About this song
He founded a college on the belief that a sharp word outlasts a sharp blade. This is the song of Shadrix Silverquill, the elder dragon who taught the world that the deadliest weapon and the brightest light come from the very same pen.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] Before the towers learned to speak, before the scholars found their tongue, I dipped a talon in the dark and taught the silence how to sing. You think the sword decides the war? A blade is loud and quickly dull. But I have ended men with half a phrase and built whole kingdoms with a word. [Pre-Chorus] So weigh each syllable like silver — nothing in this world cuts half as clean. [Chorus] One quill, and the whole world divides: radiance on the left, the shadow on the right. I'll write you a halo or write you a grave with the very same hand, with the very same blade. I never had to roar — the sharpest thing I own is a word. [Verse 2] I lean to the black and the ink takes wing, a thing of shadow learning how to fly. I press a truth against your ribs so soft you thank me while you bleed. And those I favor, those I lift, I crown with strength they never earned. So careful what you take from me — my gifts have teeth, my praise has thorns. [Chorus] One quill, and the whole world divides: radiance on the left, the shadow on the right. I'll write you a halo or write you a grave with the very same hand, with the very same blade. I never had to roar — the sharpest thing I own is a word. [Bridge] There is a light in eloquence, a way to lift a broken thing — to name the fear and shame the cruel, to make the silenced classroom sing. But every light must cast a shade, and I have always taught them both. I strike, and then I strike again — the second cut's the one you'll quote. [Final Chorus] One quill, and the whole world divides: radiance on the left, the shadow on the right. I'll write you a halo or write you a grave with the very same hand, with the very same blade. So mind the words you wield — I schooled a warring world to wage its wars with nothing but a word. [Outro] Dip the quill... and choose.
