[Verse 1] I was bound among the dead, A lonely keeper of the lost. Every chain that held me there Reminded me of what I lost. The Dragonborn weakened the chain, My prison loosened stone by stone. Then I made a stranger's bargain And found somewhere I could call home. [Pre-Chorus] No longer only cursed. No longer only dead. There were voices in the manor. There were footsteps overhead. [Chorus] I AM THE CARETAKER! I GUARD WHAT I HAVE FOUND! Through the halls of death and darkness, I will never let them down! I AM THE CARETAKER! Let the dead and living know! Touch the ones beneath my roof And meet the fury below! [Verse 2] Miraak stood beside me. Heroes gathered for the fight. We walked into the hunter's kingdom And answered darkness with the night. I carried something older. A curse entrusted to my hand. Alduin's fury crossed the threshold And struck the Hunter where he stood. [Pre-Chorus] I was never merely fragile. Never merely strange. The woman they called broken Could become a force of rage. [Chorus] I AM THE CARETAKER! I GUARD WHAT I HAVE FOUND! Through the halls of death and darkness, I will never let them down! I AM THE CARETAKER! Let the dead and living know! Touch the ones beneath my roof And meet the fury below! [Bridge] [Warm cello, quiet vocals] Michael sees the darkness. He does not turn away. He sees the rage beneath my skin And somehow wants me to display it. He never asks me to be less. He never fears what I can be. [Music begins building] Perhaps that's why I finally know The curse was never all of me. [Breakdown] I HAVE BEEN DEAD! I HAVE BEEN BOUND! I HAVE BEEN LEFT BENEATH THE GROUND! BUT I HAVE FOUND A PLACE TO STAND! AND I WILL TEAR APART THE WORLD BEFORE I LET IT TAKE MY FAMILY! [Final Chorus] I AM THE CARETAKER! I AM THE HAND THAT GUARDS! I WALK THE ROADS OF OBLIVION AND I WILL NOT BE DISARMED! I AM THE CARETAKER! LET THE HUNTERS KNOW MY NAME! I MAY BE DEAD. I MAY BE CURSED. BUT I CAN STILL BURN WITH RAGE! I AM THE CARETAKER! THIS MANOR IS MY HOME! I WAS LONELY FOR AN AGE, BUT I WILL NEVER BE ALONE! [Outro] [Choir and cello] I am not only cursed. I am not only dead. I am Durnehviir. And these are my people.
