The Shield of the Loving Witch

[Intro Chant] Steel and oath Fire and fate Love forbidden Too late [Verse 1] By moonlit woods she watched him pray, A witch in shadow, a knight in gray. Her heart burned bright with cursed desire, His sworn blade bound by sacred fire. He never looked, he never knew, The spellbound eyes that followed true. A vow of steel, a holy chain, No love allowed, only pain. [Pre-Chorus] She whispered spells into the night, While he swore oaths to wrong and right. Two souls close, yet torn apart, Duty steel, but breaking heart. [Chorus FAST ANTHEMIC] I love you though I must not speak, You stand for vows, I bend for fate. If love is sin, then let me fall, I’d give my all before you break! I love you though you cannot see, Your oath is stronger than your need. If death should take you from this land, I’ll fight the gods with spell and hand! [Verse 2] The battlefield in crimson drowned, Broken steel on broken ground. She feels the wound before he falls, A dying cry through magic calls. He hits the earth, breath running thin, Blood on faith, blood on skin. The knight still clings to sacred law, Even as death tightens its claw. [Pre-Chorus] She screams his name into the storm, Power surges, raw, deformed. One choice left, no turning back, Love demands the final pact. [Chorus] I love you though you must not live, Not like this, not here, not now. Take my magic, take my soul, I break the world, I break the vow! [Bridge BREAKDOWN to BLAST] No more spells! No more flame! She tears the power from her name! Flesh to steel! Heart to stone! She will not let him die alone! Magic shatters! Light resigns! Her final form—his final line! [Verse 3] Where the witch once stood in fire, Now rests a shield of silver ire. Runes burned deep, a silent cry, Her love forged into destiny. The knight awakes, the war is done, His body saved, the battle won. He lifts the shield, feels warmth inside, Unknowing whom it is who died. [Final Chorus HALF to FULL SPEED] I loved you more than spell or breath, More than fear, more than death. I chose to fade, to disappear, So you would walk untouched by fear! I am the shield upon your arm, I am the ward against all harm. No oath can break what I have done, I guard you till all wars are done! [Outro Epic Chant] No kiss, no grave, no final word, Only steel where love once burned. A witch is gone, her choice remains, Forever bound in shield and pain.