[Verse 1] Beneath the raven's shadowed wing, I came before the crowned queen. I laid my sword, I bowed my head, and took the oath her hand had said. Her banner moved above the flame, the night itself became her name. I left my doubt upon the floor and rose a knight behind that door. [Pre-Chorus] By word and will, by blood and blade, the vow was spoken, seal was made. [Chorus] Ride with the ravens, black on black, through moonlit roads and shadows' track. No crown I seek, no throne I claim— I serve the Queen, I bear her name. [Verse 2] She warned me once of what I'd find, the sort of fate that tests the mind. I heard her warning, smiled instead, and now the raven crowns my head. Let storm winds howl and torches fade, let midnight sharpen every blade. Whatever darkness crosses through, I'll meet it where her banners flew. [Pre-Chorus] By oath and fire, steel and song, the path is strange, the night is long. [Final Chorus] Ride with the ravens, black on black, through moonlit roads and shadows' track. No crown I seek, no throne I claim— I serve the Queen, I bear her name. [Bridge] And should the black-winged kingdom call, I'll answer when its shadows fall. For some commands are carved in gold, and some are worth more than we're told. [Build] The night. The crown. The raven's flight. And woe betide who harms her cello. [Outro]
