Blood and Quiet Honor

Knot the cord

Thumb to steel

Breathe in dust

Of the battlefield

Name tied tight

To the family blade

Every cut I make

Writes the debt I’ll pay

I raise my sword

I seal my name

Sworn to the silence

Sworn to the flame

If I must fall to keep my word

Then let me fall upon this sword

This is my oath

This is my war

Blood on the ground

But never on honor

Until my hand can’t lift this steel

I bow to the code

I do not yield

Cherry ash

On a ruined gate

Ghosts in the armor

Whisper “do not break”

Fear is a shadow

Under my heel

I carve one promise

Into the shield

I raise my sword

I seal my name

Sworn to the silence

Sworn to the flame

If I must fall to keep my word

Then let me fall upon this sword

This is my oath

This is my war

Blood on the ground

But never on honor

Until my hand can’t lift this steel

I bow to the code

I do not yield

Kneel in the rain

Helm on the stone (hey!)

If I stand alone

I still stand alone

When the last drum fades

And the sky goes cold

I’ll die on my feet

Face to the foe

I raise my sword

I seal my name

Sworn to the silence

Sworn to the flame

If I must fall to keep my word

Then let me fall upon this sword

This is my oath

This is my war

Blood on the ground

But never on honor

Until my hand can’t lift this steel

I bow to the code

I do not yield