[Verse 1] Born by the sheep pens Mud on her boots Dreams heavier than armor Too big for that roof Silver on a stranger’s sleeve Caught her stubborn eye She walked out at sunrise Left without goodbye [Chorus] Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter Name like a battle cry Carved in oaths and old cold steel Carried under open sky From a farmer’s frozen pasture To a paladin’s hard-won light Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter Stands when others turn from the fight [Verse 2] March in the mercenary line Blisters Barked commands Mud-thick blood and bitter wine Orders she understands Laughter in the barracks smoke Cards slapped on the crate Until the day the spell broke And bent her toward her fate [Chorus] [Verse 3] Broken in a bandit’s den Faith cut down to bone Whispered to the empty air “I will not die alone” White fire in a wordless prayer Burned through every chain She rose up like a sunrise Walking out of pain [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] Oaths on the hilt of a nameless blade Salt of tears on her lips as she prayed When the dark pressed in like a closing hand She drew a brighter line in the land [crecendo] Saints remember Steel recalls How a shepherd’s daughter answered the calls [Chorus] [Outro] Snow on the old home field She stands where it began Calloused palm on worn wood gate Smiles and does not plan The world still turning Trouble stirring Far beyond that door She shoulders faith like fitted mail And walks the road once more
