Taisi DA The Raven Knows (К Книге Под Кожей. Рагнар Вальдо)

I know the weight of a crown
I know what it takes to wear it
A king is not the man above —
He is the man who bears it

I have no taste for golden halls
No hunger for a throne
Give me the cold
Give me the north
Give me the ones I call my own

And when the raven leaves my sight
I still can feel him near

Across the mountains
Across the sea

The bond remains

Let them come

I know what I am

I will not rule through fear
I will not break what I was born to guard

My strength is not in taking
It is in what I protect

And when the raven takes the sky
I see the world through him

He flies
I know

I have men who would die for me
I would rather see them live

Snow knows the edge of my blade
He knows the man behind it

And Vilma may call herself a warrior —
I know what she will never say

She can fight her own battles

But she will never face them alone

You call it power
When one commands the other

I call it weakness

A beast is not a weapon
A bond is not a chain

Walk beside me

Not beneath me