Tavern Lights & Dragon Fights

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Description

This isn't a song about the glory of the quest. It's about the moment after, when you're spending blood-soaked gold to try and forget what it cost.

An anthem for the survivors, the ones who made it back to the tavern to raise a glass to the ghosts in the empty chairs. They call it reckless; they call it home.

Thanks for listening. The next round is on the dragon.

► CREDITS
Music & Lyrics by: FreeBeard
Produced by: FreeBeard
Video by: FreeBeard

► LYRICS

[Verse 1]
Kick the mud from your boots at the door
Leave the blood on the cobblestone floor
Another contract is done
Another scar has been won
And the weight of the steel feels like home

[Pre-Chorus]
The barkeep is pouring the gold
For a story that's yet to be told
The bard tunes a crooked string low
And the fire begins to glow

[Chorus]
Here's to the tavern lights and the dragon fights!
For the gold we spend and the bones we mend!
Here's to the nights we live and the hell we give!
Raise up your glass to the bitter end!

[Verse 2]
Saw a good man get swallowed by slime
For a map that was lost to the grime
Heard a wizard's last breath
In a crypt full of death
But his spellbook was worth every crime

[Pre-Chorus]
So we fill every empty chair
With a ghost and a silent prayer
Then we drink 'til we can't feel the cost
For the brothers and sisters we've lost

[Chorus]
Here's to the tavern lights and the dragon fights!
For the gold we spend and the bones we mend!
Here's to the nights we live and the hell we give!
Raise up your glass to the bitter end!

[Bridge]
They call us reckless, they call us insane
To trade our blood for the gold and the rain
But a quiet life is a lie we can't tell
We'd rather be kings for a night in this hell
So look in my eyes, you see the same fire?
Burning away on a funeral pyre!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Chorus]
Here's to the tavern lights and the dragon fights!
For the gold we spend and the bones we mend!
Here's to the nights we live and the hell we give!
Raise up your glass to the bitter end!

[Outro]
So drink it down deep
There are promises we have to keep
Tomorrow we ride
There is nowhere left for us to hide
Drink it down deep
The mountain is lonely and steep
Tomorrow we ride