[Intro – spoken / half-sung in a vocal harmony] I stayed where the story ended [Verse 1] I woke up to a quiet field where war once burned the sky, Grass grew through the cracks in stone where all our dead still lie. The banners that we carried now are nothing but decay, But I remember every color, even though they’ve turned to gray. They build their towns on bones of dragons we once came to face, Kids run through the cobblestone where blood had warmed this place. They don’t know the cost it took to let them laugh and breathe, But I can hear your voices every time the autumn leaves. THE WORLD MOVED ON! [Chorus] So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” We walked through dragon fire, we bled where angels fell, I watched you make a heaven out of someone else’s hell. If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END! So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” WHO AM I!? If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END! [Verse 2] I dream of you in armor that no rust has dared to touch, Your laughter shakes the battlefield, you never asked for much. The mage who lit the midnight sky, the priest who never ran, The rogue who stole from gods themselves to feed a starving land. Your graves are lost to map and myth, to moss and shifting streams, But I still hear your footfalls in the corridors of dreams. The castles we once shattered now are stories told to kids, And I’m the cracked old stranger who says, “Yes, I swear we did.” [Chorus] So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” We walked through dragon fire, we bled where angels fell, I watched you make a heaven out of someone else’s hell. If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END! So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” WHO AM I!? If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END! [Bridge] The taverns sing of heroes with the wrong names in their songs, They toast to pretty legends but they get the details wrong. I drink in silent corners where our shadows used to sit, And raise a glass to all of you the world chose to forget. They say, “Old man, you talk like you were really by their sideI show them all these faded scars, they think Im out my mind. The world forgot your faces, but I can’t forget your names, Even if my hands are shaking, I will not let your story fall. If the gods have turned their backs and left our tale to rot away, I’ll carve you into starlight that no age can wash away! [Chorus] So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” We walked through dragon fire, we bled where angels fell, I watched you make a heaven out of someone else’s hell. If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END! So when the torches go out, will anyone remember? The nights we held the line against a breaking, bleeding sky. We carved a fragile future out of endless burning embers, Now I’m the only one who’s left to answer, “Who am I?” WHO AM I!? If I’m the last to carry what we were and what we’ve been, CAN I BE MORE THAN MY JOURNEY'S END!
