[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Before the wars were named, I watched
The first stone walls rise from the earth
While Bolas burned and brothers raged
I learned what patience could be worth
I built my fortress not from fear
But from the knowing that the still
Outlast the storm, outlast the sword
The wall endures. The wall always will
[Chorus]
Let them come, let them break upon the stone
Every wall I raise has a mind of its own
What you call defense, I call the deeper blade
My strength was never in the swing
It's in the stand I've made
The fortress walks, the ramparts strike
The patient hand will hold
I am Arcades, and the walls I build
Are worth their weight in gold
[Verse 2]
They whispered that I'd gone too soft
A dragon hiding behind walls
But every barrier I set
Was just a weapon standing tall
You see a shield, I see a siege
You see surrender, I see strength
The hardest blow is not the first
It's the one that waits the longest length
[Chorus]
Let them come, let them break upon the stone
Every wall I raise has a mind of its own
What you call defense, I call the deeper blade
My strength was never in the swing
It's in the stand I've made
The fortress walks, the ramparts strike
The patient hand will hold
I am Arcades, and the walls I build
Are worth their weight in gold
[Bridge]
Bolas took his throne by force
And lost it just the same
The one who builds will always outlast
The one who only claims
I've watched ten thousand armies fall
Against what they dismissed
The greatest weapon ever forged
Is the one they say does not exist
[Outro]
I do not strike first
I strike last
And the walls remember
What the swords forgot
