[Verse 1] I came from Baltimore rain Black coat, card sleeves, empty hands Then England tore the room apart And dropped me in a red-soaked land I learned their banners by the smoke Learned every lane by arrow scars A stranger turned to Lancastrian eyes With maps and a mind for war [Spoken] If this is a dream, it bleeds too hard. If this is fate, it chose a cruel road. [Pre-Chorus] Now Tudor Castle holds my name In whispered stone and candle flame The chapel waits with trembling air Like it knows what I came here for [Chorus] Bless me, Mystical Elf Before the final clash Hold my soul in light When the old world breaks at last Bless me, Mystical Elf I stand where shadows call If I fall tonight Let my name not fall at all [Verse 2] Two years I’ve drawn their winter plans Read the mud, the miles, the fear I know which lord will break by dawn And which will drag his doom near But knowledge is a blade with teeth It cuts the hand that grips it tight If England keeps its crimson crown I may not leave this fight [Spoken] Manawyddan fab Llyr. You and I are not just men in a field. One of us walks away with the world. [Pre-Chorus] The altar glows with patient gold Her silence bends the chapel cold I bow my head, my black heart bare And feel the air become a prayer [Chorus] Bless me, Mystical Elf Before the final clash Hold my soul in light When the old world breaks at last Bless me, Mystical Elf I stand where shadows call If I fall tonight Let my name not fall at all [Bridge] [Spoken] I was born in one century I was remade in another This body, this vow, this war All stitched together If the world must pay in blood Then let my fear be first I will not kneel to oblivion I will not die unheard (Bless me!) [Final Chorus] Bless me, Mystical Elf Before the final clash Hold my soul in light When the old world breaks at last Bless me, Mystical Elf I stand where shadows call If I fall tonight Let my name not fall at all
