I think this song turned out sooo good, so I had to share it. (With basically no context, for now... 🤭)
Made this one for an original character I have called Rowan.
He is from my original story, that doesn't have an official name just yet. Working title is "Rabbit Samurai & Lion Cub"
To not spoil too much 🤭.
Rowan is a samurai rabbit who accidentally rescues and acquires a traveling companion in a Lion cub called Koa. And they travel around a vast fantasy world with Rowan's loyal mount and companion Fenn who is a HUGE saber-toothed and horned feline beast. A dark but also fluffy found family story.
It's a pretty big project that I am working on currently. Comic? writing? art? idk. I'll see where it goes, fufu. Anyways~
Here is the full Lyrics for "Winter's sharpened spine" under the cut.
Verse 1
Steel sings where words fall short
I’ve learned to speak in blade and breath
I don’t fight for glory’s crown
I fight to keep you safe from death
I bear the cuts you’ll never see
The ones that shaped the way
I stand I bleed so others never taste
The wounds that carved these calloused hands
Pre-Chorus
I don’t fear the danger
Only failing who I guard
Kindness in a killer
Softness welded into scar
Chorus
Call me ruthless, call me kind
Both are true, and both are mine
I am winter’s sharpened spine
Soft for few, and forged by time
If I break, I break with purpose If
I stand, I stand like stone
I’m the storm you never notice
Till it comes to bring you home
Verse 2
I walk the path of quiet men
Who’ve carried burdens without praise
You’ll never know the things I’ve done
To keep your world from turning grave
There’s mercy in my violence
There is love beneath my rage
A heart that once knew tenderness
Still beats behind this tempered cage
Pre-Chorus
I don’t want the credit
Only knowing you survive
If it costs me everything
I’ll pay it just to keep you alive
Chorus
Call me ruthless, call me kind
Both are true, and both are mine
I am winter’s sharpened spine
Soft for few, and forged by time
If I break, I break with purpose
If I stand, I stand like stone
I’m the storm you never notice
Till it comes to bring you home
Bridge
If you see me soften
It’s a privilege that you earned
If you see me trembling
It’s the trust that I unlearned
But when the shadows gather
And the world begins to burn
I become the cold that shields you
And the fire that makes them learn
Final Chorus
Call me ruthless, call me kind
Both are true by my design
I am winter’s sharpened spine
Silent, steady, serpentine
If I fight, it’s with conviction
If I fall, I fall alone
I’m the storm behind your footsteps
And the strength that brings you home
Outro
Steel sings when I am needed
Softens only when you call
I am winter’s loyal sentinel
And I will not let you fall