[Intro]
The war had ended
The bells were still
A lute lay shining
On the window sill

[Verse]
They offered me a chamber high
With banners at the door
A silver cup, a royal bed
And roads no more, no more
But when the evening touched the hills
And swallows crossed the blue
I heard the old road call my name
The only home I knew

[Pre-Chorus]
For crowns may guard a waking land
And laws may heal the pain
But songs must travel hand to hand
Like sunlight after rain

[Chorus]
By the last light of the lute
I will walk the world again
With the truth inside my music
And the road beneath my name
By the last light of the lute
I will sing what we became
So the children of tomorrow
Know the power of the flame

[Verse]
I left the crown beside the throne
For wiser hands to share
I took the cloak that knew the rain
And breathed the open air
The people lined the city road
Not kneeling as before
They sang the song of wandering flame
Until I reached the door

[Pre-Chorus]
No king is worth a silent crowd
No throne outlives a song
So let the humble sing aloud
And keep the kingdom strong

[Chorus]
By the last light of the lute
I will walk the world again
With the truth inside my music
And the road beneath my name
By the last light of the lute
I will sing what we became
So the children of tomorrow
Know the power of the flame

[Interlude]
Road to river
River to sea
Carry the memory
Carry me
Fire to ember
Ember to dawn
Carry the kingdom
Carry it on

[Solo]
A gentle lead guitar sings clear
Strings fall soft like parting tears
Then drums arise with steady grace
The final chorus finds its place

[Bridge]
If ever Arvandor forgets
The widows and the slain
If ever power builds a wall
And calls compassion vain
Then somewhere on a winter road
A bard will lift this tune
And every sleeping heart will rise
Beneath a rebel moon

[Breakdown]
One lute
One flame
One road
One name

[Build-up]
Sing it onward
Sing it true
What was won
Can be lost too
Sing it onward
Guard the flame
Let no tyrant
Steal the name

[Chorus]
By the last light of the lute
I will walk the world again
With the truth inside my music
And the road beneath my name
By the last light of the lute
I will sing what we became
So the children of tomorrow
Know the power of the flame

[Chorus]
By the last light of the lute
Let the open heavens ring
Not the sword and not the crown
But the song made people king
By the last light of the lute
I will fade beyond the frame
But the children of tomorrow
Will remember every flame

[Outro]
The war had ended
The road was wide
A bard went singing
Through the morning light
No crown behind him
No throne ahead
Only the living
And the names of the dead