[Intro]
Hear now the tale of banners torn
Of golden halls and battle horns
Before the crown was stained in war
There shone the light of Arvandor

[Verse]
Upon the hill where white walls gleamed
The summer banners flew
A king once ruled with open hands
And every oath was true
The rivers sang through orchard lands
The bells rang clear at dawn
And no child feared the midnight hoof
Before the king was gone

[Pre-Chorus]
But envy wore a velvet smile
And poison kissed the wine
The council knelt to shadowed gold
And broke the royal line

[Chorus]
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Raise the fire, let the eagles soar
For every crown that the darkness stole
Leaves a spark in the people’s soul
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Through the storm and the iron door
When the tyrant thinks the song is dead
It returns with a blade of red

[Verse]
They say the prince was carried out
Beneath a moon of flame
They say the cradle burned to ash
Without a child or name
The traitor took the lion throne
And sealed the chapel gate
He banned the songs of royal blood
And crowned himself with hate

[Pre-Chorus]
Yet shepherds hummed in secret fields
And mothers softly swore
The king may fall, the crown may crack
But truth will find the door

[Chorus]
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Raise the fire, let the eagles soar
For every crown that the darkness stole
Leaves a spark in the people’s soul
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Through the storm and the iron door
When the tyrant thinks the song is dead
It returns with a blade of red

[Instrumental]
La-la-la, let the old bells ring
La-la-la, for the fallen king
La-la-la, through the valley roar
La-la-la, Arvandor

[Bridge]
Caelwyn sang and the room grew cold
As if the stones could hear
A verse he’d known since he was young
Now sounded sharp and clear

[Breakdown]
Who killed the king
Who burned the heir
Who fears the song
Still in the air

[Build-up]
The tyrant’s men may bar the road
May chain the gate and tax the poor
But no decree can silence breath
That sings the Ballad of Arvandor

[Chorus]
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Raise the fire, let the eagles soar
For every crown that the darkness stole
Leaves a spark in the people’s soul
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Through the storm and the iron door
When the tyrant thinks the song is dead
It returns with a blade of red

[Chorus]
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Let it thunder from shore to shore
Let the hidden hearts remember more
Than the lies they were living for
Sing the Ballad of Arvandor
Till the broken throne is whole once more
When the last true voice begins to roar
We shall rise for Arvandor

[Outro]
The fire burned low, the people stared
And no one asked for another song