The Ballad of the Blind Star

[Intro] [Ethereal crystal bells, cold wind ambiance, melancholic cello solo] [Verse 1: Soft and Innocent] Once I wove the starlight into silk so fine The crystal veins of earth were pulsing into mine My heart was like a bird, a flutter in the chest I found a fallen soul and offered him my rest I thought that love was essence, pure and silver-white I brought the sun’s destroyer to our halls of light [Verse 2: Dark and Bitter] [Violins become tense, low heavy drums] But shadows have no mercy, and fire has no name He traded all my kindness for a world in flame I woke to smell of burning, to silence in the air The blood of my Antirius was matted in my hair My Nuri is a phantom, my people — only dust I forged a jagged justice from the ruins of my trust [Chorus: Epic and Powerful] [Symphonic burst, loud and operatic] I carved the dark forbidden into bone and vein! I washed my hands in sorrow, I baptized them in pain! One strike to pierce the traitor, one life to pay the debt! But stars began to scream, a god I’d never met! Black lightning tore the firmament, the world began to moan! I killed a thousand enemies to find I stood alone! [Bridge: Ghostly and Unstable] [Music stops, eerie violin, whispering vocals] Now I walk the salt-flats, a queen without a throne A blind and broken shadow in a desert made of bone The dagger is my husband, the silence is my child Idrida is a memory... but Eris... she is wild... [Outro: Fading and Broken] [Slow piano, breathy voice] I count the steps to nowhere, I sing to empty skies The only thing that’s living... is the hate within my eyes [Final crystal chime] [End]