus] So whirl through the ruin, my bright little storm Let the old world watch you transform When your grin falls still and your eyes turn red I'll be the first to crown what wakes instead [Chorus] Welcome, Blade Dancer, step into my night Let me taste the legend before it takes flight Put that reckless hand where my crown can feel Be my pretty disaster, be my sharpened steel If you stop laughing, the heavens may bend Even Aurelion Sol will learn how legends end Come wear my mark, darling—don't make me ask I want all your fire beneath my mask [Bridge] Jinx has her powder, Vi has her fist You have the secret no prison can twist A burning blade and a mouth full of sun A knife in the dark when the fair fight is done I'll follow your footwork through ash and rain Count every flourish, memorize every vein Call it affection, call it the hunt Either way, you are mine when the final bells brunt [Spoken Breakdown] Do not mistake welcome for mercy. I am not offering you a place beside me. I am offering you a place within me. Laugh while you can, little inferno. One day the laughter will stop. When it does... I will be watching. [Final Chorus] Welcome, Blade Dancer, step into my night Bring every bright weapon and every spite Let your fire kiss the teeth of the deep Let your dangerous promise refuse to sleep If you stop laughing, let the cosmos fear The Burning Blade of Zaun is finally here Come wear my mark, darling—come closer, come fast I'll hold all your ruin, and make it last [Outro] [Spoken, soft] Dance for me, Blade Dancer. Or don't. I adore a struggle.
