[Intro | Solo Cello | Distant Wind | Tension] [builds slowly] [Verse 1 | Intimate | Solo Voice | Haneul | No Percussion] I was working the earth when the thieves returned Three men with a bag and a grudge they'd earned They struck my head, they bound my hands They dragged me far from my borrowed lands These were the thieves who came before A winter night, they broke the door They fled in fear, they ran from him A baby dragon's warning hymn He was small, but he was fierce One roar was all it took to pierce Their coward hearts, they ran away And swore they'd come back one day They couldn't face him then, that's true So now they came for me--to use The keeper as a leash, a chain To make the dragon bow again [Pre-Chorus 1 | Building | Strings Rise | First Tension] They brought me to the house on the hill Where the dragon slept, where the air was still They pointed their blades and made their threat "Move, beast, and she'll be dead" [Chorus 1 | Full Orchestra | Taiko | Triumphant | First Climax] But I am the one you should fear I've walked through war and lived to tell You came for me to break the dragon's will But you found a storm you couldn't kill [Verse 2 | Growing | Bit & Bul Join | Strings Enter Softly] They thought they had me, thought I'd stay Bound and broken, far away But ropes can't hold what war has made I slipped the knots, I found my blade I didn't wait, I didn't hide I grabbed my sword and stepped outside [Pre-Chorus 2 | Intensifying | Strings Swell | Higher Tension] I found Somi, I called her name "We bind their hands, we end this game" She tied them tight with rope and care While I stood guard with steel and air [Chorus 2 | Full Orchestra | Taiko | More Powerful | Key Change Prep] But I am the one you should fear I've walked through war and lived to tell You came for me to break the dragon's will But you found a storm you couldn't kill [Verse 3 | Reflective | All Five Join | Cello Returns | Intimate Moment] I walked them through the village gate The people gathered, they knew their fate "These are the men who spread the lies That kept the dragon bound with cries" The crowd grew angry, the crowd grew loud They wanted blood to stain the ground But I held my sword and held my stance And gave the mob a second chance [Bridge | Stripped | Solo Cello | Haneul Spoken-Sung | Most Intimate] I looked at the dragon, I looked at the men "Here is a choice I offer you then Live in the cage of your own design Or fly to a land where you can't spread lies" The dragon stepped forward, teeth like swords I bound the men with his claws and cords He lifted them up, not as a threat But as the judge they couldn't forget [Instrumental Break | Strings Alone | Building Slowly] [strings glissando] [timpani rolls] [Final Chorus | Explosive | Full Orchestra | Climax | Key Change | Gong] The dragon rose into the sky The village watched, they raised their cry Not for vengeance, not for pain But for the truth that broke the chain And the dragon flew with the liars clad To a distant isle, to a life they'd have The crowd cheered the setting sun The dragon's judgment -- justice won [brass fanfare] [taiko thunder] [angelic choir peaks in high register] [gong] [crowd roaring] [Outro | Distant Wind | Solo Cello | Haneul Alone | Fading] The sun went down. The village stood. The dragon's heart was understood. Not a monster. Not a beast. Just the one who set the truth released. [cello fades] [silence]
