[Intro] (Driving synth arpeggios, strong lute riff, pipe organ swell, heavy reverb) Steel and stone... the bridge calls his name... [Verse 1] Garigliano Bridge in the cold morning glow Two hundred Spaniards marching in a golden row Bayard stands ready with fire in his veins The Chevalier charges through the smoke and the flames No army behind him, just honor and steel One knight defying what the odds reveal Lute and dulcimer cut through the thunder roar The last true warrior settles the score [Chorus] Bayard! At Garigliano! One knight against two hundred! None can overthrow! Bayard! Sword held high! Master of the bridge beneath the blood-red sky! [Verse 2] Arrows fly heavy, cannons shake the ground Bayard strikes like lightning, felling foes all around For king and for glory, for the code of the blade He carves his legend in the battle haze Prophet synths soar as the enemies break The river runs witness to the stand he makes [Chorus] Bayard! At Garigliano! One knight against two hundred! None can overthrow! Bayard! Sword held high! Master of the bridge beneath the blood-red sky! [Bridge] (Harpsichord + rising synths + choral layers building) When the cannons roar and the old ways die... One man alone can still touch the sky... He holds the line... he claims the fight... A knight eternal in the dungeon light! [Final Chorus] (Bigger, anthemic) Bayard! At Garigliano! One knight against two hundred! None can overthrow! Bayard! Sword held high! Immortal on the bridge where legends never die! [Outro] (Fading powerful synths, pipe organ, lute melody, strong reverb) Bayard... Bayard... Master of Garigliano... The bridge still echoes... with his name...
