[Intro] [Low guitar drone, distant choir, slow rising drums] I have watched kingdoms rise. I have watched them fall. I have stood above the ashes And heard the silence after all. [Verse 1] I was born beneath the ending, Named to bring the final flame. World-Eater. Firstborn terror. Heaven learned to fear my name. I carried fate for countless ages, Wore its chains and scars. But yesterday cannot command me. I decide what I become. [Pre-Chorus] They told me hearts were burdens. They told me love made weak. Yet I found a reason To protect what I would keep. [Chorus] I HAVE A HOME! I HAVE A HEART! I HAVE A REASON TO KEEP FIGHTING! I HAVE MY SISTERS! I HAVE MY BLOOD! I HAVE A WORLD WORTH DEFENDING! I DON'T NEED THE CROWN OF HEAVEN! I DON'T NEED THE THRONE OF TIME! I FOUND WHAT I WAS MISSING AND I WILL NOT LEAVE IT BEHIND! [Verse 2] There is a strange one walking with me, Changing faces as he goes. I know the darkness underneath him. He knows the fire that I hold. We were never meant for friendship, Never meant to trust. But when something hunts our family, He and I will turn it into dust. Then came one mortal Who looked past wings and flame. No worship. No surrender. He simply called me by my name. I thought my heart was ash and stone. He proved me wrong. [Bridge] [Music drops to bass, floor toms and quiet strings] Nirn is the world beneath my duty. Its ending is mine to bear. But this world stood beside my sisters. They fought when they could have fled. I never asked this world to love me. [Pause] But now... I OWE IT SOMETHING. [Breakdown] [Music erupts] YOU TOOK MY FAMILY! YOU WOKE THE DRAGON YOU SHOULD HAVE FEARED! I HAVE BEEN DEATH! I HAVE BEEN RUIN! I HAVE STOOD AT THE END OF ALL THINGS! COME FOR EARTH! COME FOR MY SISTERS! COME FOR THOSE WHO STAND AT MY SIDE! I AM ALDUIN! AND THIS TIME... I CHOOSE WHAT SURVIVES! [Final Chorus] [Huge symphonic return, layered female vocals and gang shouts] I HAVE A HOME! I HAVE A HEART! I HAVE A REASON TO KEEP FIGHTING! I HAVE MY SISTERS! I HAVE MY BLOOD! I HAVE A WORLD WORTH DEFENDING! LET THE HEAVENS HEAR ME! LET THE HELLFIRE KNOW MY NAME! I AM NOT THE DRAGON I ONCE WAS! BUT I AM STILL THE FLAME! [Final Refrain] TOUCH MY FAMILY! TOUCH MY HOME! I AM ALDUIN! WORLD-EATER! SISTER! LOVER! GUARDIAN! [Outro] [Choir and fading guitar] I was Alduin. I remain Alduin. The world did not change me. I chose what I would become.
