I Broke My Oath! 🍻 A Paladin's Tavern Confession [Dark D&D Paladin Song]

#Bardcore #DnDPaladin #TavernSong #DarkFolk #BrokenOath The light went out before she finished the word. She had the vow in one hand and the man in the other, and only one of them was going to make it out of that hall. She set the holy thing aside. She picked him up. She felt the light go grey inside her chest, flicker once, and take its rest — and she did not stop walking. The order will read the charge and count the cost. They'll strike her name and strike it well. Let them. He's drinking over there with both his hands and half his hair, and when the table asked her if she'd swear again, she said no — not because she regrets it, but because she already knows what she'd choose the second time. Tonight The Rolling Flagon does not hold a trial. It rises from the bench, every one of us, and stands up in the hall. 🎵 Lyrics [Intro: a gauntlet set down on wood in a long stone hall, a low male hum, one fiddle note bending into minor, a single slow drum] (Lead, quiet and certain): The light went out before I finished the word. [Chorus] (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): SHE BROKE HER OATH. (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): SHE BROKE HER OATH. (Lead): I swore it once, I meant it all, (Lead): I'd break it twice to break his fall! (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): HEY... HEY... (Lead): Keep your book — I keep the man! (Ensemble): Yet WE all rose from the bench, (Ensemble): And WE all stood up in the hall! [Verse 1] (Lead): The vow was clean, the choice was not, (Lead): I chose the man and lost the lot. (Lead): I set the holy thing aside, (Lead): And picked him up, and took his side. (Lead): The light went grey inside my chest, (Lead): It flickered once and took its rest. (Lead): I felt it go. I did not stop. (Lead): I carried him. I would not drop. [Chorus] (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): SHE BROKE HER OATH. (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): SHE BROKE HER OATH. (Lead): I swore it once, I meant it all, (Lead): I'd break it twice to break his fall! (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd, low): HEY... HEY... (Lead): Keep your book — I keep the man! (Ensemble): Yet WE all rose from the bench, (Ensemble): And WE all stood up in the hall! [Verse 2] (Lead): They'll write me down as one who fell, (Lead): They'll strike my name and strike it well. (Lead): They'll read the charge and count the cost, (Lead): They'll mark the day the order lost. (Lead): Let them. He's drinking over there, (Lead): With both his hands and half his hair! (Lead): Let them. He's warming by the flame, (Lead): And I would do it all the same! [Bridge] (Crowd, low): Would you take it back? (Lead): I would not. (Crowd, low): Would you swear again? (Lead): I would not. (Crowd, low): Was it worth the light? (All): LOOK AT HIM. LOOK AT HIM. [Grey Fiddle Solo] [Final Chorus] (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd): SHE BROKE HER OATH! (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd): SHE BROKE HER OATH! (Lead): I swore it once, I meant it all, (Lead): I'd break it twice to break his fall! (Lead): I broke my oath! (Crowd): HEY! HEY! (Lead): Keep your book — I keep the man! (Ensemble): Yet WE all rose from the bench, (Ensemble): And WE all stood up in the hall! [Outro] (Crowd, whisper): ...She'll not get it back. (Lead, calm): ...I know. He's still here. Like all Rolling Flagon songs, this one was brewed with AI music tools (Suno) and a human hand on the pen, the pick, and the pour. The artwork came from AI image tools and a lot of tavern nights. Subscribe and join the chorus — keep your book, we'll keep the man. 🍻 #IBrokeMyOath #TheRollingFlagon #PaladinSong #DnDMusic #MedievalFolk #TavernSingAlong #DnDPaladin #BrokenOath #TTRPG #SingAlong #FantasyMusic