Intro]
Lonely acoustic guitar picking in 6/8 waltz rhythm
Wind howling in the background
[Verse 1]
When the girl lost her home to flame,
The Queen’s horn rang in triumph’s name.
Purple skies began to break and bleed,
As fire devoured all it touched, all it would need.
[Verse 2]
When the boy lost his home to night,
The Knight’s horn called for exile’s flight.
Blackened earth began to run and swell,
As children drowned in blood where silence fell.
[Pre-Chorus]
They are but weeds upon the wasteland ground,
Left for scepters’ flame to burn them down.
They are but blossoms on the jagged stone,
Left to wither slowly, cold and alone.
[Bridge]
(Music slows, near silence)
No new garments left to wear,
No crust of bread against despair.
The boy lies down without a sound,
The girl lets go into the ground.
[Chorus]
(Epic orchestral + choir enters)
Warm human bodies melt the frost,
Hearts still beating reclaim the lost.
Innate mercy wakes the Volumetric Light,
Revealed through ruin, burning through night.
From wasteland dust, a new world starts to rise.
[Outro]
Grand choir fades into a single ethereal female vocal humming
A new chapter… a new chapter…