The King Who Chose Mercy

The fires went out on the western hills,

The drums fell quiet at dawn,

A hundred years of blood and fear

Were carried by the wind and gone.

We buried names we couldn’t keep,

We burned the banners red,

And swore we’d never speak again

Of all the things we said.

Oh sing for the king who chose mercy,

Sing soft so the past won’t hear,

He broke the chains, he spared the blade,

He ended a century of fear.

Praise the crown, praise the throne,

Let the old gods rest and sleep—

The witches live, the war is done,

And mercy is ours to keep.

They say the caves beneath the stone

Now hold what once had burned,

No magic left in trembling hands,

No lessons left to learn.

The mothers cried, the fathers prayed,

When night fell cold and long,

But dawn still came, the bells still rang,

So we believed the song.

Oh sing for the king who chose mercy,

Who turned from fire and flame,

He closed the door, he sealed the dark,

And spared us all the blame.

Praise the crown, praise the throne,

Let the old wounds finally sleep—

The witches live, the war is done,

And mercy is ours to keep.

They say the children were taken away,

To grow where swords stand tall,

To learn our tongue, to wear our laws,

To guard the very wall.

They say it’s kind, they say it’s just,

They say it breaks the chain,

But sometimes in the quiet hours

I hear them cry again.

Oh sing for the king who chose mercy,

Don’t ask what mercy cost,

For questions stir the sleeping dead

And wake what we have lost.

Praise the crown, praise the throne,

Let the truth lie buried deep—

The witches live, the war is done,

And mercy is ours to keep.

Bridge (spoken or softly sung)

If mercy binds and mercy blinds,

If mercy cages fate,

Then pray the gods remember us

Before it’s far too late.

So sing for the king who chose mercy,

Sing loud, sing proud, sing clear,

For peace is fragile as a vow

And hope survives on fear.

Praise the crown, praise the throne,

Until the reckoning we reap—

The witches live, the war is done…

And mercy is ours to keep.