[The Shepherdess of Fire] [ Verse 1 ] The smoke-heavy chapel is hollow and dim, The men of Domrémy wait at the rim. Joan is now kneeling alone by the wall, Waiting for heaven to answer her call. Hushed murmurs are echoing, filling the space, Doubters are watching the look on her face. [ Chorus 1 ] The cold stone is biting her bare, aching knees, I am waiting for truth only heaven sees. When the calling is loud and the world is small, I will listen for spirit behind it all. [ Verse 2 ] They tell her she’s only a peasant-born child, Chasing the shadows with a heart that is wild. But voices are calling, they’re steady and near, Speaking of armor and banners to bear. To drive every Englishman out of the land, The weight of the crown held fast in her hand. [ Chorus 2 ] The cold stone is biting her bare, aching knees, I am waiting for truth only heaven sees. When the calling is loud and the world is small, I will listen for spirit behind it all. [ Bridge ] The flickering candles begin their glow, And in the profoundness, a stillness will grow. A holy fire kindles deep in her heart, As trembling hands and her terrors depart. A terrible, beautiful, holy resolve, As doubts of the shepherdess slowly dissolve. [ Verse 3 ] She rises up slowly from the stone floor, No longer the girl she was once before. She’ll forge a great sword and crown a new king, To hear how the bells of a victory ring. From fields of the sheep to the banners of old, To the flames of Rouen where the story is told. [ Final Chorus ] The incense is thick in the chapel air, I have found the purpose I’m chosen to bear. True purpose is forged in the stillness of soul, Where divine calling makes broken hearts whole. Where divine calling silences human doubt, This is the fire that never goes out. [ Outro ] The trembling is gone, The shepherdess fled, The fire is burning, A holy resolve, A Silence, A Holy Resolve.
