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Welcome to the Grand Design

[Intro - Spoken] Attend, and let the golden court be still. A new blade crosses the sands. Not quietly. Never quietly. [Verse 1] From Zaun’s iron breath and broken sleep, A swordsman walks where old wounds run deep. Brother to sparks that split the night, Brother to storms that learned to fight. He carries the names that the past carved in, Yet turns each scar to a sharpened grin. With fire in hand and a fuse held tight, He writes his answer in arcs of light. [Pre-Chorus] He vaults through danger, he bends the frame, He makes a weapon of every flame. No honest road, no gentle art— He wins with a trick and a fearless heart. [Chorus] Blade Dancer, rise beneath my crown, Let every watching eye turn down. Enter the roster, claim your place, With steel like lightning and fire in your wake. Blade Dancer, welcome to the grand design, Your tragedy ends at this border of mine. If battle demands an impossible view, Then make it magnificent—what else would you do? [Verse 2] A gadget bursts with a scarlet flare, A saber cuts through the desert air. He fights too close for the timid and proud, Then leaves one last pose for the cheering crowd. The clean may complain, the pure may stare, But victory favors the ones who dare. A feint, a fall, a wicked surprise— Then flame blooms bright in his enemy’s eyes. [Spoken Interlude] I recognize that entrance. The pause before the strike. The carefully chosen angle. The expression that says, “Yes, I planned all of this.” At last, another connoisseur of presentation. You understand the sacred principle: If the feat is impressive already, why not make the shot absolutely incredible? [Chorus] Blade Dancer, rise beneath my crown, Let every watching eye turn down. Enter the roster, claim your place, With steel like lightning and fire in your wake. Blade Dancer, welcome to the grand design, Your tragedy ends at this border of mine. If battle demands an impossible view, Then make it magnificent—what else would you do? [Bridge - Spoken] You have known the kind of past that follows a person into every room. You have carried a family’s thunder without asking for the storm. But hear me now: pain is not the only title you bear. You are not merely what was broken. You are motion. Precision. Timing. A blade in the air, a spark in the dark, and a final silhouette worthy of remembrance. [Bridge - Sung] Let the old ghosts lose your trail, Let the burning gears become your sail. Turn every tremor, every scar, Into a sign of what you are. [Final Chorus] Blade Dancer, rise beneath my crown, Make the silent columns shake and sound. Enter the roster, claim your place, With steel like lightning and fire in your wake. Blade Dancer, now the court can see A fellow artist of audacity. When fate gives you one impossible view, Make it magnificent—make it true. [Outro - Spoken] Welcome, Blade Dancer. Stand beside the throne. And when you strike your pose— Hold it. The desert is watching.