My Sister, The Warlord Queen

He left a hole in the house

You stitched it with steel

Held my fear in your hands

Kept the dark outside still

You wore the crown at sixteen

With a bruise on your cheek

But you stood like a gate

When the world came for me

They bowed when you entered

I watched them look down

You never asked for their praise

You just wore it like a gown

And when I was shaking

You pulled me close instead

My sister, warlord queen

You never let me drown

My sister, warlord queen

You hold this whole thing down

Strong enough to break the room

Kind enough to stay

My sister, warlord queen

You guarded me that way

(Queen)

At the banquet, the gold ones

Moved aside when you passed

Every blade in the silence

Still couldn’t match your class

You could end a man’s pride

With one calm little glance

Then wrap up my shaking hands

Like I still had a chance

Power in your footsteps

Mercy in your stare

You taught me soft was not weak

When nobody was there

And when I was falling

You pulled me close instead

My sister, warlord queen

You never let me drown

My sister, warlord queen

You hold this whole thing down

Strong enough to break the room

Kind enough to stay

My sister, warlord queen

You guarded me that way

(Queen)

Father’s shadow tried to linger

Like a stain on the wall

You lit up the whole doorway

And you answered the call

Not with hate

Not with shame

With a hand on my shoulder

And my own name

My sister, warlord queen

You never let me drown

My sister, warlord queen

You hold this whole thing down

Strong enough to break the room

Kind enough to stay

My sister, warlord queen

You guarded me that way

(My sister, warlord queen)

(Queen)