COBBLESTONES.

(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)