[MUGS SLAMMING, BOOTS STOMPING, CROWD ROAR] [NARRATOR] The gates are closed The fires are lit The war is done For tonight [NARRATOR] Inside Granite Respite Tables groan Barrels break And the Living Blades remember How to live [DWARF] Fill it up—don’t water it down We didn’t crawl back—we burned that ground [BRAWLL] DRINK [BRakka] LOUDER [MERCENARIES] DRINK DRINK [CHORUS] LEAD: RAISE IT HIGH CROWD: RAISE IT HIGH LEAD: TILL THE RAFTERS CRACK THE SKY CROWD: CRACK THE SKY ALL: WE FOUGHT THROUGH HELL AND LIVED TO TELL SO DRINK IT DOWN TONIGHT LEAD: STOMP THE FLOOR CROWD: STOMP THE FLOOR LEAD: WE AIN’T THOSE MEN NO MORE CROWD: NO MORE ALL: WE CAME BACK STEEL AND BLOOD AND BONE AND WE’RE DRINKIN’ LIKE A WAR [SFX: CHEERS, LAUGHTER] [OLD BEN] If this table breaks I’m not fixing it [NARRATOR] He drinks anyway --- [TROY] We held the line when it should have failed We walked through fire when the heavens wailed [MERCENARIES] HELD THE LINE [ERIC] Took what we wanted—left the rest to burn If Hell wants payment—it can wait its turn [CROWD] WAIT ITS TURN [PHILLIP] You boys fight hard—but you drink too slow Back in my day we’d have emptied the row [CROWD] EMPTY IT [OLD BEN] Back in your day we didn’t have to listen to you [CROWD LAUGHS] --- [VERSE — MERCENARY SHOUT] [JORVEN] Shields held firm [BENRICK] Never broke [HAGAN] I tripped twice—and still got a kill [CROWD] HE DID [OLD BEN] Still don’t know how --- [CHORUS] RAISE IT HIGH RAISE IT HIGH TILL THE RAFTERS CRACK THE SKY CRACK THE SKY WE FOUGHT THROUGH HELL AND LIVED TO TELL SO DRINK IT DOWN TONIGHT STOMP THE FLOOR STOMP THE FLOOR WE AIN’T THOSE MEN NO MORE NO MORE WE CAME BACK STEEL AND BLOOD AND BONE AND WE’RE DRINKIN’ LIKE A WAR --- [NARRATOR] The music rises Faster now Hotter Wild --- [DWARF] There was a devil with a crown of flame [BRAWLL] BROKE HIS FACE [CROWD] BROKE HIS FACE [BRakka] Three more came I broke them same [CROWD] BROKE THEM SAME [ERIC] One tried to bargain [CROWD] HOW’D THAT GO [ERIC] He’s still screaming [CROWD ROARS] --- 🎶 **DUET SECTION (DWARF + DRUNA)** [DRUNA] Blades in the dark where the shadows crawl We didn’t run—we answered the call [DWARF] Hammer and steel, we shattered the gate [DRUNA] Hell couldn’t hold what it couldn’t break [CROWD] COULDN’T BREAK COULDN’T BREAK --- [CHORUS] RAISE IT HIGH RAISE IT HIGH TILL THE RAFTERS CRACK THE SKY CRACK THE SKY WE FOUGHT THROUGH HELL AND LIVED TO TELL SO DRINK IT DOWN TONIGHT STOMP THE FLOOR STOMP THE FLOOR WE AIN’T THOSE MEN NO MORE NO MORE WE CAME BACK STEEL AND BLOOD AND BONE AND WE’RE DRINKIN’ LIKE A WAR --- [NARRATOR] For a moment They remember Those who didn’t walk back --- [MERCENARIES] Rothan… Kara… Mira… --- [TROY] We carry them --- [OLD BEN] …yeah We do --- [BRAWLL] THEN WE DRINK FOR THEM TOO [CROWD ERUPTS] --- [FINAL CHORUS] RAISE IT HIGH RAISE IT HIGH TILL THE RAFTERS CRACK THE SKY CRACK THE SKY WE FOUGHT THROUGH HELL AND LIVED TO TELL SO DRINK IT DOWN TONIGHT STOMP THE FLOOR STOMP THE FLOOR WE AIN’T THOSE MEN NO MORE NO MORE WE CAME BACK STEEL AND BLOOD AND BONE AND WE’RE DRINKIN’ LIKE A WAR DRINK IT DOWN DRINK IT DOWN TILL THERE AIN’T NO FEAR AROUND WE LOST SOME NAMES BUT NOT THE FLAME THE LINE STILL HOLDS THIS GROUND --- [OUTRO] [CROWD] DRINK DRINK DRINK [OLD BEN] If anyone sings another verse I’m leaving [CROWD LAUGHS] [DWARF] YOU’RE NOT LEAVIN’ [CODA - HOWL + FIDDLE RIFF] [NARRATOR] For one night No war No Hell Just firelight And laughter And the sound Of the Living Blades Still standing
