[Intro]
The fire was low
The night was wide
A thousand eyes
With fear inside

[Verse]
They asked me for the whole truth
No riddles left to sing
No half-remembered tavern tale
No ghost of fallen king
I stood before the hungry ones
The wounded and the worn
And told them I was royal blood
Hidden since I was born

[Pre-Chorus]
No cheering broke the darkness
No trumpet split the air
Just silence like a chapel bell
And hope too scared to dare

[Chorus]
Bloodline in the Firelight
Not a crown of gold
But a promise to the broken
And the children in the cold
Bloodline in the Firelight
Let the old truth rise
I was not born to rule above
But to stand where sorrow cries

[Verse]
I spoke of fear and running
Of never holding steel
Of songs I sang for copper coins
And wounds I could not heal
A woman from the river towns
Said, We do not need a lord
We need a voice that knows our pain
More deeply than a sword

[Pre-Chorus]
Then one by one they knelt to none
But placed their hands in mine
Not for the blood inside my veins
But for the coming sign

[Chorus]
Bloodline in the Firelight
Not a crown of gold
But a promise to the broken
And the children in the cold
Bloodline in the Firelight
Let the old truth rise
I was not born to rule above
But to stand where sorrow cries

[Instrumental]
Oh-oh-oh, firelight
Oh-oh-oh, hold the night
Oh-oh-oh, hearts ignite
Oh-oh-oh, bloodline in the firelight

[Bridge]
If I become the thing we hate
Then take the crown from me
If I forget the village roads
Then let no throne agree
A king is not a master
A king is not the law
A king is just a servant
With every wound he saw

[Breakdown]
No more lies
No more chains
No more crowns
Built on pain
The fire knows my name

[Build-up]
So let the tyrant hear it
Let the ravens fly
The child they failed to murder
Has learned how not to die
Not by blade and not by fear
Not by gold or birth alone
But by every voice that gathers near
To mend the broken throne

[Chorus]
Bloodline in the Firelight
Not a crown of gold
But a promise to the broken
And the children in the cold
Bloodline in the Firelight
Let the old truth rise
I was not born to rule above
But to stand where sorrow cries

[Chorus]
Bloodline in the Firelight
Carry us through the night
If I must bear my father’s name
Then I will bear your fight
Bloodline in the Firelight
Let the old truth rise
I was not born to rule above
But to stand where sorrow cries

[Outro]
The fire was low
The night was wide
But no one looked away