The Round Table Cracks (Gawain)

[Verse 1] I rode these roads through rain and war For king and crown and something more A brotherhood of oath and steel A sacred bond, a solemn seal We shared the fire, we shared the bread We buried all our honored dead The Round Table stood through every storm A kingdom held by ancient form [Pre-Chorus] But stone may break And iron bend When truth arrives disguised as friend [Chorus] The Round Table cracks tonight Brother turns from brother's side What was forged in honor's flame Falls apart in love and shame Friend to friend and knight to knight Every oath now stands accused Camelot was built on trust And trust is what we now lose [Verse 2] Lady Morgause spoke my fear The thing no man would say or hear A whispered truth behind the wall A shadow moving through the hall The queen's fair smile, the champion's name Two sparks dancing near a flame I prayed the rumor would be false But silence only proved the fault [Pre-Chorus] For what is worse Than treason's knife? The breaking of a sacred life [Chorus] The Round Table cracks tonight Brother turns from brother's side What was forged in honor's flame Falls apart in love and shame Friend to friend and knight to knight Every oath now stands accused Camelot was built on trust And trust is what we now lose [Bridge] Lancelot... I called you brother once We fought beneath the selfsame sun We carried banners side by side Now honor says that one must fall Though part of me wishes it were a lie And if the king cannot see What every knight now understands Then someone must stand [Final Chorus] The Round Table cracks tonight Steel will answer steel at last Not for kingdoms, not for crowns But for wounds that cut too deep Brother against brother now Friend against friend beneath the sky And while the banners still may fly Camelot has begun to die [Outro] One secret spoken in the dark One whisper One name And all the kingdom feels the crack.