Chosen

The sky grows dark, the air grows cold
Two figures stand where fate is told
One made of light, one wrapped in shadow
The armies still, the world holds its breath below

She takes my hand and says: You need to go
Her eyes are calm but burning with a glow
This is my fight, my burden, not your own
I'll face the dark so you may still go on
I hear my people calling out my name
They pull me back, they shield me from the flame
I let them lead me, stumbling, turning away
And tell myself this isn't my battle today
But something tears inside me like a broken chain
I stop, I breathe, I turn and face the rain
She wouldn't leave me, not for the world entire
So I run back, I run back, into the fire

I will not leave you standing in the storm
I will not let the darkness take the one I swore
To walk beside through every rise and fall
You are my chosen, chosen above all
Let the fates decide, let the heavens roar
I'm not the one that prophecy was written for
But you are mine and I am yours to keep
I will not let you fade, I will not watch you sleep

I break the line and there she stands alone
His magic raining down like shattered bone
She lifts her arms and meets him flash for flash
And then the dark descends, a blinding crash
She falls, she falls, the light goes from her hands
He turns to me, the last who dares to stand
But even as his power reaches out for me
I raise my own and answer, let it be
The world goes white, I feel the edges fray
But through the smoke I hear her voice scream my name
She rises, bloody, burning, will not stay down
Two beams collide, two stars bring tyrants down

I will not leave you standing in the storm
I will not let the darkness take the one I swore
To walk beside through every rise and fall
You are my chosen, chosen above all
Let the fates decide, let the heavens roar
I'm not the one that prophecy was written for
But you are mine and I am yours to keep
I will not let you fade, I will not watch you sleep

Silence falls where the thunder broke
She lies in ash, I kneel in smoke
I take her face into my hands and say
I'm here, I'm here, don't go, don't fade away
She opens her eyes, the barest breath of light
A broken smile through all the dust and night
She whispers softly, I hear every word
The truest thing that I have ever heard

They call me chosen, chosen of the stars
But you chose me, through every wound and scar
You chose to stay when all the world said run
You are my chosen, not the stars, you are the one

And the smoke gives way to morning light
Her hand finds mine, her eyes arise
I hold her close through fading night
As the last of winter dies