[Verse 1 – Marigold] I have walked these fields in quiet light, Through early dawn and fading night, I came from lands beyond your own— And chose to stand beside your throne. [Verse 2 – Queen] You speak as one who does not fear, Yet you are чуж to standing here, My land, my crown, my people’s hand— Are not for чуж to understand. [Verse 3 – Marigold] I do not claim what is not mine, I stand in service, not in line, I’ve seen your strength, I know its worth— I stayed to guard it on this earth. [Chorus – Both] What we hold is not our own, What we guard has always grown, From root to root, from land to land— No single crown can make it stand… [Verse 4 – Marigold] The fields still shine beneath the sun, But look beneath what we’ve become, The hands that tend, the ones who stay— They feel it slipping day by day. [Verse 5 – Marigold] I have watched you hold this line, With steady hand through hardest time, Not for power, not for name— But for your people all the same. I asked for nothing in return, No place to claim, no right to earn, I stayed because I knew your worth— And chose this land above my birth. [Verse 6 – Queen] You speak of things I cannot show, Of truths a crown must never know, But if the ground beneath us fails— Then all we are begins to pale… [Bridge – Marigold] The roots have crossed what we divide, What harms them there lives here inside, The ones you turned from long before— May hold the truth we can’t ignore… I do not stand to see you fall, I stand because you carry all. [Chorus – Both] What we hold is not our own, What we guard has always grown, From root to root, from land to land— We rise or fall, together stand. [Outro – Queen] Then send the word beyond this land… We will not stand alone.
