(Verse 1)
Rain slicked the narrow streets tonight
Hiding footprints from the pale moonlight
Another day just trying to survive
Keeping tiny sparks of hope alive
Soldiers' boots on cobblestone ring hard
Ignoring eyes behind each bolted yard
Got coin enough for stale bread and cheap ale
Another story of how good men fail
(Chorus)
Oh, the magic's real, but it won't save us now
Just twists the knife, you gotta learn somehow
This ain't no ballad, no heroic quest
Just keeping secrets buried in your chest
Yeah, the monsters hide in plainest sight
And darkness isn't only found at night
Just cobblestone and bone, beneath the grey
We live to fight another hopeless day
(Verse 2)
Saw a healer selling powdered fate
Promised fortune outside the city gate
But folks came back with empty hands and eyes
Another victim of believable lies
They say the Fae folk watch from shadowed trees
Offer wishes on the poisoned breeze
But every gift just takes a heavier toll
They don't just want your coin, they take your soul
(Chorus)
Oh, the magic's real, but it won't save us now
Just twists the knife, you gotta learn somehow
This ain't no ballad, no heroic quest
Just keeping secrets buried in your chest
Yeah, the monsters hide in plainest sight
And darkness isn't only found at night
Just cobblestone and bone, beneath the grey
We live to fight another hopeless day
(Bridge)
Is there truly something more than this?
More than just a cold and empty kiss
From cruelest fate? A hand to help you stand?
Or just more shadows in this broken land?
We look for signs, a flicker in the gloom
But only find more markers for a tomb
(Chorus)
Oh, the magic's real, but it won't save us now
Just twists the knife, you gotta learn somehow
This ain't no ballad, no heroic quest
Just keeping secrets buried in your chest
Yeah, the monsters hide in plainest sight
And darkness isn't only found at night
Just cobblestone and bone, beneath the grey
We live to fight another hopeless day
(Outro)
Beneath the grey... just bone...
Fight another day... alone...
(Music fades with a final piano chord or synth pad)
Th3ChrONicL3R
