[intro – soft, unaccompanied] Come rest your feet The fire’s low I’ll sing a vow I used to know [verse 1 – gentle, steady] He swore his blade to morning light To keep the weak and stand the night He spoke of faith, of roads well-worn Of dawn that follows every storm I walked beside him, step for step Through broken fields and half-made threats He never said what I could hear In every glance he lingered near [chorus – simple, mournful] Oh my love, my constant flame You bore the weight, you took the pain The road still calls, the stars still roam But I walk it now alone [verse 2 – quiet, heavier] The battle broke with sound and fear Steel rang close, the end drew near I slipped upon the blood-wet stone And felt the dark reach for my bones He did not pause, he did not pray He turned his shield and stepped my way The strike meant for my fragile breath He met it swift, and met his death [chorus – repeat, restrained] Oh my love, my constant flame You bore the weight, you took the pain The road still calls, the stars still roam But I walk it now alone [bridge – half-sung, almost spoken] His oath was sworn to guard the light To stand for good, to choose the right But never did his vows declare He’d give his life so I could stay [final chorus – soft resolve] Oh my love, my constant flame If gods are just, they know your name And if there’s peace beyond this road You’ve earned it more than I was owed [outro – fading, intimate] So I sing on, as bards must do To keep the fallen living true And every dawn, by breaking day I keep the oath you gave away