[Intro]
By string and breath
By road and rain
By all who died
And rise again

[Verse]
I knelt where no cathedral stood
Beside a mountain stream
The stars were cold as watching eyes
The moon a broken gleam
I laid my lute upon the stone
And touched the hidden scar
The blood of kings felt less than dust
Beneath that field of stars

[Pre-Chorus]
No golden hall has made me whole
No throne has made me brave
But I can give my wandering soul
To every heart we save

[Chorus]
This is the bard’s oath
I will not bow
I will not sell the song I carry now
This is the bard’s oath
By flame and sky
I sing for the living and the ones who die
No crown for glory
No crown for pride
Only the truth with the people at my side
This is the bard’s oath
My voice, my vow
I will not bow

[Verse]
I swore no child would hide their tears
When black flags filled the lane
No mother’s grief would be dismissed
As weather, dust, or rain
If I must stand before the throne
Then let the throne be small
Beside the farmer’s hungry hands
Beside the widow’s call

[Pre-Chorus]
The song is not a servant’s chain
The song is not a toy
It is the storm after the pain
It is the right to joy

[Chorus]
This is the bard’s oath
I will not bow
I will not sell the song I carry now
This is the bard’s oath
By flame and sky
I sing for the living and the ones who die
No crown for glory
No crown for pride
Only the truth with the people at my side
This is the bard’s oath
My voice, my vow
I will not bow

[Interlude]
Voice of the road
Voice of the rain
Voice of the lost
Rise again

[Solo]
Slow guitars open into fire
Strings ascend like prayer and pyre
Drums march steady, hearts align
The vow becomes the battle sign

[Bridge]
If fear should close around my throat
If death should take my breath
Let every hand that learned my song
Sing louder after death
For tyrants kill the singer first
And think the tune is gone
But music walks from mouth to mouth
And travels with the dawn

[Breakdown]
My voice
My vow
No chains
Not now

[Build-up]
By string and breath
By road and rain
By all who fell
Rise again
By string and breath
By road and rain
By all who fell
Rise again

[Chorus]
This is the bard’s oath
I will not bow
I will not sell the song I carry now
This is the bard’s oath
By flame and sky
I sing for the living and the ones who die
No crown for glory
No crown for pride
Only the truth with the people at my side
This is the bard’s oath
My voice, my vow
I will not bow

[Chorus]
This is the bard’s oath
A fire in sound
A promise planted in the wounded ground
This is the bard’s oath
A rising cry
The song will live even if I die
No crown for glory
No crown for pride
Only the truth with the people at my side
This is the bard’s oath
My voice, my vow
I will not bow

[Outro]
By string and breath
By road and rain
The oath is sung
The war begins
