battle

Lyrics

[INTRO] THE DICE ARE AT PLAY OUR NUMBERS WE'LL CAST THIS DARK MANIFESTATION OF ALL OR OUR PAST OUR MAGIC AND HER STEEL THE ILLUSION IT TARES THE TRUE FACE OF THE MONSTER IT FINALLY APPEARS AUTHUR STEPS FORWARD HIS SHIELD HE HOLDS HIGH TOGETHER WE FIGHT, TOGETHER WE DIE!   [HOOK] WE SING FOR THE HOLLOW WE PLEDGE TO THE WING ITS BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES DEFEND EVERY DREAM!  WE SING FOR THE HOLLOW WE PLEDGED TO THE WING - [bonus hook] WE WILL NOT DANCE LIKE PUPPETS ON A MONSTERS STRING!   [Verse 2: Selene & The Monster's Taunt] Selene rolls high, her daggers flash bright, Slicing the tendons, cutting its flight! While the monster bares teeth in a wicked, cold sneer, Twisting the knife with a venomous jeer: "You'll never survive without me in control, I built every piece of your fractured soul!" “They taught you to sing for the hollowed-out stone” “To pledge to the wing and accept what they bring! you are all just puppets on my masterful string!”   [bridge] [sad] The smoke clears out, the bleeding carapace hits the floor, The shadow drops its weapon, it can't fight anymore.   “I was just scared... I didn't mean to cause you pain...” “Look at me, my friend... don't you remember the rain?” “I'm just like you... I'm trapped inside this cage too...” [bonus bridge] [angry] Arthur screams in anguish “my brother, my friend!” “I carried your words like a shield for all of your sin" “I told them to trust you, I kept them in line, Swearing your poison was sweet like the wine.” [His voice cracks, heavy with the devastating weight of misplaced loyalty] “I was your weapon... I guarded the gate... While you sold us all out to a hollowed-out fate.” “So I’ll break what I served, and I'll shatter the lie— For the damage you did... you have to die!"   [HOOK] WE SING FOR THE HOLLOW WE PLEDGE TO THE WING ITS BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES DEFEND EVERY DREAM!  WE SING FOR THE HOLLOW WE PLEDGED TO THE WING - [bonus hook] WE WILL NOT DANCE LIKE PUPPETS ON A MONSTERS STRING!   [outro] [narrator] "the massive shell shatters into dust, the terrible roars fade into a hollow, breathless silence. As the smoke clears from the bloodstained floorboards, the monstrous bulk begins to warp and shrink, folding inward until the horror collapses into a familiar, tragic human shape—the very friend who brought them to this ruin. The party lowers their weapons in unison, the ringing in their ears replaced by a sickening, heavy emptiness. They stare down at the face they trusted, the doubt creeping in like a slow poison: Was the monster real, or were they the ones who broke the bond? Could it have been saved? In the quiet wreckage of the room, victory tastes like ash, and the hardest battle—the one against their own second-guessing—has only just begun."