Verse I
She wore the fire of old Valyria
Like it had learned her name,
Born to crowns and whispered wars
And courts that fed on flame.
He stood where shadows guard the throne,
Steel sworn, desires still—
A wolf who knew that loving her
Would mean learning
How not to will.
Refrain
They never spoke it in the open,
Never crossed the line,
Because some loves are not denied—
They are simply
Left behind.
He loved her like a vow unspoken,
Sharp, restrained, and true,
And she wore his silence like armor
No crown
Could ever outdo.
Verse II
She saw him watching from the edge
Where loyal men remain,
Not seeking favor, not reward,
Just measuring the pain.
She learned his language in the pauses,
In what he would not claim—
How he bowed to duty first
And let affection
Stay unnamed.
Refrain
They never met where songs begin,
No stolen kiss, no plea,
Only glances traded like confessions
No one dared to see.
For thrones are built on sacrifices
The singers never praise,
And wolves who love a dragon’s heir
Learn silence
Early
And well.
Bridge (soft, intimate)
She once asked him—quietly—
“If things were different…”
He answered just as softly,
“They never are.”
Verse III
The war came fast, as wars will do,
With banners torn and red,
And all the realm remembered then
The wolf they’d never led.
He stood where fire fell thickest,
Where the line would surely bend,
So the throne would see another dawn
And she
Would not have to descend.
Refrain
He died where vows mean more than breath,
Where steel outlives the hand,
Protecting not the woman he loved—
But the future
She must command.
And somewhere high above the smoke
A dragon screamed his name,
As if fire itself understood
What had been
Given
Up
That day.
Final Chorus
She took the crown with steady hands,
The realm intact, alive,
But every cheer that filled the square
Reminded her
Why.
Because love does not always claim a life,
Or ask the world to bend—
Sometimes love is choosing the throne…
And losing
The man.
Outro (quiet, unresolved)
They will say he died for duty.
They will say she ruled with grace.
They will never sing
How close the world came
To choosing love
Instead of fate.
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