Fina of Old Verse 1 — Beyond My Father’s Door I left my father’s house behind, Its sheltered halls, its life defined. With all I owned and little known, I walked toward a life my own. And Fina rose before my eyes— Her walls stood tall against the skies. Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Your voices below and your walls on the hill. Though time takes the roads that once led me to you, I carry the life that within you I knew. Great city, dear city, wherever I roam, You gave me my calling; you gave me a home. Verse 2 — A City Shaped with Care In Rockin’s design, the city grew, With streets that opened onto views Of roofs and courtyards, door and stair, And lives unfolding everywhere. I came a stranger through her gate; I could not know what there would wait. Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Your voices below and your walls on the hill. Though time takes the roads that once led me to you, I carry the life that within you I knew. Great city, dear city, wherever I roam, You gave me my calling; you gave me a home. Verse 3 — The Infirmary I entered where the wounded lay, And found two warriors in the way. Their anger filled that place of care; I stepped between and held them there. From that encounter, Kael would see A magistrate that I could be. Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Your voices below and your walls on the hill. Though time takes the roads that once led me to you, I carry the life that within you I knew. Great city, dear city, wherever I roam, You gave me my calling; you gave me a home. Verse 4 — The Scribes With Yoda, we would read and learn, And bring our questions, each in turn. The lessons given, page by page, Went with me through each changing age. How much began with ink and pen, Among the scribes I sat with then. Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Your voices below and your walls on the hill. Though time takes the roads that once led me to you, I carry the life that within you I knew. Great city, dear city, wherever I roam, You gave me my calling; you gave me a home. Verse 5 — Under Fogaban With Fogaban to lead us through The troubled days our city knew, We kept our places, did our part, And held great Fina in our hearts. When battle called us from our beds, Her banners flew above our heads. Verse 6 — The Battles How many times the warning cried, How many stood there, side by side. How many wounded carried through Those doors the infirmary knew. And when another fight was won, We counted those who would not come. Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Your voices below and your walls on the hill. Though time takes the roads that once led me to you, I carry the life that within you I knew. Great city, dear city, wherever I roam, You gave me my calling; you gave me a home. Verse 7 — The Fall Until the battle came at last That left our gates and courage passed. No heart could mend what war brought down; We lost the streets that made our town. I mourned the city, stone by stone, The first I’d chosen for my own. Verse 8 — What Began There Through other cities, other years, Through work and love, through loss and tears, The road from Fina followed me— The woman I had learned to be. I left my father’s home unsure; What Fina gave me would endure. Final Chorus Oh, Fina of old, I remember you still, Though silence has settled where voices would fill The streets Rockin shaped, and the halls where we grew, With Yoda to teach us, and work still to do. With Fogaban leading, with Kael by my side— My Fina lives on in the life you supplied.
