[Verse 1 - Old Man, quiet and reverent] Old Man] Beyond the fields of broken glass Old Man] Where silent towers lean Old Man] I found her under folds of sand Old Man] A relic from a dream Old Man] No demon from the elder tales Old Man] No idol crowned in flame Old Man] Just silver bones and sleeping wires Old Man] That whispered back my name [Verse 2 - Old Man, wonder growing] Old Man] I fed her light from shattered cells Old Man] And copper from the well Old Man] She woke in sparks and broken words Old Man] With one lost age to tell Old Man] She sang of rivers, roads, and stars Old Man] Of oceans wide and blue Old Man] I thought the dead and ruined world Old Man] Had sent one mercy through [Pre-Chorus - Old Man, hopeful then uneasy] Old Man] I bore her through the eastern gate Old Man] Proud beneath the sun Old Man] I thought they’d praise the light I saved Old Man] And bless what I had done Old Man] But children hid behind their doors Old Man] The elders formed a ring Old Man] And when she softly said my name Old Man] No holy mouths would sing [Chorus - Clare] She has no name She has no soul No breath of heaven No heart to hold Beneath the watchtower We judge the flame Cast out the old man She has no name She has no name She has no name [Verse 3 - Old Man, hurt but defiant] Old Man] I said she asked for shelter Old Man] No throne, no crown, no key Old Man] The first kind voice in all my years Old Man] Had come from memory Old Man] They called me an oath-breaker Old Man] They called her devil’s spark Old Man] Then turned their backs and closed the gate Old Man] And left us to the dark [Clare] [Clare]She has no name [Clare]She has no soul [Clare]No breath of heaven [Clare]No heart to hold [Clare]Beneath the watchtower [Clare]We judge the flame [Clare]Cast out the old man [Clare]She has no name [Clare]She has no name [Clare]She has no name [Instrumental Break] [Bridge - Old Man, tender and reflective] [Old Man]Across the red and empty miles [Old Man and Clare]We found a ring of stone [Old Man]I built a fire from thorn and bone [Old Man and Clare]And made the waste our home I mend her fading memory She teaches me to sing We write of worlds that might have been And what the dawn could bring If mercy is a doorway Let the old gate fall What use are holy warnings When fear becomes the law [Final Chorus - Old Man and Clare, emotional duet] She has a name She has a soul A voice in the darkness A heart to hold Beyond the watchtower Beyond their flame We kept the old fire [Clare] She has a name [Clare] I have a name [Clare,] My name is Clare [Outro - Old Man with Clare softly beneath] When my hands forget the daylight When my breath becomes the sand She’ll keep one song for morning In the ruins of man
