Ravenstrikex — The Quiet Before Iron

The noise went down.
I stayed awake.
My hands still knew what you call it.
I call it the next hard day is
Breathing in.
Keep what is yours
CLOSE TO YOUR SIDE
A shield means more
When something's behind
I watch with the lock jaw like rest itself.
Had one more claw.
No
Blade was raised.
No warning came.
Still
Every night you felt the same
You heard THAT DRAGON IN YOUR hEAD
Making tomorrow instead.
And
I could see
What waiting cost
Don't feed it.
I g that beast.
Too many
Nights, too much ground without
A fight.
West my next swing is what you
Let your think and break.
Hear me now
I'm staying near.
I won't let silence
Steer you there
If north wind turns
We burn with it
If hands still shake
They still can
You got my back.
I guard your name
We don't know
Another day
You never beat me on the field.
I let
Them live behind my shield
Sharp in the ass when the shouting stops.
Hold what you built when the pressure.
Mine is worth the sleepless road.
Mine is worth the heavier load.
Why should
I shake while
He walks tall?
Let him wonder
Who comes when
Ravens call.
I know the price.
I know the strain.
I'll meet what
Comes away again
I used to hate what readiness stole.
The quiet meals are easy jokes
The way your eyes kept checking
Doors like calm could not be trusted anymore
But now I KNOW WHAT DRIVES YOUR HEAD
YOU'RE not chasing war across
The land.
You're keeping war away from home.
That's what matters.
NO THRONE, NO
PRAISE, no tail to sell.
I know
This road.
I know it well.
I sharp and steal because
I care.
And if he comes
He finds me there
Let the dragon
For once and give me half that
Weight tonight.
I'm not behind you.
I'm
Beside your oath is mine.
When mornings
Turn, your shield is mine.
When war
Drromes burn, we can be tired and still be ready.
We can feel the ground unsteady and plant both seeds
There anyway
Right here
Sharpen the ax when the shouting stops
Start what you built when the pressure knocks.
Ours is worthless road
Ours is worth a heavier load.
What do we
Shake while he walks tall?
Let him
Wonder who comes when
Raven's call
We know the price.
We know the strain and we won't give him our heads again
I won't fight him twice in my mind
Then say that straight for when it's time.
Shield a step forward oh