Heart Held In Shadow

<Fated to watch as the love of her life slips through her hands, Rip sings a song of her loyalty to her family, devoted and righteous to the end.> [Verse 1] Oh, we were friends from the start, Before the pack had formed, before the promises and parts. In the quiet of the hunt, in the calm before the fight, We’d share a thousand thoughts beneath the silver light. You knew my ways, I knew your fire, Two souls unspoken, drawn by some quiet desire. I’d never say it out loud; no, I’d never break the vow, But I wonder, oh, I wonder, do you feel it now? [Chorus] Bound by the pack, by the blood and the creed, Loyal to Lash and the path that she leads. I love you in silence, a secret I keep, Faithful eternal, 'cept for my dreams while I sleep. [Verse 2] In battles we’d linger, side by side, Fighting for our kin with a warrior's pride. You’d laugh in the face of every scar you earned, And something inside of me quietly burned. Together we’d talk, ‘bout things only we knew, Of howling winds, of secrets true. Yet my love stays hidden, as quiet as dawn, ‘Cause breaking the bond would mean all I am is gone. [Chorus] Bound by the pack, by the blood and the creed, Loyal to Lash and the path that she leads. I love you in silence, a secret I keep, Faithful eternal, 'cept for my dreams while I sleep. [Bridge] I’d never betray her, not even for this, For my love, a longing as deep as the abyss. I serve as her sister, her pack, her kin, To keep her pride and to not let sin win. [Verse 3] So, here I stay in the shadow’s embrace, Watching her hand find its place on your face. I’m here in the silence, where love has no claim, Holding this fire that won’t bear a name. [Chorus] Bound by the pack, by the blood and the creed, A heart in the shadows is all I can be. I love you in silence, a shadow I keep, Loyal to the end, no promises to reap. [Outro] Oh, Razor, I’ll stand by you, through every fight, As long as we live by the pack’s guiding light. My heart’s just a ghost, a vow in the deep, Where love and the shadows together must sleep.