The Sword He Carries

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Lyrics

[Intro - Heavy Synth, Slow]
[Verse 1]
He polished every link before the ride
He memorized the tower and the thorns
He crossed the bridge they said would never hold
And wore the rain like something to adorn
The dragon wasn't real but the fire was
The gate was locked but he had learned the trade
He broke the hinges singing to himself
A song about the debt that he was owed
[Chorus]
But she was already standing when he came
Already dressed, already knew her name
The tower was a room she could have left
The door was never locked — just closed, not kept
[Verse 2]
He laid the sword across her table's edge
He showed the scars like medals on a shelf
He told the story twice to make it land
The version where she'd crumble in his arms
She thanked him like you'd thank a passing stranger
Who holds the door you would have caught yourself
She poured him water, offered him a chair
And waited for the hero to leave
[Chorus]
She was already standing when he came
Already dressed, already knew her name
The tower was a room she could have left
The door was never locked — just closed, not kept
[Bridge - Stripped, Then Darker]
He built a throne for two inside his mind
A kingdom out of what he'd sacrificed
The crown was his, the debt was hers to pay
She set the water down
And walked away
No ledger and no ceremony owed
No villain and no victory to claim
Just a man in someone else's hallway
Holding a sword she'd never asked him to raise
[Instrumental Break - Heavy Bass, Marimba]
[Verse 3 - Quiet Devastation]
The armor's hanging in a rented room
The scars don't tell the story that he planned
The bridge he crossed is just a bridge again
The tower rents to someone else by dawn
He tells it differently in darker bars
The version where the kingdom fell apart
But the truth is simpler and it cuts much worse
She never knew she'd lived inside his heart
[Final Chorus - Slow, Weight]
She was already standing when he came
Already dressed, already knew her name
The tower was a room she could have left
The door was never locked
The door was never locked
The door was never locked
The door was closed
[Outro - Synth Fade]
And she owes him nothing
Not even this song
[End]

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