Caliburn in Her Hands (Arturia Pendragon Fate/Stay Night)

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[Verse 1]
Candle smoke in a stone-cold hall
He said my name
Like a battle call
Silk dress bound in iron bands
He placed a crown
In my shaking hands

Taught by an old man’s tired eyes
How to bury truth
Beneath good lies
“Child
The world
Only follows kings”
So I bit my tongue
And I learned those things

[Chorus]
Caliburn in her hands
But they called me “my lord” as the steel left the stone
I carried their prayers
On a throne built of rumors and blood and bone
If this is the crown
Why does it feel like a blade on my skin?
Caliburn in her hands
And still I wonder who I’ve ever really been

[Verse 2]
Fifteen winters
Frozen breath
I gripped that hilt
And signed for death
Armor laced to hide my frame
They bled for me
Who never knew my name

Feasts and banners
Burning towns
Every toast
Drowned another sound
Of mothers crying
Fields gone black
I drew the line
But I can’t draw it back

[Bridge]
Knights at my table
With warm
Laughing eyes
Turned their chairs
When they tasted lies
I gave them a legend
They shattered like glass
Now my kingdom is smoke
Where the sun used to pass

So hear me
World
I am asking the sky (hey…)
Let these ruins
Teach another why
Make me a shadow
In stories you sing
Grant me one more life
To find a truer king

[Chorus]
Caliburn in her hands
But they called me “my lord” as the steel left the stone
I carried their prayers
On a throne built of rumors and blood and bone
If this is the crown
Take it and cast it where oceans begin
Caliburn in her hands
I’ll walk the stars till Britain learns to live again

[Outro]
Ash on my armor
Salt in my hair
Once a hidden daughter
Once an answered prayer
I fade like a banner
Torn in the wind
Still reaching for a kingdom
That might have been

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[Verse 1] Candle smoke in a stone-cold hall He said my name Like a battle call Silk dress bound in iron bands He placed a crown In my shaking hands Taught by an old man’s tired eyes How to bury truth Beneath good lies “Child The world Only follows kings” So I bit my tongue And I learned those things [Chorus] Caliburn in her hands But they called me “my lord” as the steel left the stone I carried their prayers On a throne built of rumors and blood and bone If this is the crown Why does it feel like a blade on my skin? Caliburn in her hands And still I wonder who I’ve ever really been [Verse 2] Fifteen winters Frozen breath I gripped that hilt And signed for death Armor laced to hide my frame They bled for me Who never knew my name Feasts and banners Burning towns Every toast Drowned another sound Of mothers crying Fields gone black I drew the line But I can’t draw it back [Chorus] Caliburn in her hands But they called me “my lord” as the steel left the stone I carried their prayers On a throne built of rumors and blood and bone If this is the crown Why does it feel like a blade on my skin? Caliburn in her hands And still I wonder who I’ve ever really been [Bridge] Knights at my table With warm Laughing eyes Turned their chairs When they tasted lies I gave them a legend They shattered like glass Now my kingdom is smoke Where the sun used to pass So hear me World I am asking the sky (hey…) Let these ruins Teach another why Make me a shadow In stories you sing Grant me one more life To find a truer king [Chorus] Caliburn in her hands But they called me “my lord” as the steel left the stone I carried their prayers On a throne built of rumors and blood and bone If this is the crown Take it and cast it where oceans begin Caliburn in her hands I’ll walk the stars till Britain learns to live again [Outro] Ash on my armor Salt in my hair Once a hidden daughter Once an answered prayer I fade like a banner Torn in the wind Still reaching for a kingdom That might have been

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