[Intro] | low cello | distant stone horn | violet hum [male] At the far end of the bridge Where the black river turned A giant woke from silence With one violet eye that burned [female] Not beast, not man But stone given breath A sentinel waiting Past ruin and death [Verse 1] | male lead The Sword of Truth speaks only what is Speak your purpose plain So I lowered my blade And gave it no lie to claim We came for shelter Not conquest or throne We followed the rain Into halls under stone [female] Curiosity without conquest Shelter without claim [both] The city heard truth And remembered our names [Chorus] | both | powerful There’s a mark in the stone There’s a key in the flame There’s a city below That remembers your name Keeper, keeper The dark calls back Violet fire On the hidden track Champion, champion Bound by spark Truth in the blade And the keeper’s mark [Verse 2] | female lead | archives Left arch, black path Touch nothing till stone speaks Old parchment breathing In spiraling keeps Scrolls in silence Tablets in rows A pedestal waiting Where violet light glows A fragment slept high In a shadowed place Dark metal broken From an ancient grace [male] It answered your wrist [female] It warmed in my hand [both] Then the shelves opened wider Like they could understand [Pre-Chorus] | building Amulet pulling Bracelet burned bright Two broken pieces Remembered one light The cracked stone healed The runes ran high Then the whole dead city Opened its eye [Chorus] | both There’s a mark in the stone There’s a key in the flame There’s a city below That remembers your name Keeper, keeper The dark calls back Violet fire On the hidden track Champion, champion Bound by spark Truth in the blade And the keeper’s mark [Bridge] | vision | huge and haunting [female] I saw it all [male] Then you pulled me through [female] Hammers and fire [male] Black stone and blue [both] Dwarves under mountain Songs in the deep Then something older Begged the world to sleep [female] Not evil [male] Not hunger [female] Not rage [male] Just silence [both] Locked in an iron cage [Verse 3] | heart chamber [male] The heart held the seal Black iron and stone [female] A silence beneath it Wanting only alone [male] Then strengthen the binding [female] First find the how [both] The forge held the answer The city led us down [Verse 4] | armory | tense [female] The armory woke With weapons in rows Shields full of runes And armor that chose [male] A shield called my name A perfect fit [female] Too perfect, muscle Don’t you dare touch it [male] It wanted my arm [female] It wanted your breath [both] Not to guard you But bind you to death [male] Then I saw the space Where no rune shone bright And I gave back the blade To the city’s old light [Chorus] | both | darker There’s a mark in the stone There’s a key in the flame There’s a city below That remembers your name Keeper, keeper The dark calls back Violet fire On the hidden track Champion, champion Bound by spark Truth in the blade And the keeper’s mark [Verse 5] | forge | rhythmic drums [female] Violet embers Never quite died [male] A broken chain link With a wound in its side [female] Heat it, remember it [male] Hammer it true [female] Make the old binding [male] Whole and new [both] One strike rang out Like a bell underground Sparks flew wild And the lost link found The chain sealed bright The city replied Then fire took my wrist And burned inside [Bridge 2] | female lead | transformation [female] It sank through skin Through magic and bone No bracelet now But a mark of my own Violet beneath me A living design Power I don’t know yet But somehow mine [male] Are you all right? [female] I think I am [male] The city chose well [female] That sounds like a plan [Final Chorus] | full power There’s a mark in the stone There’s a key in the flame There’s a city below That remembers your name Keeper, keeper The dark calls back Violet fire On the hidden track Champion, champion Bound by spark Truth in the blade And the keeper’s mark The blade remembers The champion’s hand The keeper rises Where the old gates stand [Outro] | quiet fire | rain above [male] Back where we started [female] But not the same [male] Sword at my side [female] Mark full of flame [male] Then by the fire You told me true [female] You’re bound to the city And bound to me too [male] I’ve had worse assignments [female] That’s all you’ll say? [male] For tonight, Keeper Anger can wait [both] Rain over ruin Horses asleep One hand in the firelight One promise deep Violet beneath skin Steel in the dark Champion and keeper By the keeper’s mark
