# Crown of Fire and Shadow **[Intro — Whispered Female Vocal / Distant Choir]** Ash upon the moonlight, blood upon the throne, something wakes beneath the mountains, something ancient… something known. **[Distant Dragon Roar]** **Choir:** *Ignis… Umbra… Draconis…* --- ## [Verse 1 — Female] I walked beneath the blackened towers, where dead kings whispered through the rain, I wore a crown of frozen flowers, and learned to smile through every pain. The stars above were slowly dying, the bells were ringing underground, then through the storm I heard you crying— A dragon's heart beneath the ground. ## [Pre-Chorus — Female + Rising Choir] Wake from the darkness, rise from the deep, break every promise the old gods made us keep. Spread out your wings now, set heaven alight— Tonight we become the monsters they fear in the night. ## [Chorus — Female & Male Duet] **Female:** Give me fire! **Male:** Give me shadow! **Both:** Give us thunder, give us war! **Female:** Let the kingdom— **Male:** Hear the dragons— **Both:** As they shake the castle doors! **Choir:** RISE! RISE! CHILDREN OF FLAME! **Both:** We were forgotten, we were betrayed, now every mountain will remember our name. We wear the darkness, we carry the light— We are the crown of fire and shadow tonight! **[Dragon Roar]** --- ## [Verse 2 — Male] I slept beneath a shattered kingdom, with iron driven through my wings, I dreamed of vengeance, dreamed of freedom, dreamed of murdering cruel kings. Then through the stone I heard you calling, a human voice without a fear, while towers burned and stars were falling, You whispered— **Female, softly:** "Dragon… I am here." ## [Pre-Chorus — Male] Break every chain now, tear through the stone, they built their empire upon every stolen bone. Let every tyrant look into the sky— The age of men is ending. Tonight the dragons fly. --- ## [Chorus — Full Duet + Choir] **Female:** Give me fire! **Male:** Give me shadow! **Both:** Give us thunder, give us war! Let the kingdom hear the dragons as they shake the castle doors! **Choir:** RISE! RISE! CHILDREN OF FLAME! **Both:** We were forgotten, we were betrayed, now every mountain will remember our name! We wear the darkness, we carry the light— We are the crown of fire and shadow tonight! --- ## [Call and Response — Female / Male] **Female:** Who owns the night? **Male:** The dragon. **Female:** Who owns the flame? **Male:** The dragon. **Female:** Who breaks the throne? **Male:** The dragon. **Both:** Then let the whole world remember our name! --- ## [Choir Bridge — Gothic Cathedral Choir] **Low Male Choir:** Fire below. **Female Choir:** Stars above. **Full Choir:** Born from vengeance, bound by love. Fire below. Shadow above. Let the ancient dragons— **ALL:** RISE! --- ## [Dragon Breakdown] **[Massive Dragon Roar]** **[War Drums]** **[Wingbeats]** **Male — Growled:** Burn their banners! **Female — Belted:** Break their crowns! **Male:** Wake the mountains! **Female:** Shake the ground! **Both:** If heaven sends an army down— WE'LL BURN THEIR HALOS TO THE GROUND! **[Dragon Roars Over Orchestral Hit]** --- # [Final Chorus — Huge Choir / Full Orchestra] Give us FIRE! Give us SHADOW! Give us THUNDER! GIVE US WAR! Let a thousand ancient dragons come crashing through the castle doors! **Choir:** RISE! RISE! CHILDREN OF FLAME! We were forgotten! We were betrayed! NOW EVERY KINGDOM WILL REMEMBER OUR NAME! We carry darkness! We carry light! We are the creatures that your legends couldn't fight! No gods above us! No kings in sight! WE ARE THE CROWN OF FIRE AND SHADOW— **Choir:** FIRE AND SHADOW! **Both:** TONIGHT! **[Enormous Dragon Roar]** --- ## [Outro — Female Whisper + Low Male Voice] **Female:** And when they tell our story… **Male:** Tell them we did not kneel. **Female:** Tell them the dragons returned. **Male:** And the fire was real. **Choir, fading:** *Draconis…* *Draconis…* *Draconis…* **[Final distant dragon roar]**
